Mills will make his debut as Zoe Ball’s replacement on the flagship show next week. Scott Mills has discussed his pay from the BBC, as he takes over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show from Zoe Ball. The presenter, 51, is stepping into the primetime slot after Ball, 54, left in December following a six-year stint in the slot.
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Moving from his previous weekday slot of 2-4pm, Mills is due to make his debut on Monday (27 January). Each year, the BBC reveals the pay of its top stars, with Ball earning about £950,000 in 2023/2024, only second to the highest paid star, Gary Lineker, who earned around £1,350,000. Mills, meanwhile, earned £315,000.
He said: “I’ve been doing this since I was 16 and I’ll tell you how much I got paid then – £20 a show. And it was a five-hour show in the middle of the night, 1 until 6am. “Obviously there’s always curiosity around salaries because they get published every year. But I don’t think you can say that I haven’t played the long game.”.
Mills added: “It’s not like some hotshot’s turned up and is earning all this cash. No one likes discussing money. But here’s the thing, what you don’t get is people going, ‘Oh, I bet you’re getting paid loads.’. "What you get is people that have listened to you through school, college, uni, work, marriage, divorce, marriage again, kids. So they’re actually just full of congratulations.
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