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Angela Scanlon will take over BBC Radio 2's Drivetime show following Danny Cox’s departure. In an interview, Scanlon described her previous stint as a "summer fling" and now looks forward to a deeper connection with listeners, emphasizing intimacy and daily life stories. She made her debut on the station in 2018 when she hosted the Sunday early breakfast show until 2021. Other presenters joining changes include Ben Earle taking over from Bob Harris for The Radio 2 Country Show due to Harris's health issues.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-28,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Angela Scanlon has been appointed as the new host of BBC Radio 2's Drivetime show, replacing Sara Cox, who moved to the breakfast slot. The announcement was made on Cox’s Breakfast Show on Monday. Scanlon described her initial stint at Radio 2 as a "little summer fling" and said she is eager to get to know listeners better during weekday hours from 16:00-19:00, stating, “I want all of it: the stories, the opinions, the chaos.” She found out about her new role while shopping for a baby sling at John Lewis, leading some friends to mistakenly believe she was pregnant. Scanlon has previously hosted Sunday morning shows on Radio 2 from 2018 to 2021 and filled in during Cox's absence alongside other personalities such as Joel Dommett, Jason Manford, Ellie Taylor, Alex Jones, and Gary Davies. Additionally, the station announced that Ben Earle will take over Bob Harris’s The Radio 2 Country Show from 9pm to 10pm on Thursdays after Harris stepped down last year due to health issues.
Written for “Angela Scanlon BBC Radio 2 Drivetime” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Speaking as she was announced as the new host on Cox’s Breakfast Show, Scanlon said: “I feel like I had a little summer fling, and it was all fun, but we only got to know the best of each other.
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we → speak → other
“And I want warts and all, like I want to know the listeners’ dirty little secrets, I can’t wait.
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I → want → secrets
We’re going steady now, or at least that’s the plan.”
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that → go → ?
Scanlon said she found out she had got the job when buying a sling for her friend in the baby section of John Lewis, leading to some of her friends thinking she was going on Cox’s show on Monday to announce a pregnancy.
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she → say → pregnancy
She added: “It hasn’t fully felt real until this point, and now I guess is the time, there’s some ideas bubbling away in my head, but I just want it to be all about the listeners.
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it → add → listeners
“As you (Cox) say, it feels like such a beautiful time of day, like school runs and people coming home from work and cooking, and there’s a lovely intimacy to that.
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people → say → that
“So I just want to get to know everybody, the chaos of family life, and the reality of everyday living.”
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I → want → living
Earlier this year, Scanlon was also part of the BBC’s Eurovision coverage alongside Rylan Clark, hosted The Apprentice spin-off Unfinished Business on BBC Two, and has presented ITV’s This Morning.
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Scanlon → host → Morning
Speaking after taking over, Scanlon said: “Taking over Radio 2 Drivetime is properly exciting.
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Taking → speak → Drivetime
Millions of people, all having completely different days, piling into the same conversation for a few hours – what a strange and lovely thing!
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all → have → hours
“Every weekday, I’ll be in your ears, your cars and your kitchens – on the school run, on the way home, or standing at the hob wondering what on earth to feed a small but hungry mob.
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I → stand → mob
“I want all of it, the stories, the opinions, the chaos, the tiny triumphs and the things you probably shouldn’t admit on national radio.
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you → want → radio
Scanlon made her Radio 2 debut on the Sunday early breakfast show from 2018 to 2021, and has also provided cover for other programmes.
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Further changes at Radio 2 will see Ben Earle take over from Bob Harris as the presenter of The Radio 2 Country Show, which airs from 9pm to 10pm on Thursdays, after Harris, who had presented the show since 1999, stepped down last year due to health issues.
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The presenter shake-up has already included Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two presenter Ellie Taylor replace Strictly Come Dancing main show host Emma Willis on the Saturday lunchtime show from 1pm to 3pm, until Strictly ends.
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Strictly → include → pm
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