Sara Cox is replacing Scott Mills on the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, the BBC announced on Thursday. She currently host the popular station’s weekday Teatime show between 4pm and 7pm.
Scott Mills was dismissed in a shock decision at the end of March. At the time, the corporation said it had “obtained new information relating to Scott and we spoke directly with him. As a result, the BBC acted decisively in line with our culture and values and terminated his contracts on Friday 27 March.” Per Channel 4, Mills denies the allegations of historic sexual abuse which he said go back three decades. He had previously be one of the best paid presenters at the BBC.
BBC Announces Sara Cox Replacing Scott Mills
Following her announcement of the new BBC Radio 2 breakfast host, the DJ said
There are not enough adjectives to really sum up how I’m feeling about being trusted with such an iconic show but let’s start with ecstatic, honoured and incredibly chuffed. It’s been a dream to host the Breakfast Show since I joined Radio 2 and it feels like a bit of a full circle for me. I’ve had the most glorious seven years of my career on Teatime so thank you to my brilliant Teatime listeners who hopefully will join me at Breakfast for excellent music and all my usual nonsense plus some superstar guests. I honestly can’t wait to wake the nation up with the biggest most fun breakfast show ever.
Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2 said:
I’m delighted that Sara Cox will be the new host of the prestigious Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Sara is adored by her millions of listeners at Teatime, and having regularly deputised in the slot, I already know she’ll build a brilliant rapport with the Breakfast audience and get the nation going each morning with her trademark warmth and humour. She captured the hearts of the country last November, raising a staggering £11.5m for Children in Need on her Great Northern Marathon Challenge and thoroughly deserves this gig. I can’t wait to hear her first show.
Neither the presenter, who has previously hosted the Breakfast show on Radio 1, nor the station chief made any reference to Cox’s predecessor. The The Radio 2 Breakfast Show is the biggest Breakfast Show in the UK, bringing in 6.5m listeners each week according to RAJAR’s Q4 2025 numbers. It will start under its new host in the summer.
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