Sara Cox Named BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Host

Sara Cox, a veteran BBC radio presenter, has been named the new host of the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, replacing Scott Mills who was dismissed from the role last month. The 51-year-old, currently hosting the station's weekday teatime program from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., will begin her new slot this summer, though an exact start date has not been specified.

The Breakfast Show, airing weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., draws approximately 6.5 million listeners each week, making it the United Kingdom's largest breakfast radio program. Radio 2 overall reaches 12.7 million weekly listeners, solidifying its position as the nation's most popular station.

Cox expressed enthusiasm in a statement: "There are not enough adjectives to really sum up how I'm feeling about being trusted with such an iconic show but let's start with ecstatic, honoured and incredibly chuffed. It's been a dream to host the Breakfast Show since I joined Radio 2 and it feels like a bit of a full circle for me. I've had the most glorious seven years of my career on Teatime so thank you to my brilliant Teatime listeners who hopefully will join me at Breakfast for excellent music and all my usual nonsense plus some...