Scott Mills’ Celebrity Bake Off Episode Axed By Channel 4

Channel 4 has announced that an episode of the celebrity version of Great British Bake Off starring Scott Mills has been pulled from its schedule.

A spokesperson for the broadcaster said on Wednesday morning: “Having carefully considered the circumstances, we’ve taken the decision not to air the final episode of the 2026 series of The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer, featuring Scott Mills.

“Acknowledging the seriousness of the accusations that have been made against Scott we don’t believe it would be appropriate to air the episode at this time.”

They added that an “alternative episode” of Celebrity Bake Off would “go out in its place”.

Last week, the BBC announced that the former Radio 2 breakfast show host had been fired from the broadcast, effective immediately.

Shortly afterwards, it emerged that Mills had previously been questioned by the police in 2018 as part of an investigation into “allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy”, who was under 16 at the time.

A BBC rep later said: “We also recognise there’s been much speculation in the media and online since Monday. We hope people understand that there is a limit to what we can say because we have to be mindful of the rights of those involved.

“What we can confirm is that in recent weeks, we obtained new information relating to Scott and we spoke directly with him. As a result, the BBC acted decisively in line with our culture and values and terminated his contracts on Friday 27 March.

“Separately, we can confirm the BBC was made aware in 2017 of the existence of an ongoing police investigation, which was subsequently closed in 2019 with no arrest or charge being made. We are doing more work to understand the detail of what was known by the BBC at this time.”

The BBC had previously apologised publicly for failing to “follow up on” an additional allegation about Mills that was raised by a freelance journalist in 2025.

Mills said last week, in a statement issued by his team to HuffPost UK: “The recent announcement that I am no longer contracted to the BBC has led to the publication of rumour and speculation. In response to this, the Metropolitan Police has made a statement, which I confirm relates to me.

“An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018. As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges.

“Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed seven years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter.”