Scott Mills (radio show)
| Genre | Entertainment & comedy, music |
|---|---|
| Running time | 180 minutes (1:00 pm–4:00 pm) (165 minutes 2004–2012) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 1 |
| Hosted by | Scott Mills and Chris Stark (co-presenter) |
| Produced by | Mark Lockett |
| Recording studio | Studio 82A, Broadcasting House, London |
| Original release | January 1998 – present |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Website | BBC Homepage |
| Podcast | Scott Mills Daily |
Scott Mills is a Sony Radio Academy Award-winning radio show, broadcast every weekday afternoon on BBC Radio 1 from 1:00–4:00 pm. The show aired from 4:00–7:00 pm from 7 June 2004 until 30 March 2012. It is hosted by Scott Mills, with contributions from Chris Stark. Previous contributors have included Mark Chapman, Laura Sayers and Beccy Huxtable, the last of whom left the show on 18 January 2013.
The show began when Mills began work at Radio 1 in 1998. Soon after, he began to substitute for Sara Cox. In January 2004, he was made host of a programme broadcast between 1:00 and 3:00 pm on weekends. In May 2004 Mills returned to weekday-afternoon programming as a temporary replacement for Cox, who was on maternity leave. When Cox decided not to return to afternoons Mills became permanent host in the drive-time slot with Cox's co-host, Mark "Chappers" Chapman, whose name came from him wearing leather chaps. The show originally aired from 3:00 to 6:00 pm, moving to a later slot in a schedule reorganisation.
The show regularly tops the Audience Appreciation Index, which ranks the most popular shows on Radio 1. Mills is also on the Popjustice Readers Poll as being the Best DJ on the Radio, coming fourth in 2014, first in 2013, first in 2012, first in 2011, first in 2010, and first in 2008.
On 28 February 2012 it was announced that the show would be moved to the 1:00–4:00 pm time slot, with Greg James replacing him in the drivetime show from 2 April.
Mills was the primary holiday cover on The Chris Moyles Show until its end on Friday 14 September 2012. Mills continues to cover The Radio 1 Breakfast Show when Nick Grimshaw is absent.
For Christmas 2012, Scott and team set themselves a challenge to make the perfect Christmas single, one that would stand the test of time and still be good in 20 years. He enlisted the help of Frisky & Mannish, as well as Chris and Beccy, and created "Scott Mills & His Pigs in Blankets - The Perfect Christmas Single (Frankinsensational)", which is available as a free download on the Radio 1 website. It has been downloaded more than 170,000 times. There was also a BBC Radio 1's Stories documentary made about the making of the song.
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