The BBC has dismissed Scott Mills following a complaint concerning his private behaviour.
The broadcaster, who is 53, stepped into the Radio 2 morning programme from Zoe Ball in January 2025 after spending years working for the corporation.
The presenter from Eastleigh was removed from his Radio 2 show last Tuesday (March 23) while the BBC reviewed the information.
According to reports, his contract was ended over the weekend.
In a statement, the BBC said it does not discuss matters involving specific individuals but confirmed Mills was no longer under contract and had departed the organisation.
Career of Scott Mills
Mills launched his broadcasting career at age 16 as a presenter on Power FM, his local commercial station in Hampshire.
He was given the chance to host a week’s worth of programming, and impressed so much that he was offered the late-night position from 1am to 6am.
This made him the youngest permanent presenter on mainstream commercial radio.
He left Power FM for GWR FM in Bristol, then moved to Piccadilly Key 103 in Manchester where he worked the late-night shift.
He subsequently took over the mid-morning programme there before joining London’s new Heart 106.2 station in 1995.
Mills transferred to BBC Radio 1 in October 1998 to front the early breakfast programme, which aired from 4am until 7am.
In January 2004, Mills shifted to a weekend afternoon slot, before another change later that year to the weekday early-evening slot, which had become available because of Sara Cox’s maternity leave.
Cox did not come back, and Mills became the permanent host of the early evening show, which became known as The Scott Mills Show.
The programme switched to an afternoon timeslot in April 2012 when Mills exchanged presenting responsibilities with Greg James.
During his time at Radio 1, Mills also filled in for other presenters during holidays and presented The Official Chart between June 2018 and August 2022.
Mills moved to Radio 2’s weekday lineup in 2022 when he took over from Steve Wright presenting the afternoon programme.
Before this, he worked on Radio 1 and hosted a weekend programme on BBC Radio 5 Live.