Scott Mills’ stand-in has been revealed after the BBC Radio 2 star was abruptly sacked over allegations about his ‘personal conduct’.
The 53-year-old Radio 2 star was taken off air last week before bosses announced his dismissal today.
The BBC has refused to disclose the exact nature of the allegations, but the Daily Mirror claims they are related to a ‘historic male relationship from more than ten years ago’.
Mills was last heard from during his regular breakfast slot on Tuesday, telling his listeners, ‘see you tomorrow’.
But it was fellow presenter Gary Davies who took to the airwaves on Wednesday morning, who simply said he was ‘in for Scott’.
Davies, who has his own Radio 2 show Sounds of the 80s with Gary Davies, has continued to present the breakfast slot every weekday since then.
The BBC veteran, 68, has often covered for Radio 2 DJs when they are ill or off work.
He started off with the corporation as a Radio 1 DJ, often presenting Top of the Pops, from 1982 to 1993.
Fellow BBC Radio 2 presenter Gary Davies has been filling in for Scott during the breakfast slot
Scott Mills has been sacked from the BBC over allegations about his ‘personal conduct’, the corporation announced today
After more than two decades away, he returned to the BBC in 2017 as a Radio 2 DJ, to host Sounds of the 80s.
In a statement today, the BCC said: ‘While we do not comment on matters relating to individuals, we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted to work with the BBC.’
Mills, who is paid between £355,000 and £359,999 a year by the BBC, took over the Radio 2 breakfast show from Zoe Ball in 2025. He married his long-term partner Sam Vaughan at a celebrity-studded wedding in Barcelona in 2024.
As he handed over on what was to become his final show, Mills joked about waxing his legs and doing Stars In Their Eyes with fellow Radio 2 presenter Vernon Kay, before signing off with: ‘See you tomorrow.’
News of Scott Mills’ sacking led the 12pm bulletin on his former station BBC Radio 2.
At the start of his show on BBC Radio 2, Jeremy Vine said he was ‘taken aback’ by the news about Scott Mills. He said: ‘Obviously, I was taken aback by that opening story to the news.
‘I had not heard anything about it until 17 minutes ago, when it was on the BBC website, and I only had the information that was given to you in the bulletin, I have nothing more, that it was allegations about Scott Mills’s personal conduct, which have led to him being sacked.
‘I have no more than that. Alright, on to today’s show.’
Lorna Clarke, Director of Music, reportedly told BBC staff in an email: ‘I wanted to personally let you know that Scott Mills has left the Breakfast show, and the BBC. I know that this news will be sudden and unexpected and therefore must come as a shock.
‘Not least as so many of us have worked with Scott over a great many years, across a broad range of our programmes on R1, 5Live, R2 and TV. I felt it was important to share this news with you at the earliest opportunity.
‘Of course, it will also come as a shock to our audience and loyal breakfast show listeners too. I will update everyone with more information on plans for the show when I’m able to. While I appreciate many of you will have questions, I hope you can understand that I am not going to be saying anything.’
The DJ, from Southampton, began his BBC career on Radio 1 in the late 1990s as the early breakfast host, before going on to present weekend slots and then an early evening show while providing maternity cover for Sara Cox. When Cox did not return, the programme was renamed The Scott Mills Show.
In 2022, he joined Radio 2, replacing Steve Wright in his weekday afternoon slot.
He has presented a number of shows on the station before taking up the Breakfast Show after Ball’s departure.
He has also presented a weekend show on Radio 5 Live and appeared on series 12 of Strictly Come Dancing, where he was paired with professional dancer Joanne Clifton, becoming the fifth couple to be eliminated.
Mills has also been a commentator for the Eurovision Song Contest on the BBC – raising the possibility it will be forced to find a replacement for this year’s event.
The news will be a blow to Mills, who welcomed his unveiling as Zoe Ball’s replacement last year by saying he had finally ‘made it’.
He told how he had started out as a local DJ host earning just £20 a show but had enjoyed success after ‘playing the long game’.
Mills’s departure comes weeks before Google executive Matt Brittin is due to start as the BBC’s new director general – replacing Tim Davie.
