Broadcaster Scott Mills will take over as host of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show next month (Image: BBC)
will officially take over the at the end of January following departure, the has announced.
The beloved radio host – who made history as the first female broadcaster to have a breakfast show on Radio 1 and Radio 2 – signed off her last show on December 20 after six years at the helm. Now, it has been revealed that 51-year-old Scott’s first day leading the show is set for Monday, January 27.
Stepping into his shoes is presenter Trevor Nelson who will take over his previous weekday slot of 2pm and 4pm on the same day. Meanwhile, Nelson’s former late-night Monday to Thursday slot will be filled by DJ Spoon’s The Good Groove Show.
Speaking about the exciting announcement, Mills said: “I am counting down the days until I get to host the Radio 2 Breakfast Show. It’s the biggest breakfast show in the UK and a career dream for me come true.
“I feel honoured to be a part of the morning routine for millions of listeners as they wake up and start their day.”
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Zoe Ball stepped down from the role in December after six years at the helm (Image: PA)
He will be joined by newsreader Tina Daheley and Ellie Brennan will be the traffic and travel reporter. Daheley added: “I can’t wait to get started with Scott and Ellie on the new breakfast show – we are going to have so much fun.”
It comes after the broadcaster was “almost sacked” by bosses before replacing Zoe Ball this month. Despite his long service to since 1998, Scott recently revealed to Dermot O’Lear a scandalous past episode that almost cost him his broadcasting career.
He opened up about the infamous even which unfolded after an evening of revelry post-Brit Awards. A particular incident nearly sealed his fate at the when Dermot showcased an old clip featuring a noticeably inebriated Scott during his early morning show in 2001.
Scott admitted that the close shave with dismissal in his own words: “That’s called how to really nearly lose your job at .
“I had got carried away so much at the Brit Awards, because I had never been there before, and time just fast-forwarded, and somebody went, ‘What time are you on air?’ And I said, ‘Four?’ and they went, ‘Well, it’s two now.’ Oh no! It was horrendous.”
Scott previously disclosed some behind-the-scenes moments from 20 years earlier when Zoe inadvertently helped kick-start his career.
Recalling an incident in November, he shared with Zoe: “I will never forget how you really took me under your wing and you really looked after me because I didn’t know one person there.”
He went on to recount the serendipitous day when Zoe overslept for her morning show, resulting in Scott being her impromptu stand-in.
Scott expressed deep gratitude for the incident, calling it the “biggest favour” of his regular cover for other presenters like Sara Cox, Nick Grimshaw, and Chris Moyles over two decades, all thanks to Zoe’s one-time lapse.
The presenter enthused: “Because of that I then covered that breakfast show. Whether it was in for you or for Sara (Xoc), or then for Grimmie (Nick Grimshaw) or Chris Moyles, did it for well over 20 years, all because you overslept.”