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Sara Cox replaces Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show

Sara Cox replaces Scott Mills on Radio 2 breakfast show

Summary

Sara Cox will replace Scott Mills as the host of BBC Radio 2's breakfast show. Mills was dismissed after new information emerged in a police investigation, and Cox is currently hosting the station's teatime show.

Key Facts

  • Sara Cox has hosted Radio 2's teatime show since 2019.
  • She will take over the breakfast show, a major role in British radio.
  • Scott Mills was removed from the breakfast show in March following new information in an ongoing police investigation.
  • The investigation concerned alleged historic sexual offences; no charges were filed after an earlier review.
  • Gary Davies has been hosting the breakfast show temporarily since Mills’s departure.
  • Sara Cox has previously presented other Radio 2 programs and hosted the Radio 1 breakfast show in the early 2000s.
  • Cox raised £11.5 million for Children in Need last year by running 135 miles across the UK.
  • She will be the second female presenter of the Radio 2 breakfast show after Zoe Ball.
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