Overview
- Gary Davies signed off from the interim breakfast role on Friday after covering the slot since Scott Mills was sacked in March.
- Sara Cox will take over full time on July 6, bringing a refreshed format that adapts favourite segments from her Radio 2 teatime show.
- Her first guest is confirmed as Tom Hanks and the new programme will air from 6.30am on July 6.
- Mills was dismissed by the BBC in March, and reporting has said the Metropolitan Police opened an inquiry in 2016 into alleged offences from 1997–2000.
- The BBC frames Cox’s appointment as a stability measure to protect the breakfast audience and the station’s reputation while Mills considers legal options and the corporation faces heightened scrutiny over handling historic allegations.