Scott Mills has been sacked by the BBC following allegations about his personal conduct.

The BBC says "while we do not comment on matters relating to individuals we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted and has left the BBC".

Mills took over the breakfast show from Zoe Ball in January 2025.

The 53-year-old joined Radio 2's weekday schedule in 2022 when he replaced Steve Wright as the host of the afternoon slot.

Prior to that he worked on Radio 1 and hosted a weekend show on BBC Radio 5 Live.

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21 Comments

  1. This is big considering there’s not really been any rumours around him, and this is the biggest radio show in the UK

  2. This feels like a random thing to note but he made a cameo in the EastEnders flashforward episode at New Years, so they clearly felt comfortable enough about his position as of January and whatever’s happened is relatively out of the blue

  3. He must’ve done something bad to be straight up sacked and not suspended. Very odd.

  4. Okay this must be BAD because Scott is a BBC staple and less powerful people have been protected by them fairly recently

  5. Quick-Sky4927 on

    Really strange! He always seemed well liked and respected by colleagues so I’d be surprised if it was some sort of bullying incident.

    The fact that they fired him so suddenly makes me worry that it’s something really bad.

  6. This is huge for BBC radio, I’m actually stunned, he’s just always *there*

  7. LittleRebelbunny on

    It must be serious if they’re straight up sacking him with immediate effect. I’m also guessing he’s lost his Eurovision coverage job as well.
    Guess the speculation can begin.

  8. CreativeDefinition on

    “Personal conduct” is a very interesting choice of words when “misconduct” is the go-to word for doing something really heinous.

  9. premonitioning on

    as someone who never liked Scott Mills for no reason other than I didn’t like his vibes, I feel vindicated 

  10. Shocking. I listen to him every day and have done for decades. I know you can never tell but I didn’t ever get a creepy vibe from Mills.

    BBC really need someone huge to take on breakfast, I don’t think anyone they currently have is good enough. And please not Vernon.

    Bring in Moyles IMO.

  11. Wow that’s a biggie! There’s never been a single rumour about him (as far as I’m aware) but it must have been something serious for him to be sacked straight away, who knows!

    I wonder who’ll replace him on the breakfast show

  12. Like everyone else here I’m shocked how out of the blue this is. So whatever it is must not only be bad, there’s ample amount of evidence as well.

  13. Genuinely shocked by this. Never heard any rumours about him and he’s always seemed like a good egg. Not long ago he won Celebrity Race Across the World and him and his husband seemed lovely

  14. Blimey! That’s seemingly come out of nowhere. I suppose they’ll need to find someone for Eurovision now. It will probably be Rylan but perhaps Mel Giedroyc could do it.

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