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Scott Mills (born and the Official Chart Show .


EARLY RADIO CAREER

Scott's first ever radio job was at Southampton based radio station, Power FM, presenting a 1.00am to 6.00am slot. Aged 16, he was the youngest radio presenter in the UK BBC biography . He later moved to a "drivetime slot" at the station before moving to GWR FM in Bristol. After two years at GWR FM, Scott moved to Piccadilly Key 103 in Manchester. Initially on the late night slot at Key 103, he later moved to a mid-morning slot. A highlight of his time at Key 103, was an exclusive interview with Robbie Williams following his high profile split from Take That . Scott later joined the team of Heart FM for its launch.


SCOTT AT RADIO 1

Radio 1 approached Scott in 1998, and initially gave him the Early Breakfast Show. On his fourth day on the job, the presenter of the flagship Breakfast show, ''. Since then, he does not normally refer directly to his Homosexual ity.

He still presents the Top 40 chart show when JK And Joel are unavailable. He also appears in the ''Mills and Spoon'' feature on the DJ Spoony show on Sunday morning, in which the two read love stories; the name is a play on the Mills & Boon series of books. Scott's morning shows include different features to his evening show, such as ''Car Park Price Is Right'', featuring the voice of Bruce Forsyth , where callers in Car Park s have to guess the price of various products and the closest wins the product.


The Scott Mills Show

Scott was eventually given his current show, going under the name of the ''The Scott Mills Show'', which is a drivetime slot between 4.00pm and 7.00pm Monday till Thursday, ending at 5:45pm on a Friday. He initally covered for previous host of this slot . In 2006 The Scott Mills Show was nominated for two Sony Radio Awards.

His afternoon show features Mark Chapman (aka 'Chappers'), who is the sports reader, as an on-air sidekick, and Laura Sayers , an assistant producer.


Features

Features that have occurred on Scott Mills' afternoon show have included:
  • Celebrity Call - prank phone calls using clips of celebrities


  • Flirt Divert - in which listeners are encouraged to give a specific false number to unwanted people who attempt to flirt with them and then the results of the answer phone are played on air. This has proved to be an extremely successful feature, being included in a story-line in '' Hollyoaks ''. In January 2006, the original number was replaced after it had become too well known.


  • Rate My Listener - a spoof of " Hot Or Not " style sites, which usually results in the entrant being rated "minging" or "good morning".


  • The Big Fact Hunt - in which listeners were to use the BBC search engine engine to find an obscure fact, (although the primary purpose was the innuendo of the oft-repeated title).



  • The Takeaway Game - in which a Takeaway is read a complex order and then asked to Hold before reading the order back, for confirmation. At this point a second takeaway in called and the two are connected with the original reading the order to the second, causing confusion.


  • Laura's Diary - in which the sister of Laura Sayers from the show's team, Mary Sayers , reads Laura's old diaries. These usually concern a young Laura's unsuccessful attempts at love. A similar idea was performed many years earlier by Danny Baker and Janet Ellis .



  • Angry Pizza Man - another prank phone call feature, involving the calling of a local Pizza takeaway with orders with comedy fake names - in the style pioneered by Steve Allen , but now most associated with Bart Simpson .


  • Meal or No Meal - a parody of Deal Or No Deal in which Scott and Laura must eat food from unlabelled tins, one of which will contain pet food.



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Scott Mills Daily

As part of the BBC's extended Download and Podcast Trial, a number of new downloadable podcasts were made available, as a best of for their radio/TV shows. Scott Mills got a daily highlights podcast with the new bunch.
Regular features on the podcast include...
  • Flirt Divert phone calls and text messages

  • Laura's Diary and One Night With Laura (features, including a national roadshow, about the assistant of the Scott Mill's Show).

  • Regular comedy skits and prank calls.



WORK OUTSIDE OF RADIO

Outside radio the presenter features on the current in-store TV channel at Blockbuster stores in the UK and often DJs at university student unions. He is popular with certain sections of the student body and within the gay community .


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