Scott Mills weighs in on major Radio 2 complaint -"I'm not worried in the slightest"
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Scott Mills says he is “not worried” about the perception that there are fewer women on BBC Radio 2 as he takes over the breakfast show from Zoe Ball. Zoe signed off from her last show on December 20 after presenting the programme for six years, with Scott's first day set for Monday January 27. When asked if he was concerned by the lack of main women presenters until the afternoon on Radio 2, Scott told the Radio Times that “we have two women on my breakfast show in the morning”, naming newsreader Tina Daheley, and traffic and travel reporter Ellie Brennan.
“Also, half of the breakfast-show team – who sometimes you’ll hear on air and sometimes not – are also women,” he added. “So no, I’m not worried about that in the slightest.”. The current Radio 2 line-up has Scott, Vernon Kay, and Jeremy Vine, and different presenters sitting in for the early-afternoon show until 4pm, when Sara Cox and later Jo Whiley take over. From next week, Trevor Nelson is picking up Scott's previous weekday 2pm to 4pm slot.
The new schedule, announced in November, also sees Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s show on Friday nights extended to two hours, while Nelson’s former late-night Monday to Thursday slot will be filled by DJ Spoony’s The Good Groove show. Scott also says that he was “pretty much offered” the Radio 1 breakfast show after Chris Moyles left, but before Nick Grimshaw took over in 2012.
“Then they decided against it … as they do, to go in a different direction,” he added. “They would have probably put Nick Grimshaw on eventually anyway, so what would my tenure have been on the Radio 1 breakfast show? A year? Two years?," he continued.
