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Sara Cox is looking forward to the Big Weekend

Swindon Advertiser - Found Apr. 29, 2009
... in Sara Cox mum mode or DJ mode,? she said. ?It is hard to combine both. Isaac is only one so he wouldn?t keep ear protectors on.? Sara...

Posted on April 29, 2009, 7:09 am

Radio 1's Sara Cox ready to boogie at Big Weekend

Amesbury Journal - Found Apr. 29, 2009
Have your say » Radio 1 legend Sara Cox has said she can't wait to have a boogie in Swindon at next week?s Big Weekend. Sara, who presents...

Posted on April 29, 2009, 1:41 pm

Radio 1's Sara Cox ready to boogie at Big Weekend

Wiltshire Gazette and Herald - Found Apr. 28, 2009
Radio 1 legend Sara Cox has said she can't wait to have a boogie in Swindon at next week?s Big Weekend. Sara, who presents the weekend...

Posted on April 28, 2009, 12:34 pm

Radio 1's Sara Cox ready to boogie at Big Weekend

Wiltshire Times - Found Apr. 28, 2009
Have your say » Radio 1 legend Sara Cox has said she can't wait to have a boogie in Swindon at next week?s Big Weekend. Sara, who presents...

Posted on April 28, 2009, 12:14 pm

Sara Cox, EastWave Radio come to central Maine

Kennebec Journal - Found Apr. 24, 2009
I'll begin with the third solo album from award-winning singer/songwriter Sara Cox.

Posted on April 24, 2009, 1:01 pm

In concert â€" Summer brings out the free, live music in southern ...

Keep Me Current - Found 10 hours ago
... p.m. July 15 â€' Darien Brahms, 7:45 p.m. July 22 â€' Black Powder, 7:45 p.m. July 29 â€' Sara Cox with special guest Nate Schrock, 7:30...

Posted on July 3, 2009, 11:01 am

Don't Miss Bar Harbor's 'Legacy of the Arts' Festival

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 21, 2009
3519. 2:00PM - CONCERT - Sara Cox Criterion Theatre and Arts Center, 35 Cottage St, Bar Harbor. Portland, ME singer/songwriter Sara Cox hails...

Posted on June 21, 2009, 7:17 am

Jville Dixie U15 girls head to state with 20-9 win

Jacksonville Daily Progress - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Sara Cox went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles, while Anderson went 3-for-4 to lead the Jacksonville scoring attack.

Posted on July 1, 2009, 7:54 am

Napa hires new city clerk

Napa News - Found Jun. 19, 2009
... city clerk since August, 2007, will start work in Napa July 1. She will be paid $105,648. Roadman replaces Sara Cox, who resigned in March.

Posted on June 19, 2009, 2:58 am

Which BBC stars are in line for a pay cut?

Mirror.co.uk - Found Jun. 11, 2009
Sara Cox Currently earns: £200,000. Potential new salary: No longer as big as Radio 1 Breakfast days, will get about £125,000. Kate...

Posted on June 11, 2009, 7:51 am

Sara Cox Biography

Sara Cox
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Sara Cox

Sara Cox at Manchester Fashion Week, October 2007
Born 13 December 1974 (1974-12-13) (age 34)
Bolton,
Greater Manchester,
England
Occupation Television presenter, disc jockey
Salary £200,000 per year (2006)12
Website
Sara's Radio 1 Page

Sara Cox (born 13 December 1974), born Sarah Joanne Cox, affectionately known as "Coxy", is an English TV presenter and radio DJ. Her most prestigious role was that of presenting the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 from 2000 to 2003.

Cox has started her Sunday-mid morning show on BBC Radio 1 as well as presenting Channel 4's The Album Chart Show, series 5.

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Early career

Cox, a farmer's daughter, was born in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England as Sarah Joanne Cox, but later dropped the use of the letter 'H' from her first name.3 She attended Smithills High School until aged 16, and left Canon Slade School after her A-levels to pursue a career in modelling.

Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show.4 She later had stints on Channel 5 entertainment show Exclusive and Channel 4 music programme Born Sloppy. During this period she appeared in photo spreads for UK 'lads mags' such as Loaded. In 1997 Sara presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting MTV Hot, a late night music show.

In September 1998 she became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her friend Zoë Ball (Cox was a bridesmaid at Ball's wedding to DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, in 1999). During her time on The Big Breakfast she interviewed such stars as Robbie Williams, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. However, unlike Paula Yates's famous "On the Bed" interviews, Cox preferred to do interviews in her dad's caravan which was situated in The Big Breakfast garden.

BBC Radio 1, the Breakfast Show and the Album Chart Show

A transfer to radio came in 1999 where she joined BBC Radio 1. At first she co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime with Emma B from 1pm-3pm. In September 1999 she launched the hugely popular Sunday Surgery with Dr. Mark Hamilton. This was a health and welfare show where listeners called in about their problems, with Sara acting as "Nurse Coxy". The Sunday Surgery still proves popular today, and is now hosted by Aled Hayden Jones, day producer from the Chris Moyles show.

In December 1999 it was announced that Cox would again step into Zoë Ball's shoes - this time as presenter of the weekday breakfast show. Ball had decided to leave the organisation to bring up a family. Cox's breakfast show stint began on 31 March 2000, three days early so she could calm her nerves. Initially her listening figures were very good, earning Radio 1 its largest breakfast audience ever - higher than that of Chris Evans and Zoe Ball. The number of listeners grew from 6.9m to 7.8m over her first fifteen months in the job.

The tide turned however, and by August 2002 numbers had dipped back under 7m. In August 2000, she said live on air that the Queen Mother "smelt of wee"5 and was reported to have been very close to losing her job. In January 2003, she 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 until April 2004 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 6.6m, would be replaced by Chris Moyles in January 2004. She hosted her final breakfast show on 19 December 2003. Her final track was "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes from the soundtrack to the film Dirty Dancing.

Cox then presented the afternoon "drivetime" slot, effectively swapping shows with Chris Moyles. She hosted the Drivetime show for 6 months with features such as; 'For Your Ears Only', 'Me, Myself and I' and 'Chaps Eye Pub Quiz' (referring to her then sidekick Mark Chapman). She began maternity leave to give birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne, in June 2004. 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. From February 2005 she took over the afternoon show (1pm-4pm) on Saturdays and Sundays. On 17 February 2008, she presented her last show for six months before leaving on maternity leave to have her second child, Annie Mac presenting the show during Cox's absence. She later covered for Jo Whiley who was on maternity leave between October 2008 and February 2009. She has now started her new Sunday mid-morning show.


In Summer 2006, she was a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. In November 2006 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting.6.

In July 2007 Cox became the presenter of The Album Chart Show on Channel 4. She hosted Series 3 and 4 and she is back for Series 5.

Personal life

Cox was engaged to Prodigy dancer Leeroy Thornhill, but they split up in June 2000.

She married DJ Jon Carter on 6 October 2001, but they eventually split in December 2005. She gave birth to a baby girl, Lola Anne Carter, on 13 June 2004 at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital in North London.

Cox is currently dating British advertising executive Ben Cyzer. In Summer 2007 the couple and Cox's daughter Lola moved into their new house in North London.

On 16 September 2007, Cox announced on her BBC Radio 1 weekend show that she was expecting her second child.7 Cox's last weekend show was on Sunday 17 February 2008 before she left for 6 months maternity leave. Her second child, a baby boy named Isaac, was born on 10 March 2008 weighing 7lb 12oz, at a London hospital.8 She returned to Radio 1 in September 2008.

In November 2007, when a guest on humorous news quiz Have I Got News For You, Cox revealed that she had been born with a dislocated hip.9

Privacy

In June 2003 Cox won £50,000 damages plus costs from the British newspaper The People after it printed photographs of her sunbathing in the nude whilst on her honeymoon in 2001. Cox, who was photographed with a telephoto lens whilst on a private island, initially complained to the Press Complaints Commission, who found on her side. The People printed an apology. However, Cox was unsatisfied, and sued the newspaper in the High Court for a breach of her right to privacy under the Human Rights Act. Cox settled out of court with the paper before any judgment was made.1011

Charitable activity

Cox will be one of 52 celebrities contributing to a children's story entitled ‘Once Upon a Time’ 12 to promote a new charity directory inquiries number 118 520. The book will be auctioned with the profits going to the NSPCC. Sara is also a named supporter of the animal charity PDSA, and has promoted the charity by being photographed13 with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late Lord Litchfield.

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Preceded by
Zoë Ball
BBC Radio One
Breakfast Show Presenter

2000–2003
Succeeded by
Chris Moyles