Overview
- Sara Cox began as permanent host of the Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Monday, July 6, opening with Lizzo’s “About Damn Time” and featuring Tom Hanks as her first celebrity guest.
- Early reviews and listener messages were broadly positive, with critics praising Cox’s upbeat, familiar style and the show’s mix of music, features and A‑list guests.
- Cox publicly thanked Gary Davies, who had been the interim presenter since Scott Mills was taken off air in March, and carried over several popular segments from her teatime show.
- Scott Mills was sacked after the BBC disclosed it had known about a Metropolitan Police inquiry opened in 2016 and the Crown Prosecution Service’s 2019 decision not to charge for lack of evidence.
- Mills is reported to be pursuing legal action against the BBC over his dismissal and personal reactions, including an Instagram post by his husband showing another station, underline ongoing reputational and legal pressure on the corporation.