Sara Cox presented Radio 1 Breakfast on BBC Radio 1 from 3 April 2000 until 19 December 2003.
51 Facts About Sara Cox
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Sara Cox has presented a number of television shows for the BBC including The Great Pottery Throw Down, Too Much TV and Back in Time for.
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Sara Cox's parents lived in the village of Little Lever near Bolton, Greater Manchester, where she grew up on her father's farm.
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Sara Cox's 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.
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Sara Cox appeared in the music video for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1993 single "Everyday", and on a controversial promotional poster for the 1995 video game Wipeout.
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Sara Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting the early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show on Channel 4.
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Sara Cox later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show Exclusive and Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy.
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In 1997 Sara Cox presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting MTV Hot, a late-night music show.
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In 1998 Sara Cox won her first film role in The Bitterest Pill.
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In September 1998, Sara Cox became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her close friend Zoe Ball.
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Sara Cox preferred to do interviews in her father's caravan, situated in The Big Breakfast garden.
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Sara Cox launched the hugely popular The Surgery with Mark Hamilton, where Cox acted as "Nurse Coxy".
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In January 2003, Sara Cox denied rumours that she was preparing to leave the BBC 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.
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Sara Cox hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003.
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Sara Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with Chris Moyles.
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In June 2004, Sara Cox began her maternity leave to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne.
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From February 2005, Sara Cox took over the afternoon show on Saturdays and Sundays.
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On 17 February 2008 Sara Cox presented her last show for six months before leaving for maternity leave to have her second child.
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In March 2010 Sara Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter, Matt Edmondson.
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Sara Cox returned to the station on 9 August 2010 to cover for Fearne Cotton for three weeks.
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Sara Cox made a self-confessed unexpected return to the breakfast show on 2 and 3 September 2010, as she sat in for the unwell Chris Moyles.
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In June 2011, Sara Cox began hosting the fourth series of the comedy programme Hot Gossip on BBC Radio 2, covering for Claudia Winkleman, who chose not to present the series as she was heavily pregnant at the time.
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Sara 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.
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On 14 May 2018 until 13 December 2018, Sara Cox began a new Monday-Thursday late-night show on Radio 2 from Monday to Thursday between 22:00 to midnight.
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Sara Cox was replaced as host of Sounds of the 80s by Gary Davies; Cox presented her final edition of the show on 11 May 2018.
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On 29 October 2018 it was announced that Sara Cox would succeed Simon Mayo as drivetime presenter on 14 January 2019.
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In July 2007, Sara Cox presented London Live on Channel 4, and appeared as a guest star on the Sky1 show Angela and Friends in November 2009 and as guest presenter in January 2010.
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Sara Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills at the 2011 Contest and 2012 Contest, and again in 2021 as a late stand-in for Rylan Clark.
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Sara Cox was replaced by Ana Matronic starting from the 2013 Contest.
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On 21 October 2014, Sara Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee.
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In 2016 Sara Cox co-presenting Too Much TV, a daily magazine show on BBC Two.
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In 2017, Sara Cox appeared on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit and was on Steve's team in the show.
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On 4 June 2017, Sara Cox co-presented the One Love Manchester benefit concert special and British television special with Ore Oduba.
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On 5 March 2019 it was announced that Cox would host a new ITV show, entitled The Sara Cox Show, which would feature entertainment, live music and celebrity guests and which would air on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
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In October 2020, Sara Cox launched and presented Between the Covers on BBC Two, a seven-episode book programme, renewing for five series, as of December 2022.
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On 16 September 2007 Sara Cox announced, on her BBC Radio 1 weekend show, that she was expecting her second child.
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Sara Cox's second child, a boy, was born on 10 March 2008.
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Sara Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on 7 March 2010.
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On 23 June 2013 Sara Cox tweeted a picture to announce she had just married her long-term boyfriend and fiance Ben Cyzer.
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Sara Cox explained that, as she was brought up on a farm, she has no problem wearing extra layers instead of turning up the thermostat.
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Sara Cox revealed, when taking part in a one-off celebrity special of The Crystal Maze, that she had voted against Brexit in 2016.
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Sara Cox, who was photographed with a telephoto lens while on a private island, initially complained to the Press Complaints Commission, who found in her favour.
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Sara Cox was unsatisfied, and sued the newspaper in the High Court for a breach of her right to privacy under the Human Rights Act.
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Sara Cox subsequently pleaded guilty to harassment and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
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Sara 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.
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Sara Cox is a named supporter of the animal charity PDSA, and has promoted the charity by being photographed with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late Lord Lichfield.
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Sara Cox takes part in the charity's flagship fundraising event, Sleep Out, every year, sleeping outside in a London location with around 800 other fundraisers.
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Sara Cox gives her time to Centrepoint for other events, messages of support and fundraising promotions.
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In 2006, Sara Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses.
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From 09:30 on 20 March 2017 to 09:30 on 21 March 2017, Sara Cox did a 24-hour danceathon on her own on BBC Radio 2, raising money for Comic Relief, Red Nose Day.
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In November 2006, Sara Cox was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting.