BBC Scott Mills Scandal
Talk Breakfast
Ricky Freelove
4.3 • 763 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Andrew Gold joins Jeremy Kyle to discuss the latest scandal involving the BBC with Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills who allegedly committed sexual offences against a teenage boy. Peter Bleksley is back to discuss the top stories taking a break from his crime theatre tour. A father of a grooming gang survivor joins Jeremy to discuss about the beginning of the official inquiry. Ross Clark joins to discuss the urgent need for fracking and cuts to fuel duty and VAT as diesel hits £2 a litre. Reform UK's Sarah Pochin MP and Labour's Karl Turner MP also join the show.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, very good morning to you. Welcome to Talk Breakfast. It's the home, of course, the |
| 0:06.4 | Common Sense and of course the Home of the Alarm Clock Brit. Thank you so much indeed to Mark |
| 0:10.6 | Dolan yesterday. I was at home because my boy was 17 and I couldn't miss out on seeing |
| 0:15.7 | his faces. He had his first driving lesson and headed off down the road in his new car. So |
| 0:20.7 | that was lovely. Thank you |
| 0:21.4 | to Dolan. We're back live and exclusive across the UK. Loads to get through as ever, my friends, |
| 0:26.8 | will set the challenge. Who's going to get the first voice note into Christian this morning? |
| 0:30.6 | 034-4-9-1,000. So a number he need. Damien is here. Dodgy Damien is taking the course as well, bless him. |
| 0:38.6 | You can also text 8-7-3-2. Chaos at the BBC. You'll have seen all the stories. Scott Mills, |
| 0:45.0 | BBC Radio 2 Breakfast, it becomes another scandal hit presenter to be sacked as it emerges |
| 0:51.2 | that he was investigated by police in 2016 over serious sexual offences |
| 0:56.9 | against a teenage boy. At that moment, the police deemed that there wasn't enough to prosecute. |
| 1:02.2 | Listen, we'll talk about it. Strange to me in that, why have you waited 10 years? It was apparently |
| 1:06.8 | the very last action of Tim Davy as a Director General on Thursday. |
| 1:11.1 | Is he doing it for legacy? Is it the new regime? |
| 1:13.7 | Why did it take 10 years? |
| 1:15.1 | And how many other rotten apples are inside the BBC? |
| 1:18.4 | We'll let you know. |
| 1:19.4 | The National Rape Gang inquiry does actually finally begin today. |
| 1:23.3 | Nine months after it was announced, |
| 1:24.9 | they reckon it'll be so organised this, not Barris Longfield is chairing it. |
| 1:29.9 | It could last until 2029. |
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