Overview
- Tyler West will host The Detour, with the video podcast debuting Thursday on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds right after the TV episode.
- The BBC ended Scott Mills’s contracts last week after saying it obtained new information and acted in line with its culture and values, and it says he has been removed from planned future work.
- The corporation said it was told in 2017 that police were investigating Mills and it is reviewing what internal teams knew at the time.
- The Metropolitan Police said an inquiry opened in 2016 led to a man being questioned under caution in July 2018, and the case closed in May 2019 after prosecutors found there was not enough evidence to charge; Mills said he cooperated.
- The Detour will feature series four winner Alfie Watts and guest contributors including Kola Bokinni and Molly Rainford, keeping the companion show on schedule as the main series returns.