[19], 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[20] and as guest presenter in January 2010. Annie Mac presented the show during her absence. Ben is currently the managing partner and strategy director for MPC, leading film and production company. [13][14] She was replaced by Matt Edmondson on Sunday mornings. She appeared in the music video for Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's 1993 single "Everyday",[5] and on a controversial promotional poster for the 1995 video game Wipeout. [28] On 4 June 2017, Cox co-presented the One Love Manchester benefit concert special and British television special with Ore Oduba. In October 2020, Cox launched and presented Between the Covers on BBC Two, a seven-part book programme. [22], Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills[23] at the 2011 Contest and 2012 Contest. [24], On 21 October 2014, Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee. She presented The Radio 1 Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 between 3 April 2000 until 19 December 2003. Sara Joanne Cyzer (née Cox; born 13 December 1974), 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. They have two children together, 10-year-old son Isaac, and daughter Renee, 8. 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 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.
The first series began in November 2015 and the second in February 2017. In 2017, Cox appeared on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit and was on Steve's team in the show. "They need to be ready to dance, laugh, scream (in a good way) and sing a long to all the best 80s tunes.". [43][44], 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. [citation needed], In 2006, Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. "It's a brilliant show with a really good, kind heart," gushes Sara.
"I want people to have a royal knees up at home then come and continue the celebrations with me.". We’ve followed the down-to-earth Bolton lass from her stint on Radio 1’s prestigious Breakfast Show to her ‘potty’ hosting of The Great Pottery Throw Down, her cheeky ways never failing to raise a smile. 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.[12]. Also between 2012 to 2018, she was the stand-in of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show covering for Chris Evans.
From February 2005, Cox took over the afternoon show (13:00 – 16:00) on Saturdays and Sundays.
Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on 7 March 2010. "I love ABC’s album Lexicon of Love and Martin Fry lives near me," she explains. [3] She was the youngest of five children. 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.
She came ninth.
[52], In November 2006, Cox was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting.[53]. View our online Press Pack. The couple met in 2006 and had been dating for seven years before tying the knot. 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. [citation needed] Following Whiley's return, Cox returned to weekends to present a Sunday mid-morning show, broadcasting between 10:00 and 13:00. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. When was his wedding to Sara Cox and do they have any children? [33] Their daughter was born on 13 June 2004. Ben Cyzer married Sara Cox on June 23, 2013, which she secretly revealed on Twitter. Ben Cyzer married Sara Cox on June 23, 2013, which she secretly revealed on Twitter.
and Frankie Goes to Hollywood," she adds. Also reviews concerts and events, as well as writing features and celebrity interviews. [17] Upon Chris Evans's announcement that he was leaving the station, Cox was heavily linked to being his replacement until Zoe Ball was announced. [citation needed].
"I recently played on an 80s cruise ship and the vast majority of people had done all their snogging, dancing, heartbreak, falling in and out of love during the 80s; so it holds so many memories. [1] She currently hosts Drivetime on BBC Radio 2 Monday–Friday 17:00–19:00. [6], Cox won her first television show role in 1996, presenting the early "Girl Power" show The Girlie Show on Channel 4. "I will always play 80s songs on my show and will continue to speared the 80s love with Just Can't Get Enough 80s," she says.
Cox and Annie Mac both later covered for Jo Whiley who took maternity leave between 29 September 2008 to 20 February 2009.