BBC bosses are poised to offer Sara Cox the Radio 2 Breakfast Show job after Scott Mills’s sacking, insiders told The Sun.
Sources said veteran broadcaster Sara, 51, was seen as the “heir apparent” for the role — which is widely regarded as the best job in radio.
Mills, who had hosted the show since January 2025, was dismissed last month.
It came after new information about a police investigation over alleged sex offences with a boy aged under 16 in 2018 came to light at the BBC. OJ Borg and Gary Davies have filled in since Mills left the station.
Insiders said they expected Sara, who joined the BBC in 1999 as a Radio 1 DJ, to be offered the job this summer.
A source said: “Sara is the heir apparent for the Breakfast Show job.
“Since Scott left, she has been the name which has been discussed as the best candidate and everyone at Radio 2 is saying she will be offered it.
“Sara has made a huge success of her drivetime slot and is hugely popular at the station, plus she’s hosted the Breakfast Show as a stand-in before.
“The BBC won’t be rushing this through as they want the dust to settle. But Sara is the one in line and, as far as her colleagues are concerned, she is the best person for the job.”
Sara, who began a TV career in the 90s, featured on Radio 2 as a cover host for various shows in 2012 while still working for Radio 1.
The mum-of-three landed her first permanent Radio 2 show, hosting Sounds of the 80s on Saturday nights, the following year.
She went on to replace Simon Mayo as the drivetime presenter in 2019 and stood in on the Breakfast Show in 2025.
That year, she was chosen to complete a Children in Need challenge and raised over £11.5million after walking and running 135 miles in five days.
She said of working for Radio 2: “It’s sort of my dream job.”
SCOTT SPOTTED
SCOTT Mills is seen for the first time since being sacked by the BBC.
The star, who was axed as Radio 2 Breakfast Show host, was out walking walked his dog with his husband Sam Vaughan.
Mills, 53, confirmed he was quizzed by police in 2018 following an allegation of a historical sexual offence against a boy under 16.
The case was dropped due to a lack of evidence.
But Mills was sacked last month after new information came to light, the BBC said.
He was allowed to keep his job for almost a decade despite the BBC being made aware in 2017 of an ongoing probe.