Sara Cox

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.

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

In May 2018, Cox began a new show on Radio 2 from Monday to Thursday between 22:00 and 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. Upon Chris Evans's announcement that he is leaving the station, Cox was heavily linked to being his replacement until Zoe Ball was announced.

On 29 October 2018 it was announced that Cox would succeed Simon Mayo as drivetime presenter on 14 January 2019.

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 Giles Coren. From May 2018, Cox presents Love in the Countryside for BBC Two.

In 2017, Cox appeared on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit 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 One Love Manchester benefit concert special and British television special with Ore Oduba.

In July 2017, a convicted child sex offender named Anthony Collins was convicted of stalking Cox, after sending her and her husband a series of letters. He subsequently pleaded guilty to harassment. He was given a custodial sentence of 16 months.

From 09:30 on 20 March 2017 to 09:30 on 21 March 2017, Cox did a 24-hour danceathon on her own, raising money for Comic Relief, Red Nose Day. She raised over £800,000 for Red Nose Day according to the commentary on television and the newspaper Manchester Evening News.

In 2016 Cox co-presenting Too Much TV, a daily magazine show on BBC Two.

She has also presented a number of television shows for the BBC including The Great Pottery Throw Down (2015–2017), Too Much TV (2016) and Back in Time for... (2018–present).

In April 2015, it was announced that Cox would present The Great Pottery Throw Down for BBC Two. The first series began in November 2015 and the second in February 2017.

After Cotton's return, Cox did various cover shows; her final show for Radio 1 was on 17 February 2014.

On 21 October 2014, Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee.

In August 2014, Cox was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. She revealed, when taking part in a one-off celebrity special of The Crystal Maze, that she voted against Brexit in 2016.

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.

Cox joined BBC Radio 2 for her first regular show each Saturday night from 22:00 to midnight, presenting a 1980s show 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 23 June 2013, Cox tweeted a picture to announce she had just married long-term boyfriend and fiancée Ben Cyzer.

In August 2012, it was announced that Cox, Gemma Cairney, Huw Stephens, Jameela Jamil, and Annie Mac have all covered Fearne Cotton'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. She was replaced by Matt Edmondson on Sunday mornings.

Also between 2012 to 2018, she was the stand-in of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show covering for Chris Evans.

In June 2011, 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. Beginning in 2012, Cox has covered for Alex Lester, Janice Long and Vanessa Feltz, as well as providing cover for Simon Mayo Drivetime, Steve Wright in the Afternoon, and Ken Bruce.

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. Cox was replaced by Ana Matronic starting from the 2013 Contest.

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 NSPCC. 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 Lord Lichfield. 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.

In March 2010 Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter, Matt Edmondson. She returned to the airwaves on 9 August 2010 to cover for Fearne Cotton 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 Chris Moyles.

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.

Cox is also 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 is a different story, however. She said, "My dad is a beef farmer so he wouldn't be best pleased. I tried going veggie once, but it lasted about four hours."

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. Cox and Annie Mac both later covered for Jo Whiley who took maternity leave between 29 September 2008 and 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 July 2007, 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. Also in 2010, she appeared as a team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound and Joe Swash on the Watch channel.

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.

In November 2007, when a guest on news quiz Have I Got News for You, Cox revealed that she had been born with a dislocated hip.

In 2006, Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses.

In November 2006, Cox was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting.

From February 2005, Cox took over the afternoon show (13:00 – 16:00) on Saturdays and Sundays.

Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with Chris Moyles. 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 then sidekick Mark Chapman). In June 2004, Cox began her maternity leave to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne. Before she returned to Radio 1 in early 2005, Scott Mills, the presenter who took over her slot during her maternity leave, was given the drivetime slot permanently.

Cox married the DJ Jon Carter in October 2001. Their daughter was born on 13 June 2004. In December 2005 the couple announced their divorce.

In January 2003, 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. In August 2003, the BBC again denied rumours, reported in the Daily Mail, 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 Chris Moyles in January 2004. Cox hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003. Her final track was "(I've Had) The Time of My Life".

In June 2003, Cox and her ex-husband Jon received £50,000 in an out-of-court settlement from the British newspaper The People after it printed photographs of her sunbathing in the nude on her honeymoon in 2001. 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. 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.

In December 1999, it was announced that Cox would again step into Zoe Ball's shoes as presenter of The Radio 1 Breakfast Show, as Ball had decided to leave the organisation to bring up a family and to start a new chapter. Cox's breakfast show stint began on 3 April 2000, three days early so she could calm her nerves. 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 Chris Evans. By August 2002, however, numbers had dipped back under 7 million.

In August 2000, Cox said during a live broadcast that the Queen Mother "smelt of wee".

A transfer to radio came on 19 September 1999 when she joined BBC Radio 1. Cox co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime show with Emma B from 13:00 – 15:00 and she launched the hugely popular The Surgery with Mark Hamilton, a health and welfare show where listeners called in about their problems, with Cox acting as "Nurse Coxy".

In September 1998, Cox became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her close friend Zoe Ball. During her time on The Big Breakfast, she interviewed stars such as Robbie Williams, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. Cox preferred to do interviews in her father's caravan, situated in The Big Breakfast garden.

Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting the early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show on Channel 4. 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.

Sara Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974) more commonly known by her professional name Sara Cox, is an English broadcaster and model. She presented The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 between 3 April 2000 until 19 December 2003. She currently hosts Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 Monday–Friday 17:00–19:00.

Cox was born Sarah Joanne Cox on 13 December 1974, but later dropped the use of the letter 'h' from her first name. Her parents lived in the village of Little Lever near Bolton, 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 Canon Slade School after her A-levels to pursue a career in modelling. She 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.