The Scott Mills Show

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = The Scott Mills Show


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format = Entertainment & Comedy, Music > Pop & Chart
runtime = 165 minutes
country = UK
language = English
home_station = BBC Radio 1
syndicates =
presenter = Scott Mills
starring =
producer = Emlyn Dodd Rebecca Huxtable
executive_producer =
record_location = Yalding House, London
first_aired = start date|2004|06|07
last_aired = present
audio_format = Stereophonic sound
website = [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/scottmills/ www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/scottmills]
podcast = [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio1/mills/rss.xml Scott Mills Daily]

"The Scott Mills Show" is a weekday drive time radio show in the United Kingdom that broadcasts on BBC Radio 1. The show has been hosted by Scott Mills since he took over the drive time slot from Sara Cox on 7 June 2004. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/05_may/21/r1_specialist.shtml|title=Radio 1 champions new music with changes to its specialist line-up|publisher=BBC|date=2004-05-21|accessdate=2008-10-05] He is joined by co-presenters Mark Chapman who is a sports newsreader for "Newsbeat" and Rebecca Huxtable who is assistant producer. The show broadcasts Monday to Friday from 4:00 pm until 5:45 pm, taking a 15 minute break for "Newsbeat", and starts again from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. On Fridays the format of the show changes to make way for "The Wonder Years" (music from the nineties) and "Friday Floor Fillers" (dance music). The show has created features that include "Flirt divert", "One Night with Laura" and "Scott Cam". In 2006 a podcast version of the show was introduced as part of a trial by the BBC and is now available as a daily download. The show won a Gold award for the "The Interactive Programme Award" at the "Sony Radio Academy Awards" in 2006.cite web|url=http://www.radioawards.org/winners/?awid=44&awname=The+Interactive+Programme+Award&year=2006|title=The Interactive Programme Award Winners 2006|publisher=Sony Radio Academy Awards|accessdate=2008-10-03] BBC Radio 1 was criticized by Ofcom in 2006 for what they said was “serious misjudgment” over a “wind-up” phone call on "The Scott Mills Show". They said that it was "overtly aggressive" and "clearly unsuitable for broadcast". [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5073120.stm|title=Radio 1 to fine DJs for swearing|publisher=BBC News Online|date=2006-06-12|accessdate=2008-10-08] A woman who was on the receiving end of the call was told to “shut the fuck up” and her child was called a “little shit”, [cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article674193.ece|title=Stop turning the air blue or you’ll be off the airwaves, Radio 1 DJs told|publisher=The Times|date=2006-06-13|accessdate=2008-10-08] but these swear words were bleeped out when the call was played out on air.

History

Scott Mills began work at Radio 1 in 1998 where he was offered a job presenting the "The Early Breakfast Show" on Radio 1. This was a successful period for him and was soon covering for breakfast show DJ Sara Cox when she was away. In 2003 he moved to hosting the weekend slot from 1:00 pm, [cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a12242/radio-1-announces-more-schedule-changes.html|title=Radio 1 announces more schedule changes|publisher=Digital Spy|date=2003-11-05|accessdate=2008-10-06] and in May 2004, Mills moved again to weekday afternoons to fill for Sara Cox who had gone on maternity leave. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/djs/newdaytime_feb04.shtml|title=Brand New Daytime Line Up|publisher=BBC Radio 1|date=2004-02-25|accessdate=2008-10-05] His weekend show was temporarily taken by Chappers and Dave on a Saturday, and Edith Bowman on a Sunday. Sara Cox decided not to return to afternoons, [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4017003.stm|title=Radio 1 chart show host to leave|publisher=BBC News Online|date=2003-11-05|accessdate=2004-11-16] and she was later given a weekend slot and Mills was given the weekday afternoon drive time job full time, working with Sara's co-host Mark Chapman. The show then aired from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm, before the weekday schedule shake-up when it moved to 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm, where it has remained to present day.

On July 25, 2008 a special edition of "The Scott Mills Show" was broadcast live from Barry Island as part of Radio 1's summer events. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/entertainment/newsid_7489000/7489535.stm|title=Radio 1 goes back to Balearics |publisher=Newsbeat|accessdate=2008-10-04] This special broadcast was dedicated to a regular feature on the show called "Barryoke" where listeners with the name Barry ring in to cover a song and change the lyrics to include their name. Barry Chuckle from the Chuckle Brothers recorded a special edition of "Barryoke" for the Barry Island show, [cite web|url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/07/23/exclusive-hear-the-chuckle-brothers-cover-jay-z-s-99-problems-115875-20668032/|title=Exclusive: Hear The Chuckle Brothers cover Jay-Z's 99 Problems|publisher=Daily_Mirror|date=2008-07-23|accessdate=2008-10-06] he recorded "99 Problems" by Jay-Z, changing the lyrics from "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" to "I got 99 problems but a Barry ain't one".

Show format

The show begins at 4:00 pm and generally contains a mix of music, talk and a feature of some kind and a game involving other members of the team or the listeners. At 5:45 pm "Newsbeat" takes over as a separate programme until 6:00 pm, offering in-depth national and international news from the day. The show then takes a more relaxed format and there is less audience participation and no major competitions or features. Mark Chapman often presents a version of the show featuring a number of classic clips entitled "Scott Mills Gold with Chappers", when covering during off-peak periods, such as the Christmas holiday.

On Fridays, the show starts with Scott shouting his catchphrase, "It's Only Bley Friday" over a loud piece of music, signalling the start of the weekend. The show is very much different from the rest of the week and contains more music. The show becomes "The Wonder Years" and there is very little talking from the team. Older songs from the nineties are played instead of the mainstream playlist. At 6:00 pm, a separate show called "The Scott Mills Friday Floor fillers" begins and again contains very little talking. Dance music is played to celebrate the fact that most people have now finished work for the weekend.

Features

Popular recurring features that appear on The Scott Mills Show include:
* " [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/scottmills/flirtdivert.shtml Flirt Divert] " — Scott gives out a number for people on a night out who meet a 'munter'. Their calls will go straight to the "Flirt Divert" answer phone and Scott will play them on the air. In January 2006, after a year of the same number Scott changed the number as it was becoming too popular.
*" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/laura/feature/onenight/ One Night with Laura] " — In 2006 Scott launched "One Night With Laura", a competition to find Laura, the then assistant producer of the show, a boyfriend. The show went on the road with a tour bus and held auditions in five UK cities to find Laura a date. The auditions in each city involved 20 single men who were picked from thousands of entries. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/hampshire/content/articles/2006/03/27/radio1_laura_feature.shtml|title=The Scott Mills Show in Southampton|publisher=BBC Hampshire|date=2006-03-28|accessdate=2008-10-04] Judges for the auditions included Laura's Dad and Sister. The website for "One Night with Laura" generated 11.8 million page impressions.cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/05_may/04/radio.shtml|title=Listeners tune into 20 million hours of BBC Radio online|publisher=BBC|date=2006-05-04|accessdate=2008-10-03]
* "Oh! What's Occurring" — Each show Scott records three situations in which Chappers and Beccy have to guess what happens next.
* "Scott Cam" — On 29 September 2008, 'Scott Cam' was launched. Scott had six cameras placed in various rooms of his house which were on for 24 hours a day for one week with the show being broadcast live from his house. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/09_september/29/mills.shtml|title=Scott Mills under miscroscope as Scottcam launches|publisher=BBC|date=2008-09-29|accessdate=2008-10-04] The cameras were viewable by going to the Radio 1 website. 'Scott Cam' was launched after the success of "Becky Cam" which was a live streaming webcam on the Radio 1 office desk.

Team members

The main host of the show is Scott Mills, who worked on Radio 1's "The Early Breakfast Show" for five years before moving to the drive time slot, is joined by sidekick and sports journalist Mark Chapman. Chapman, or Chappers as he is commonly known on the show, was originally a reporter for the breakfast show with Sarah Cox and later becoming a regular on the show. He later moved to the drive time slot with Cox who was then replaced by Scott Mills and he has stayed as a regular contributor ever since. The show's producer is Emlyn Dodd, who is referred to as "The One That Doesn't Speak". He has previously worked for Top of the Pops, Radio 1's Chart Show, and the Breakfast Show with Zoë Ball and Sara Cox. The assistant producer was Laura Sayers until she left in April 2008 to work as producer for the "Fearne & Reggie Request Show". She created the "Laura's Diary" feature of the show. Her sister would read extracts of Laura's teenage diary on air. The current assistant producer is Rebecca Huxtable who was first known as "Wacky Beccy". She has become a vocal part of team, taking part in games and has created her own feature called "Beccy's Classifieds". This team travel with Scott when he does the breakfast show to cover for Chris Moyles, although the production team and Chappers have been known to stay on afternoons as well, mainly with Sara Cox.

Other regular contributors to the show include Peter Dickson who does voice over work for the show, Kathy Clugston who reads listeners questions for Scott in a feature called "Dear Scott" and Huw Stephens who reads "Beccy's Classifieds".

Podcast

In February 2006 a daily podcast version of the show entitled the "Scott Mills Daily" was made available for download from the BBC as part of their downloads trial. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/02_february/14/podcast.shtml|title=BBC to podcast hourly news, Woman's Hour and Paxman in trial extension|publisher=BBC|date=2006-02-14|accessdate=2008-10-07] The podcast varies in length depending on what good material from the show is available to add but usually contains the best bits, usually features, guests and talk. Due to copyright issues the podcast doesn't contain any of the music played on the show. The "Scott Mills Daily" has done well in the UK iTunes store chart, staying in the top 15 most downloaded podcasts and early figures from the BBC had shown it had been downloaded 330,471 times,cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2006/05_may/04/radio.shtml|title=Listeners tune into 20 million hours of BBC Radio online|publisher=BBC|date=2006-05-04|accessdate=2008-10-02] [cite web|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article709776.ece|title=Radio Waves: Station to station|publisher=The Times|date=2006-04-30|accessdate=2008-10-08] and a week in December 2006, The Sun reported that the "Scott Mills Daily" had been downloaded 535,051 times. [cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article1265289.ece|title=Pod save our gracious Queen|publisher=The Times|date=2006-12-31|accessdate=2008-10-08]

Awards

References

External links

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* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scott-Mills/6575708990 Official Scott Mills Show fan page] at Facebook
* [http://www.music4.com/musicservices/catalogue/421/bbc-radio-1/scott-mills-on-bbc-radio-1-breakfast.html "The Chris Moyles Show with Scott Mills" radio jingles] at Music 4
* [http://www.unofficialmills.co.uk Scott Mills Fansite]