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The BBC has announced that Scott Mills will begin hosting the Radio 2 Breakfast Show in late January, following Zoe Ball’s final show at the end of 2024.
Ball emotionally signed off her last show on December 20 after hosting the programme for six years, thanking everyone who had worked on the show since 2019, whom she said she was going to miss ‘mighty amounts.’
Scott’s first day taking over for Zoe is officially set for Monday, January 27.
The move has necessitated some shuffling around by the BBC, and Trevor Nelson will take over Scott’s previous weekday slot of 2pm to 4pm on the same day, while Trevor’s former late-night Monday to Thursday slot will be filled by DJ Spoony’s The Good Groove show.
Scott, 51, previously said of the change: ‘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.’
He will be supported in his new role by newsreader Tina Daheley and Ellie Brennan will take over as the traffic and travel reporter.
Daheley said: ‘I can’t wait to get started with Scott and Ellie on the new breakfast show – we are going to have so much fun.’
Scott and Zoe are close friends, and Zoe, 54, has reportedly been incredibly supportive of Scott as she said in November: ‘Scott and I go way back to our Radio 1 days, when he was doing early mornings before me.
‘He’s been a close friend for years, and I’m beyond thrilled it’s him taking over the breakfast Show. Breakfast has always been his dream, and what a year he’s had – from racing around the world to his beautiful wedding to Sam.
‘He’s not only a blooming brilliant producer but one of the best in radio. I can’t wait to tune in on the school run!’
Scott has been in the radio business for decades. The Eastleigh-born DJ started his career at age 16 in local radio before eventually joining BBC Radio 1 in 1998 as host of the early breakfast show.
He then went on to present a variety of programmes across the station before launching his popular and most well-known show in 2004.
He also later fronted The Official Chart Show from 2018.
After 24 years at the station, Mills moved to BBC Radio 2 in 2022 to take over the weekday afternoon 2pm to 4pm slot from veteran presenter Steve Wright, who died last year.
Zoe announced in November that she would be stepping down from the show after a period of unexplained absence, which neither she nor the BBC commented on in detail.
In her statement when she announced her decision to step down, the mum-of-two said she would be using the time to ‘focus on family.’
Zoe told her audience: ‘After six years of fun times alongside you all on the breakfast show, I’ve decided it’s time to step away from the early alarm call and start a new chapter.
‘You know I think the world of you all, listeners, and it truly has been such a privilege to share the mornings with you, to go through life’s little ups and downs, we got through the lockdown together, didn’t we?
‘We’ve shared a hell of a lot, the good times, the tough times, there’s been a lot of laughter. And I am going to miss you cats.’
Zoe was a beloved on-air personality and one the BBC’s highest-paid on-air female presenters in 2023/24 with a salary between £950,000 and £954,999. This ranked her second on the list of top-earning talent behind Gary Lineker, according to the corporation’s annual report published in July.
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