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Scott Mills’s sudden sacking suggests BBC has made its mind up about him

Amid lurid speculation, the decision has been taken with unusual speed in the last days of Tim Davie’s regime as director general – and it appears to be final

In a valedictory podcast appearance, Tim Davie, whose resignation as BBC director general takes final effect on 2 April, thanked his neighbours for smuggling him out through their gardens when the media were camped outside his house during various BBC scandals.

After Monday’s sudden announcement that the Radio 2 breakfast show presenter Scott Mills had been summarily sacked over a so-far unspecified failure of “personal conduct”, Davie may be relieved that he has only three more days of running with his head ducked past next door’s rhododendrons.

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Apr 24, 2026 BBC Radio 2 Radio industry

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