{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/69cbe122e8519e977f5dbab4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Scott Mills scandal: BBC warned a year ago and did nothing","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/658300edbbd71a00174fea51/1774969090216-04591a14-4b57-478f-b7e1-351a2e3ed4bd.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The BBC has admitted to the Telegraph that it knew of allegations against Scott Mills almost a year ago but failed to investigate.</p><p><br></p><p>The corporation had claimed it terminated the Radio 2 presenter's contract as soon as it learned of the allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy between 1997 and 2000.</p><p><br></p><p>But as The Telegraph's associate editor Gordon Rayner tells The Daily T, a former BBC presenter contacted the corporation in May 2025 to say she had received information about alleged “inappropriate communications” involving Mills.</p><p><br></p><p>She did not receive a response, and today the BBC admitted her information “should have been followed up and we should have asked further questions”. We explore what this latest scandal means for the beleaguered broadcaster.</p><p><br></p><p>We want to hear from you! Email us at thedailyt@telegraph.co.uk or find @dailytpodcast on TikTok, Instagram and X</p><p><br></p><p>► Sign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor</p><p><br></p><p>Producers: Georgia Coan and Lilian Fawcett</p><p>Senior Producer: John Cadigan</p><p>Executive Producer: Charlotte Seligman</p><p>Video Producer: Andy Mackenzie</p><p>Studio Operator: Meghan Searle</p><p>Social Media Producer: Nada Aggour</p>","author_name":"The Telegraph"}