Scott Mills says his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast debut is ‘hard to process’ after replacing Zoe Ball
Scott Mills says his BBC Radio 2 Breakfast debut is ‘hard to process’ after replacing Zoe Ball
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‘This might be the best day of my life, apart from getting married,’ said presenter. Scott Mills has admitted he is still struggling to process his new role as the host of BBC Radio 2’s primetime breakfast programme. The 51-year-old opened his first show on Monday (27 January) telling listeners that he found it “mind-blowing” to be following in the footsteps of Chris Evans, Terry Wogan and the most recent host of the show, Zoe Ball – who left the programme in December to “focus on family”.
![[Scott Mills replaced Zoe Ball on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/10/1d09a952-593e-453e-a129-dcb48be6ac92.jpg)
Mills told listeners: “Here we go then, Monday the 27th of January 2025 and this is the Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2. “And I can’t believe I am finally saying those words, as a radio presenter and a radio fan all my life. I’m still finding it quite hard to process that this is happening, if I’m honest,” he continued.
![[Zoe Ball left the programme to ‘focus on family’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/30/10/28c1aedba933e921b5edb075a0c82b4dY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzMyMjE5ODU5-2.78251742.jpg)
"If I think too much about the previous occupiers of this show, it becomes mind-blowing to me, for a kid who wanted to be on the radio but wasn’t sure he had the self-confidence to be able to actually do it.”. The first track he played was Robbie Williams’ “Rock DJ”, from the 2000 album Sing When You’re Winning. Mills remarked afterwards: “This might be the best day of my life, apart from getting married.”.
![[Stockport station was rebranded into ‘Scottport’ to celebrate Scott Mills’ first BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/10/Screenshot-2025-01-27-at-10.03.20.jpg)
To mark his inauguaral day, BBC has arranged a series of special Scott Mills-themed events, with signage at Stockport train station was changed to “Scottport” on Monday, whole a choir appeared on the show to sing Scott-themed songs, such as the Spice Girls’ “Stop Right Now” being reimagined into the lyrics “Scott Right Now”.
![[Scott Mills joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/11/19/09/PA-41478551.jpg)
