BBC Radio 1
Mills joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998 to present The Early Breakfast Show which broadcasts between the hours of 4am and 7am. In January 2004, Mills shifted to a weekend afternoon slot for just over 6 months, but in July 2004, he moved over to the weekday early-evening slot, initially covering for Sara Cox, who was on a maternity leave. As she did not return, the slot became The Scott Mills Show. Mills also provides holiday cover for other slots including The Chris Moyles Show as well as also regularly covering Reggie Yates on the official chart show.
The Scott Mills Show, as it currently features, runs from 4pm to 7pm, Monday to Friday. Until 24 December 2009, it was co-presented by sport reporter and occasional presenter Mark Chapman (Chappers). The assistant producer was Laura Sayers until April 2008. The current assistant producer is Rebecca Huxtable, usually called 'Beccy' or 'Wacky Beccy' on air. The regular newsreader is Tulip Mazumdar. The producer of the show is Emlyn Dodd, although he is referred to on air as 'The one who doesn't speak'.
In 2006, The Sun newspaper reported that Mills' salary was £130,000 a year for his work with Radio 1.
Features on the show have included Laura's Diary, Flirt Divert, Innuendo Bingo, Rate my Listener and Your Call. On Fridays, the show is modified with more music, in the form of the two features The Wonder Years, which features a different track from each sequential year to the present day, and Ready For The Weekend? which is an hour of dance music and remixes of current chart music.
Mills has a number of catch phrases, including "alright, treacle". On Fridays, he used to open the show by using another catchphrase "it's only bley Friday" which is usually shouted very loudly in an incoherent manner to a backing of a random piece of classical music. The phrase was originally adopted from the previous afternoon show host, Sara Cox.
On 2 April 2012 he moved to the afternoon slot on BBC Radio 1.
| Preceded by Chris Moyles |
Radio 1 Early Breakfast Show Host October 1998-January 2004 |
Succeeded by Nemone |
| Preceded by Nemone |
Radio 1 Weekend Afternoon Host January 2004-May 2004 |
Succeeded by Chappers & Dave (Saturday) Edith Bowman(Sunday) |
| Preceded by Sara Cox |
Radio 1 Drivetime Host June 2004-March 2012 |
Succeeded by Greg James |
| Preceded by Greg James |
Radio 1's Afternoon Host April 2012-Present |
Succeeded by N/A |
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