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Sara Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974) is an English broadcaster. She presented ''

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from 3 April 2000 until 19 December 2003. Since January 2019 she now hosts the BBC Radio 2 drivetime show, Monday–Friday 4pm–7pm. She has also presented a number of television shows for the

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including '' The Great Pottery Throw Down'' (2015–2017), ''

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'' (2016) and '' Back in Time for...'' (2018–present).

Early life and career

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, Greater Manchester, where she grew up on her father's farm. She was the youngest of five children. Her parents separated when she was six or seven, after which she moved with her mother and a sister to another house in the same village. Cox attended Smithills High School until the age of 16, and left

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after her

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to pursue a career in modelling. She appeared in the music video for

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's 1993 single "

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", and on a controversial promotional poster for the 1995 video game '' Wipeout''. Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting the early "Girl Power" show '' The Girlie Show'' on

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. She later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show ''Exclusive'' and Channel 4 music programme ''Born Sloppy''. In 1997 Cox presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting ''MTV Hot'', a late-night music show. In 1998 Cox won her first film role in ''The Bitterest Pill.'' In September 1998, Cox became a presenter of ''

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'', following in the footsteps of her close friend

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. During her time on the programme, she interviewed stars such as

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, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. Cox preferred to do interviews in her father's caravan, situated in ''The Big Breakfast'' garden.

BBC Radio 1

1999–2002

A transfer to radio came on 19 September 1999 when she joined

. She launched the hugely popular ''

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'' with Mark Hamilton, where Cox acted as "Nurse Coxy". She also co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime show with

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from 13:00 – 15:00 In December 1999, it was announced that Cox would again step into

's shoes as presenter of ''

''. Cox's breakfast show stint began on 3 April 2000. Initially, her listening figures were very good, growing from 6.9 million to 7.8 million listeners during her first fifteen months in the job—earning Radio 1 its largest breakfast audience ever—higher than that of her predecessor and ex-

DJ Chris Evans. By August 2002, however, numbers had dipped back under 7 million. In August 2000, Cox said during a live broadcast that the

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"smelled of wee".

2003–2008

In January 2003, Cox denied rumours that she was preparing to leave the

...
for a rival show and signed a three-year contract with the public service broadcaster, tying her to the breakfast show and with the BBC for two years after that. In August 2003, the BBC again denied rumours, reported in the ''

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'', that she had been given 10 weeks to increase ratings, or to face replacement. However, just two months later, the BBC announced that Cox, whose listening figures had slipped to 6.6 million, would be replaced by

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in January 2004. Cox hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003. Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with

. She hosted the Drivetime show for six months with features such as "For Your Ears Only", "Me, Myself and I", and "Chap's Eye Pub Quiz" (referring to her former sidekick Mark Chapman). In June 2004, Cox began her

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to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne. Before she returned to Radio 1 in early 2005,

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, the presenter who took over her slot during her maternity leave, was given the drivetime slot permanently. From February 2005, Cox took over the afternoon show (13:00 – 16:00) on Saturdays and Sundays.

2008–2014

On 17 February 2008 Cox presented her last show for six months before leaving for maternity leave to have her second child. Annie Mac presented the show during her absence until Cox's return in September 2008. Cox and Annie Mac both later covered for

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who was on maternity leave between 29 September 2008 to 20 February 2009. Following Whiley's return, Cox returned to weekends to present a Sunday mid-morning show, broadcasting between 10:00 and 13:00. In March 2010 Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter,

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. She returned to the station on 9 August 2010 to cover for

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for three weeks. Cox made a self-confessed unexpected return to the breakfast show on 2 and 3 September 2010, as she sat in for the unwell

. In August 2012,it was announced that Cox,

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, Jameela Jamil,

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, and Annie Mac would cover

's show on BBC Radio 1 weekdays from 10:00 to 12:45, whilst Cotton was on maternity leave, until Cotton's return in September 2013. After Cotton's return, Cox did various cover shows; her final show for Radio 1 was on 17 February 2014.

BBC Radio 2

In June 2011, Cox began hosting the fourth series of the comedy programme ''Hot Gossip'' on BBC Radio 2, covering for

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, who chose not to present the series as she was heavily pregnant at the time. in 2012, Cox has covered for

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, the late

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, and

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, as well as providing cover for ''

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'' and '' Steve Wright in the Afternoon''. Also between 2012 and 2018, she was the stand-in of ''

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'' covering for Chris Evans. Cox joined BBC Radio 2 for her first regular show each Saturday night from 22:00 to midnight, presenting a 1980s decade show ''Sounds of the 80s'' to complement the weekend 1960s and 1970s decade shows The show began on Saturday 5 October 2013. The show moved to Friday nights from April 2016. On 14 May 2018 until 13 December 2018, Cox began a new Monday-Thursday late-night show on Radio 2 from Monday to Thursday between 22:00 to midnight. She was replaced as host of ''Sounds of the 80s'' by Gary Davies; Cox presented her final edition of the show on 11 May 2018. On 29 October 2018 it was announced that Cox had succeeded

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as drivetime presenter on 14 January 2019. On 1 July 2022, it was announced that, in September, Cox would extend her drivetime show by an hour to run from 4–7pm to coincide with

joining the station on permanent basis to present from 2–4pm.

Television

In July 2007, Cox presented '' London Live'' on

, and appeared as a guest star on the Sky1 show ''

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'' in November 2009 and as guest presenter in January 2010. Also in 2010, she appeared as a team captain on ''What Do Kids Know?'' along with

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and

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on the

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channel. Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the

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with fellow

at the 2011 Contest and 2012 Contest, and again in

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as a late stand-in for

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. Cox was replaced by

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starting from the 2013 Contest. On 21 October 2014, Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of ''

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''. In April 2015, it was announced that Cox would present '' The Great Pottery Throw Down'' for

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. The first series began in November 2015 and the second in February 2017. In 2016 Cox co-presenting ''

'', a daily magazine show on

. In 2017, Cox appeared on ''

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'' and was on Steve's team in the show. She lost the episode in terms of points. On 4 June 2017, Cox co-presented the ''

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''benefit concert special and British television special with

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. Since 2018, Cox has co-presented '' Back in Time for...'', where a modern-day family enjoy meals that were eaten by families of years gone by. She replaced

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. From May 2018, Cox presents ''Love in the Countryside'' for

. On 5 March 2019 it was announced that Cox would host a new

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show, entitled ''The Sara Cox Show'', which would feature entertainment, live music and celebrity guests and which would air on Saturday and Sunday mornings. In October 2020, Cox launched and presented ''Between the Covers'' on BBC Two, a seven-episode book programme, renewing for five series, as of December 2022.

Books

In March 2019 her book ''Till the Cows Come Home: A Lancashire Childhood'', a memoir of growing up in 1980s Lancashire, was published by

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Personal life

Family

Cox married the DJ

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in October 2001. Their daughter was born on 13 June 2004. In December 2005 the couple announced their divorce. On 16 September 2007 Cox announced, on her BBC Radio 1 weekend show, that she was expecting her second child. Cox's last weekend show was on Sunday 17 February 2008 before she left for six months' maternity leave. Her second child, a boy, was born on 10 March 2008. She returned to Radio 1 in September 2008. Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on 7 March 2010. Less than a week later, on 12 March, she announced that she had given birth to a girl. On 23 June 2013 Cox

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a picture to announce she had just married her long-term boyfriend and fiancé Ben Cyzer.

Advocacy

Cox is committed to protecting the environment. In 2009 she joined the 10:10 project in a bid to help her reduce her carbon footprint. She explained that, as she was brought up on a farm, she has no problem wearing extra layers instead of turning up the thermostat. Giving up meat was for her a different story, however, saying: "My dad is a beef farmer so he wouldn't be best pleased. I tried going

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once, but it lasted about four hours." In August 2014 Cox was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''

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'' opposing

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in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. She revealed, when taking part in a one-off celebrity special of ''

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'', that she had voted against

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in 2016.

Privacy

In June 2003, Cox and her ex-husband Jon received £50,000 in an out-of-court settlement from the British newspaper ''

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'' after it printed photographs of her sunbathing naked on her honeymoon in 2001. Cox, who was photographed with a telephoto lens while on a private island, initially complained to the

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, who found in her favour. ''The People'' printed an apology. Cox was unsatisfied, and sued the newspaper in the High Court for a breach of her right to privacy under the Human Rights Act. ''The People'' agreed to an

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with Cox and her ex-husband before any judgement was made. Cox received £30,000 and he £20,000, ''The People'' also agreed to pay the couple's legal costs, reported to be in excess of £100,000.

Stalking incident

In July 2017 a convicted

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named Anthony Collins was convicted of

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Cox, after sending her and her husband Ben a series of letters. He had sent the letters to her home address, which he reportedly obtained after purchasing the address for £17. He subsequently pleaded guilty to

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and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.

Charitable activity

Cox was one of 52 celebrities contributing to a children's story entitled ''Once Upon a Time'' to promote a new charity directory inquiries number 118 520. The book will be auctioned with the profits going to the

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. Cox is also a named supporter of the animal charity PDSA, and has promoted the charity by being photographed with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late

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. Cox and other celebrities entered the women's race (The Magnolia Cup) fundraising for the charity Great Ormond Street at Glorious Goodwood on 28 July 2011. She came ninth. Cox has also been an ambassador for Centrepoint—the UK's charity for homeless young people—since 2000, making her its longest serving celebrity supporter. She takes part in the charity's flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out, every year, sleeping outside in a London location with around 800 other fundraisers. She also gives her time to Centrepoint for other events, messages of support and fundraising promotions. In 2006, Cox participated as a celebrity

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in the BBC's

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event ''

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''. From 09:30 on 20 March 2017 to 09:30 on 21 March 2017, Cox did a 24-hour danceathon on her own on BBC Radio 2, raising money for

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. She raised over £800,000 for Red Nose Day according to the commentary on television and the newspaper ''

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''.

Awards and honours

In November 2006, Cox was awarded an honorary doctorate by the

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for contributions to broadcasting.