Overview
- Sara Cox will present the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show from Monday, July 6 and has said she is “not nervous” about the move from her long‑running teatime slot.
- Cox plans a listener‑first breakfast show that keeps regular callers at the heart of the programme while adding occasional high‑profile guests, with Tom Hanks reported as her first interview.
- Gary Davies has been filling the Breakfast Show on an interim basis and will hand the slot to Cox when her new programme begins at 6.30am on July 6.
- Scott Mills was removed from the role earlier this year after new BBC concerns about a historic police investigation that led to a 2019 CPS decision not to charge him, and he is reported to be preparing a legal claim for unfair dismissal.
- The change matters because Radio 2’s breakfast slot draws millions of listeners, so the BBC is using Cox’s relaunch to try to stabilise audience numbers and repair reputational damage from recent presenter controversies.