Scott Mills welcomed listeners to his first BBC Radio 2 breakfast show on Monday, telling listeners it was "all a bit overwhelming". The broadcaster has taken over the prestigious slot from Zoe Ball, who stood down from last month after six years of hosting. "As a radio presenter, and radio fan all my life, I'm still finding it quite hard to process that this is happening if I'm honest," Mills told listeners in his opening link.
He joked that everyone had been guessing what his first song would be, as he formally opened the show by introducing Rock DJ by Robbie Williams. "Here we go then, this is the Scott Mills breakfast show on BBC Radio 2, and I can't believe I'm finally saying those words," he said. "I've worked at the BBC for 25 years now, on the radio.
A lot of you may have grown up listening to me, I'm sure a lot of you will not have much idea about me at all. "Either way, if you could make me part of your morning routine, it would honestly mean so much, because I'm going to give it absolutely everything I've got. I really hope you enjoy it.
" Mills follows in the footsteps of previous Radio 2 breakfast hosts Ball, Chris Evans, Terry Wogan, Ken Bruce and Derek Jameson. "If I think too much about the previous occupiers of this show, it becomes mind-blowing to me, for a kid who wanted to be on the radio but wasn't sure he had the self-confidence to be able to actually do it," Mills reflected. "The aim here is to make you smile, bring up your mood, to make you shoulder and.
