How BBC’s sacking of Scott Mills won’t throw EastEnders’ big episode into chaos | Soaps

EastEnders’ viewers have been concerned over the ramifications Scott Mills’ sacking from his BBC Radio 2 show could have on 2027’s New Year’s episode after he featured in 2026’s New Year’s edition, which flashed forward a whole year.

As Max Branning (Jake Wood) prepared for his wedding, a text from Oscar (Pierre Counihan-Moullier) alerted him to turn on the radio.

‘Time for some messages: Max Branning, good luck on your wedding day. Wow! It says here, fifth time lucky. That is from Oscar, hotter than ever in 2027. I am guessing you wrote that yourself, Oscar! And that one is also from Lauren, too’ said Scott.

Following his appearance, Scott took to his Instagram to show the clip of his name appearing in the credits, while sharing a clip of him recording the message for the show.

He captioned the post: ‘I’ve been keeping more secrets than Santa this Christmas LOL’

While there has been concern from ‘Enders fans over what potential impact this could have, luckily, we at Metro can set the record straight.

We understand that the scene featuring Scott won’t be reused in this years New Year’s episode and will have no impact on what is to come.

‘We’ve got an amazing cast working on this, and knowing the plans as I do, and knowing how we’ve set stuff up in a way that gives us, you know, the latitude to tell the story the way we want to. I’m feeling good about it,’ ‘Enders boss Ben Wadey previously said of the special episode.

‘You have to speak to the actors early doors and say, ‘We’re gonna have to lock in your look for a year. Are you comfortable with that?’, but the big challenges come from a storytelling perspective.

‘The team and I will sit and have those massive tent poles over the year, to know where we’re going.’

Scott Mills’ BBC sacking

Mills was let go today due to his ‘personal conduct’ and will no longer host his popular Radio 2 show.

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A statement from the BBC said: ‘While we do not comment on matters relating to individuals, we can confirm Scott Mills is no longer contracted to work with the BBC.’

The Mirror later shared a statement from Lorna Clarke, who serves as Director of Music, which had been circulated among staff ahead of the news breaking, reading: ‘I wanted to personally let you know that Scott Mills has left the Breakfast show, and the BBC.

‘I know that this news will be sudden and unexpected and therefore must come as a shock. Not least as so many of us have worked with Scott over a great many years, across a broad range of our programmes on R1, 5Live, R2 and TV.

‘I felt it was important to share this news with you at the earliest opportunity.’

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