The Scott Mills Show
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The Scott Mills Show is a Sony Radio Academy Award-winning drive time
radio show, broadcast every week-day on BBC Radio 1
from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm, with a short break at 5:45 pm for Newsbeat
. The show began in its present form on 7 June 2004, and highlights of the show first became available as a podcast
in 2006. It is hosted by Scott Mills
and co-presented by Rebecca Huxtable
, with occasional help from Scott's mate Chris Stark.
. The show originally aired from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm, moving to its current, later slot in a schedule reorganisation.
Scott Mills is now also the main cover for The Chris Moyles Show, as well as regularly covering for Reggie Yates on the chart show.
, there is less audience participation and no major competitions or features.
On Fridays, the show starts with Scott shouting his catchphrase, "It's Only Bley Friday" (a self-censored version of "It's Only Bloody 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 upbeat music. The show becomes The Wonder Years with very little speech from the team. Older songs from the nineties are played instead of the mainstream playlist
. At 6:00 pm, a separate segment called Ready for the weekend (previously Floor Fillers) begins and again contains very little speech. Dance music and dance mixes of commercial pop tunes are played to celebrate the fact that most people have now finished work for the weekend.
On 25 July 2008, a special edition of The Scott Mills Daily was broadcast live from Barry Island
in South Wales
, as part of Radio 1's
summer events. 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, changing the lyrics of Jay-Z
's 99 Problems
from "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" to "I got 99 problems but a Barry ain't one".
, who was first known as "Wacky Beccy" and has a publicly acknowledged affection for cheese. She has become a vocal part of team, taking part in games and creating her own feature: Beccy's Classifieds, which has since been dropped. Beccy was also involved in a new feature, What's Beccy's Forte?.
The original assistant producer was Laura Sayers, who left in April 2008 to work as producer for the Fearne
& Reggie
Request Show. She created the Laura's Diary feature of the show, in which her sister would read extracts of Laura's teenage diary on air.
The show's producer, Emlyn Dodd, referred to as "The One That Doesn't Speak" (although he was heard to speak during Radio 1's Access All Areas Week on 10 December 2009, when the show was broadcast with viewers of a webcam being able to hear the presenters' conversations during the songs played on the show), previously worked for Top of the Pops
, Radio 1's Chart Show, and the Breakfast Show with Zoë Ball
and Sara Cox. Chapman, referred to by the team as 'Chappers' was originally a reporter for the breakfast show with Sara Cox and later became a regular on the show. He moved to the drive time slot with Cox, remaining there when Mills took over. Chapman left the show on Christmas Eve 2009, whilst Scott and the team were looking after The Chris Moyles Show.
Other regular contributors to the show include voice over artist Peter Dickson, 'The Posh Radio 4 Lady' (Kathy Clugston
), who reads listeners' questions for Scott in the feature Dear Scott. The newest member of the team, referred to as Scott's 'mate', is Chris Stark. He often features with Becky in features such as Innuendo Bingo: The Duel. He has also featured in a documentary called "It's Chris" voiced by David Hasselhoff. Whilst it has not been confirmed that he is a permanent member of the team, it appears that he is.
in 2006 for what they said was “serious misjudgement” over a “prank call
” on this programme. The regulator said that the call was "overtly aggressive" and "clearly unsuitable for broadcast". The woman who was the recipient of the call was told to “shut the fuck up” and her child called a “little shit”, although these swear words were bleeped out
when the call was played out on air
.
In 2008, Ofcom and the BBC received complaints about a feature called Badly Bleeped TV - a feature where words were bleeped
from TV/radio clips and the co-presenters are asked to guess what the bleeped-out words are. The words that were bleeped-out were censored in such a way that they seemed offensive but were revealed to not be offensive at the end of the feature. Ofcom decided that this was a breach of broadcasting regulations, and as a result the feature was dropped from the show.
version of the show, called Scott Mills Daily, became available for download from the BBC as part of their downloads trial. The podcast varies in length depending on the amount of suitable material from the show available each day. It is intended to contain the highlights of the programme, usually features, guests and talk. Due to copyright issues, the podcast does not contain music played on the show. The Scott Mills Daily has done well in the UK iTunes store
chart, currently at number 13 in the most downloaded podcasts; early figures from the BBC had shown it had been downloaded 330,471 times, and a week in December 2006, The Sun
reported that the Scott Mills Daily had been downloaded 535,051 times.
Drive time
Drive time is the daypart analog to prime time for radio broadcasting. It consists of the morning hours when listeners wake up, get ready, and/or head to work or school, and the afternoon hours when they are heading home and before their evening meal. These are the periods where the number of...
radio show, broadcast every week-day on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm, with a short break at 5:45 pm for Newsbeat
Newsbeat
Newsbeat is the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Newsbeat is produced by BBC News but differs from the BBC's other news programmes in its remit to provide news tailored for a specifically younger audience....
. The show began in its present form on 7 June 2004, and highlights of the show first became available as a podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
in 2006. It is hosted by Scott Mills
Scott Mills
Scott Robert Mills is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1...
and co-presented by Rebecca Huxtable
Rebecca Huxtable
Rebecca 'Beccy' Huxtable is a British radio personality and producer, currently co-producing The Scott Mills Show with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1.- Early life :Rebecca was born in Taunton, Somerset...
, with occasional help from Scott's mate Chris Stark.
History
Scott Mills began work at Radio 1 in 1998, presenting The Early Breakfast Show. Soon after, he began to substitute for Sara Cox when she was absent. In January 2004, he was made host of a programme broadcast between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm at weekends. In May 2004, Mills returned to weekday afternoon programming as a temporary replacement for Sara Cox who was on maternity leave. When Sara Cox decided not to return to afternoons, Mills became permanent host in the drive time slot, with Sara's co-host Mark "Chappers" ChapmanMark Chapman (DJ)
Andrew Mark "Chappers" Chapman , also known as Chappers, is the main sports presenter on Radio 5 Live as well as presenting for BBC Sport on television, his mother is Emily Chapman and his father is Peter Chapman.He was the sports newsreader and Mills' sidekick on The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio...
. The show originally aired from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm, moving to its current, later slot in a schedule reorganisation.
Scott Mills is now also the main cover for The Chris Moyles Show, as well as regularly covering for Reggie Yates on the chart show.
Show format
The show contains a mix of music, talk and features. For the final hour, following the broadcast of NewsbeatNewsbeat
Newsbeat is the flagship news programme on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra. Newsbeat is produced by BBC News but differs from the BBC's other news programmes in its remit to provide news tailored for a specifically younger audience....
, there is less audience participation and no major competitions or features.
On Fridays, the show starts with Scott shouting his catchphrase, "It's Only Bley Friday" (a self-censored version of "It's Only Bloody 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 upbeat music. The show becomes The Wonder Years with very little speech from the team. Older songs from the nineties are played instead of the mainstream playlist
Playlist
In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of radio broadcasting and personal computers.-In radio:...
. At 6:00 pm, a separate segment called Ready for the weekend (previously Floor Fillers) begins and again contains very little speech. Dance music and dance mixes of commercial pop tunes are played to celebrate the fact that most people have now finished work for the weekend.
On 25 July 2008, a special edition of The Scott Mills Daily was broadcast live from Barry Island
Barry Island
Barry Island may refer to:*Barry Island , Wales*Barry Island , Antarctica...
in South Wales
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
, as part of Radio 1's
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
summer events. 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
Chuckle Brothers
Barry Elliott and Paul Elliott , better known as the Chuckle Brothers, are British comedians. They are best known for their work on their BBC show ChuckleVision, which celebrated its 21st anniversary in March 2010 with a tour called An Audience with the Chuckle Brothers, which started in January...
recorded a special edition of Barryoke for the Barry Island show, changing the lyrics of Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter , better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of 2010...
's 99 Problems
99 Problems
"99 Problems" is the third single released by American rapper Jay-Z in 2004 from The Black Album. Throughout the song Jay-Z tells a story about dealing with a racist cop who wants to illegally search his car, dealing with rap critics, and dealing with an aggressor...
from "I got 99 problems but a bitch ain't one" to "I got 99 problems but a Barry ain't one".
Features
Popular recurring features and previous features that have appeared on The Scott Mills Show include:- 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 phoneAnswering machineThe answering machine or message machine, also known as the telephone answering machine in the UK and some Commonwealth countries) and previously known as an ansaphone, ansafone, or telephone answering device is a device for answering telephones and recording callers' messages.Unlike voicemail,...
and Scott will play them on the air. - One Night with Laura — In 2006 Scott launched One Night With Laura, a competition to find Laura, 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. Judges for the auditions included Laura's dad and sister. The website for One Night with Laura generated 11.8 million page impressions.
- Oh What's Occurring? — This was a long-running daily feature, which was last heard in July 2010. Scott records three situations in which Becky and a listener (who had previously applied on the Radio 1 website) have to guess the outcome of various situations. After Chappers left the show on 24 December 2009 a caller challenges Becky and if the caller win they stay on for another game. On the other hand if (s)he loses a new caller comes on the next time. The rules are very flexible and Scott changes them at will.
- Scott Cam — On 29 September 2008, 'Scott Cam' was launched. Scott had six cameras placed in various rooms of his house which were on 6 am-11 pm (24 hours in the kitchen) for one week with the show being broadcast live from his house. 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 webcamWebcamA webcam is a video camera that feeds its images in real time to a computer or computer network, often via USB, ethernet, or Wi-Fi.Their most popular use is the establishment of video links, permitting computers to act as videophones or videoconference stations. This common use as a video camera...
on the Radio 1 office desk. - Dear Scott, — 'Dear Scott' is a long-running feature where listeners get e-mails, texts and letters read out by The Posh Radio Four LadyKathy ClugstonKathy Clugston is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. She is known to BBC Radio 1 listeners as "The Posh Radio Four Lady" or PR4L for short....
. Who is known on the show as "The PR4L." Questions and queries are answered live on air. This normally occurs on Thursdays, however occasionally it occurs at other times, such as when Scott covers the Chris Moyles Show, when Dear Scott happens twice a day. - Treadmill Trivia — A quiz-based feature that involves a treadmillTreadmillA treadmill is an exercise machine for running or walking while staying in one place. The word treadmill traditionally refers to a type of mill which was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a wheel to grind grain...
and a contestant. For every question that is answered incorrectly, the treadmill speed increases, usually to the point where it becomes too fast, and the contestant falls off the treadmill in comedic effect. - It's Only Bleyyyy Friday! — On every Friday show, Scott shouts out, "It's Only Bleyyyy Friday!" in a near incoherent voice normally over a classical piece of music.
- Laura's Diary — Ex-assistant producer Laura had her diary from her teens read out by her younger sister, Mary. This includes stories of her first love Ben, and difficult times at universityUniversityA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
. - Innuendo Bingo — This feature involves clips from other radio or TV programmes, particularly from other BBC programmes, where what is said can be misconstrued as an innuendoInnuendoAn innuendo is a baseless invention of thoughts or ideas. It can also be a remark or question, typically disparaging , that works obliquely by allusion...
. The clips are played to someone from the BBC or a guest while the said person's mouth is full of water. The challenge is then not to spit out the water while laughing. The previous assistant to Scott, Laura, is reputedly bad at this game. - The Take Away Game — The show involves many classic prank callPrank callA prank call is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. Prank phone calls began to gain an America-wide following over a period of many years, as they gradually became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded amongst musicians, sound engineers, and media traders...
games. This involves two take away stores, where Scott rings one and orders food from their menu and subsequently puts them on hold. Scott then rings the second take away store and just before he is about to give his order, he asks the first take away store to repeat his order to him, when in fact it is said to the second take away store, where consequently inevitable confusion arises. - The Florist Game — A floristFloristryFloristry is the general term used to describe production, commerce and trade in flowers. It encompasses flower care and handling, floral design or flower arranging, merchandising, and display and flower delivery. Wholesale florists sell bulk flowers and related supplies to professionals in the trade...
(normally foreign) is rung up with the perception of buying flowers, however the real intention is to write a message which is actually a song (normally of a hip-hop or rap genre). Scott tries to get the florist to repeat the message, which is later played on top of the real song. - The Great American Name Game — Involves finding humorous names in the American phonebook with the objective of getting them to say their name.
- The Library Book Game — Involves ringing a library and enquiring about the existence of a fake book and author which as a combination is normally performed as a double-entendre.
- The Honesty Game — A feature where Scott, Chappers and Beccy answered questions from the public about all sorts that have to be answered as truthfully as possible. This game occasionally in the past included a special guest, normally another Radio 1 DJ such as Huw StephensHuw StephensHuw Stephens is a radio presenter currently broadcasting shows on BBC Radio 1.-Early life and career:Stephens was born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of the author and literary journalist Meic Stephens...
, Zane LoweZane LoweZane Lowe also known as 'Zipper', is a radio DJ and television presenter. He was born in New Zealand and grew up in Auckland, where he was a presenter on the local music station Max TV, before moving to England...
and now Radio 5 Live presenter Colin MurrayColin MurrayColin Murray is a Northern Irish sports and music radio and television presenter. He is the current host of the BBC Television show Match of the Day 2 on BBC Two, and the BBC Radio 5 Live shows 5 Live Sport and Fighting Talk, as well as a show on BBC Radio Ulster. He has previously hosted regular...
. - Livestock Lounge — The Livestock Lounge involved live animals that must be identified while blindfolded, performed in the Live LoungeLive LoungeThe Live Lounge is a segment on the British radio station BBC Radio 1. Originally hosted by Jo Whiley on her mid-morning radio show and now hosted by Fearne Cotton, it exhibits well-known artists usually performing one song of their own and one by another artist, in an acoustic format...
. Chappers performed the first on 20 April 2007, which included a rabbit, a duck, a lamb and a snake. The second game, which happened on 20 December 2007, involved Chappers identifying a turkey, a ferret and a toy singing goat. Scott brought back the feature renamed Livestock Lounge Extreme on 9 April 2009 which now involved Scott coming into contact with a python, a squirrel monkeySquirrel monkeyThe squirrel monkeys are the New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. They are the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae.Squirrel monkeys live in the tropical forests of Central and South America in the canopy layer. Most species have parapatric or allopatric ranges in the Amazon, while S...
and a warm weather penguin. - Phonebook Roulette — This involved writing a text messageText messagingText messaging, or texting, refers to the exchange of brief written text messages between fixed-line phone or mobile phone and fixed or portable devices over a network...
on a mobile phone and sending the message to a random person by freely scrolling through the phonebook and stopping at a random time. The message is usually of a curious nature or a mild innuendo, enticing the recipient to text back with an inquiry. - Beccy's Classifieds — Beccy finds weird or interesting online classifieds, and then has various people from Radio 1 read them out. On 7 August 2008, the only classified they have actually purchased is an empty jar advertised to contain the ghost of BeatlesThe BeatlesThe Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
legend, George HarrisonGeorge HarrisonGeorge Harrison, MBE was an English musician, guitarist, singer-songwriter, actor and film producer who achieved international fame as lead guitarist of The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison became over time an admirer of Indian mysticism, and introduced it to the other...
. Missed connectionMissed connectionA missed connection is an occurrence where two or more people are unable to exchange contact information or the information that is exchanged is lost. These missed connections are generally associated with romance, but they may also be business-related or otherwise...
adverts have also become a part of the feature on more recent shows. - What's Beccy's Forte? — This feature first began on 28 May 2009, and involves Beccy trying to find something she is excellent at. The first 'episode' featured UK beatboxerBeatboxingBeatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, and the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments...
BeardymanBeardyManDarren Foreman , better known as Beardyman, is a musician from London renowned for his beatboxing skills and use of live looping technology, and according to the BBC "King of Sound and Ruler of Beats".-Stage name and musical style:...
. Cheer-leading, mind-reading, playing tennis, interviewing celebrities and escapology have also been attempted, none of which has been identified as Beccy's forte. - Just for the pun of it — Beccy and Scott phone up specialist shops and try to slip in as many puns related to the profession as they can. Phone calls have involved a Cheese shop, a Pet shop and a French Restaurant.
- Coxipedia - This is a new feature first heard September 2010, whereby Sara Cox talks for a minute about a listeners chosen subject. The feature aim to have more entries into Coxipedia than Wikipedia by 2011. Listeners can apply to have their idea features on the show on the radio 1 website
- Scott Mills: The Musical — This was performed at the Pleasance One Theatre at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for three nights between 11–13 August 2009. Listeners did send in ideas that could be put into the musical itself, due to its lack of stage material. The team got listeners to send in audition video's to play scott in Scott Mills: The Musical. The final 3 were Adam from SouthamptonSouthamptonSouthampton is the largest city in the county of Hampshire on the south coast of England, and is situated south-west of London and north-west of Portsmouth. Southampton is a major port and the closest city to the New Forest...
, Joe from GloucestershireGloucestershireGloucestershire is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn, and the entire Forest of Dean....
and Luke from MerseysideMerseysideMerseyside is a metropolitan county in North West England, with a population of 1,365,900. It encompasses the metropolitan area centred on both banks of the lower reaches of the Mersey Estuary, and comprises five metropolitan boroughs: Knowsley, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, and the city of Liverpool...
. The phone lines were opened in the early morning of Friday 17 July 2009 and listeners sent in votes for who they thought should play Scott. The votes were counted and Joe was declared winner at 5 pm that day.
Team members
The main host of the show, Scott Mills, is joined by current assistant producer Rebecca HuxtableRebecca Huxtable
Rebecca 'Beccy' Huxtable is a British radio personality and producer, currently co-producing The Scott Mills Show with Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1.- Early life :Rebecca was born in Taunton, Somerset...
, who was first known as "Wacky Beccy" and has a publicly acknowledged affection for cheese. She has become a vocal part of team, taking part in games and creating her own feature: Beccy's Classifieds, which has since been dropped. Beccy was also involved in a new feature, What's Beccy's Forte?.
The original assistant producer was Laura Sayers, who left in April 2008 to work as producer for the Fearne
Fearne Cotton
Fearne Cotton is an English television and radio presenter who is known for presenting a number of popular TV programmes such as Top of the Pops and the Red Nose Day telethon. In 2007, she became the first regular female presenter of BBC Radio 1's Chart Show...
& Reggie
Reggie Yates
Reginald "Reggie" Yates is a British actor, television presenter and radio DJ of Ghanaian descent. He went to Central Foundation Boys' School.-Early career:...
Request Show. She created the Laura's Diary feature of the show, in which her sister would read extracts of Laura's teenage diary on air.
The show's producer, Emlyn Dodd, referred to as "The One That Doesn't Speak" (although he was heard to speak during Radio 1's Access All Areas Week on 10 December 2009, when the show was broadcast with viewers of a webcam being able to hear the presenters' conversations during the songs played on the show), previously worked for Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...
, Radio 1's Chart Show, and the Breakfast Show with Zoë Ball
Zoë Ball
Zoë Louise Ball is an English television and radio personality, most famous for becoming the first female host of the BBC Radio 1 breakfast show and for her earlier work presenting the 1990s children's show, Live & Kicking.-TV career:The daughter of the children's TV presenter Johnny Ball and his...
and Sara Cox. Chapman, referred to by the team as 'Chappers' was originally a reporter for the breakfast show with Sara Cox and later became a regular on the show. He moved to the drive time slot with Cox, remaining there when Mills took over. Chapman left the show on Christmas Eve 2009, whilst Scott and the team were looking after The Chris Moyles Show.
Other regular contributors to the show include voice over artist Peter Dickson, 'The Posh Radio 4 Lady' (Kathy Clugston
Kathy Clugston
Kathy Clugston is a newsreader and continuity announcer on BBC Radio 4 and the BBC World Service. She is known to BBC Radio 1 listeners as "The Posh Radio Four Lady" or PR4L for short....
), who reads listeners' questions for Scott in the feature Dear Scott. The newest member of the team, referred to as Scott's 'mate', is Chris Stark. He often features with Becky in features such as Innuendo Bingo: The Duel. He has also featured in a documentary called "It's Chris" voiced by David Hasselhoff. Whilst it has not been confirmed that he is a permanent member of the team, it appears that he is.
Controversy
BBC Radio 1 was criticised by OfcomOfcom
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom. Ofcom was initially established by the Office of Communications Act 2002. It received its full authority from the Communications Act 2003...
in 2006 for what they said was “serious misjudgement” over a “prank call
Prank call
A prank call is a form of practical joke committed over the telephone. Prank phone calls began to gain an America-wide following over a period of many years, as they gradually became a staple of the obscure and amusing cassette tapes traded amongst musicians, sound engineers, and media traders...
” on this programme. The regulator said that the call was "overtly aggressive" and "clearly unsuitable for broadcast". The woman who was the recipient of the call was told to “shut the fuck up” and her child called a “little shit”, although these swear words were bleeped out
Bleep censor
A bleep censor is the replacement of profanity or classified information with a beep sound , in television or radio...
when the call was played out on air
On Air
On Air is the second solo release by Alan Parsons following the split of The Alan Parsons Project, however the album's chief creative force was the Project's long-time guitarist, Ian Bairnson...
.
In 2008, Ofcom and the BBC received complaints about a feature called Badly Bleeped TV - a feature where words were bleeped
Bleep censor
A bleep censor is the replacement of profanity or classified information with a beep sound , in television or radio...
from TV/radio clips and the co-presenters are asked to guess what the bleeped-out words are. The words that were bleeped-out were censored in such a way that they seemed offensive but were revealed to not be offensive at the end of the feature. Ofcom decided that this was a breach of broadcasting regulations, and as a result the feature was dropped from the show.
Podcast
In February 2006, a daily podcastPodcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
version of the show, called Scott Mills Daily, became available for download from the BBC as part of their downloads trial. The podcast varies in length depending on the amount of suitable material from the show available each day. It is intended to contain the highlights of the programme, usually features, guests and talk. Due to copyright issues, the podcast does not contain music played on the show. The Scott Mills Daily has done well in the UK iTunes store
ITunes Store
The iTunes Store is a software-based online digital media store operated by Apple. Opening as the iTunes Music Store on April 28, 2003, with over 200,000 items to purchase, it is, as of April 2008, the number-one music vendor in the United States...
chart, currently at number 13 in the most downloaded podcasts; early figures from the BBC had shown it had been downloaded 330,471 times, and a week in December 2006, The Sun
The Sun (newspaper)
The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...
reported that the Scott Mills Daily had been downloaded 535,051 times.
Awards
| Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | The Interactive Programme Award | Gold |
| 2007 | Loaded Laftas | Funniest Radio Show | Won |
| 2007 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | The Interactive Programme Award | Bronze |
| 2008 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | The Entertainment Award | Silver |
| 2008 | Loaded Laftas | Funniest Radio Show | Won |
| 2009 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | The Music Radio Personality of the Year | Nominee |
| 2010 | Loaded Laftas | Funniest Radio Sidekick (Beccy Huxtable) | Won |
| 2010 | Sony Radio Academy Awards | The Music Radio Personality of the Year | Won |