After studying History at Hull University, Scott became a production assistant for BBC Radio Humberside.
[2] It was while at BRMB in 1997 that she began to move into television, becoming the travel presenter for ITV Central in the West Midlands.
[4] Scott made her debut on BBC London 94.9 sitting in for Simon Lederman on Sunday 2 December 2012, 10 pm to 2 am.
Scott made her debut on BBC Radio 2 on 1 March 2014 covering for Anneka Rice on the Saturday morning show and exactly a month later made her debut on BBC Three Counties Radio sitting in for Nick Coffer, 12 pm to 3 pm.
[12] In 1998 Harriet was involved in a well-publicised affair with Mike Hollingsworth, who was married to TV presenter Anne Diamond at the time.