BBC Radio 2 schedule shake-up sees Trevor Nelson take over Scott Mills’ slot

Presenter Trevor Nelson is acceptable to regenerate Scott Mills successful the weekday day slot astatine BBC Radio 2 arsenic portion of a docket shake-up.

The determination comes aft it was announced Mills, 51, volition instrumentality implicit the station’s Breakfast Show from Zoe Ball pursuing her departure adjacent period aft six years successful the role.

Nelson, who presently hosts the Rhythm Nation amusement from Monday to Thursday from 10pm to midnight, volition determination to the 2pm to 4pm weekday slot from January.

In a statement, Nelson said: “It’s going to beryllium large being connected daytime. It’s the eventual privilege arsenic a broadcaster to entertain the federation connected the biggest presumption successful the UK each day.

“I’m looking to person tons of amusive and volition beryllium bringing a spot of psyche to the caller show.”

The 60-year-old confirmed his guess-the-artist benignant game, Five Seconds To Name, volition beryllium coming with him to his caller slot which helium hopes listeners volition enjoy.

After starting his broadcasting vocation connected London’s Kiss FM successful 1985, Nelson aboriginal joined BBC Radio 1 wherever helium presented The Rhythm Nation from 1996 to 2013, said to beryllium the archetypal nationalist R&B show.

From 2007, helium presented the Breakfast Show connected BBC Radio 1Xtra and the pursuing year, helium launched a play psyche and R&B amusement connected Radio 2 whilst besides presenting shows connected Radio 1 and 1Xtra.

Nelson volition proceed to contiguous his show, Trevor Goes Old Skool, astatine BBC 1Xtra, which airs connected Sundays from 11am to 1pm.

Helen Thomas, caput of Radio 2, said: “I’m thrilled to beryllium capable to determination Trevor into Radio 2’s weekday daytime schedule.

“A existent vigor pioneer, Trevor is loved by his listeners, and I’m looking guardant to proceeding him bring a interaction of hugely fashionable soul, funk and R&B to weekday afternoons.”

Elsewhere, DJ Spoony volition capable successful Nelson’s erstwhile precocious nighttime Monday to Thursday slot with his The Good Groove show, which antecedently aired connected Friday nights from 9pm to 11pm.

He said it would beryllium a “dream” to play “some of the champion creation and soulful gems from implicit the past 60 years” connected his amusement for 8 hours a week connected Radio 2.

DJ Spoony, 54, joined BBC Radio 1 successful 2000 with his Dreem Teem euphony accumulation partners Mikee B and Timmi Magic, bringing UK store to a nationalist audience.

He aboriginal began his clip astatine Radio 2 successful February 2019 and has since presented a assortment of specials crossed the station.

Meanwhile, Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Kitchen Disco volition beryllium extended from 1 to 2 hours, with the popular prima acceptable to bring her enactment to Friday nights from 9pm to 11pm.

The Murder On The Dancefloor singer, 45, said: “I can’t hold to bring my Kitchen Disco to Friday nights connected Radio 2, erstwhile we volition question goodbye to the past week and bring connected the play unneurotic successful existent disco style.”

During lockdown, Ellis-Bextor started her room disco parties wherever she broadcast herself singing hits astatine location with her family.

Her 2001 deed Murder On The Dancefloor enjoyed renewed popularity aft it featured successful the 2023 Bafta-nominated intelligence thriller Saltburn.