Scott Mills' husband Sam Vaughan takes a subtle swipe at the BBC as he tunes into Heart FM as Sara Cox makes her Radio 2 Breakfast Show debut

Scott Mills' husband Sam Vaughan has taken a subtle swipe at the BBC as he shared a photo of himself listening to Heart Breakfast while Sara Cox made her Radio 2 Breakfast Show debut.

It was announced in April that the presenter, 51, would take over the Breakfast Show following Scott's sacking after it was discovered he had been the subject of allegations of 'serious sexual offences' against a teenage boy under 16.

veteran Scott, 53, is yet to comment on his pal Sara replacing him, but his husband Sam, 37, shared an awkwardly timed Instagram post on Monday morning, showing he was listening to Heart FM, rather than Cox on BBC Radio 2. 

In the picture, Sam showed his adorable Cavapoo Teddy sitting in their living room, while his TV displayed the Heart FM logo in the background.

Sam doesn't often post on social media, but the timing of Monday's upload was notable. 

Sara and Scott have been friends and BBC colleagues for three decades, since they both started at Radio 1 within a year of one another in the late Nineties. Sara was a guest at Scott and husband Sam's 2024 wedding.

Sara, who had Hollywood actor Tom Hanks as her first star guest, opened the show by asking listeners to give her 'some love'.

She said: 'It is 6:31am. It's The Sara Cox Breakfast Show! Monday 6th July 2026. Hello to your howdys, to your dafts of…come on! You know the nonsense I love.'

'I'm actually alright! This is nice isn't it, it's nice isn't it. Sophie and Whitney are already regretting watching the footie. More on that in a bit.'

Sara kicked off the show with Lizzo's About Damn Time as the opening track.

She playfully told listeners: 'No message in the music, don't be silly! No, come on, that's too self-indulgent.'

Sara also played a snippet of the intro to At Last by Etta James.

She said: 'It is a Monday and my first show, with your favourite DJ, me. Feeling a little bit clingy as per. I want some love.'

The Sara Cox Breakfast Show on Radio 2 featured a new format after the presenter stepped into Scott's radio slot after his sacking. 

Scott was questioned under caution by police in 2018 but the case was rejected by the Crown Prosecution Service in 2019 due to a lack of evidence. The BBC admitted that it knew about the allegations as far back as 2017.