‘Startlingly rare’: Scott Mills’s sudden sacking shows the BBC has made its mind up about him
Amid lurid speculation, the decision has been taken with unusual speed in the last days of Tim Davie’s regime as director general – and it appears to be finalIn a...
By Mark Lawson · The Guardian Culture
Amid lurid speculation, the decision has been taken with unusual speed in the last days of Tim Davie’s regime as director general – and it appears to be final In a valedictory podcast appearance, Tim Davie, whose resignation as the BBC director general takes final effect on 2 April, thanked his neighbours for smuggling him out through their gardens when the media were camped outside his house during various BBC scandals. Following today’s sudden announcement that the Radio 2 breakfast show presenter Scott Mills has been summarily sacked over a so-far unspecified failure of “personal conduct”, Davie may be relieved that he only has three more days of running with his head ducked past next door’s rhododendrons. Continue reading...