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  The Sun - Found Sep. 13, 2009 RADIO 1 star Sara Cox revealed she is expecting her third child live on air today

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  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...

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  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...

• Sleepers Raise Cash For Homeless

  Sky News - Found Nov. 14, 2009 ... were among the volunteers sleeping uneasily in London's Old Spitalfield's Market, while a heavily pregnant Sara Cox, the Radio 1 DJ, lent...

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  Sky News - Found Nov. 13, 2009 ... were among the volunteers sleeping uneasily in London's Old Spitalfield's Market, while a heavily pregnant Sara Cox, the Radio 1 DJ, lent...

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  Mirror.co.uk - Found Nov. 13, 2009 Sara Cox watched herself back on Monday and thought her roots were so awful she immediately went to the hairdresser that night!

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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. She has also presented the Sunday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 as well as Channel 4's The Album Chart Show, series 5.

Contents 1 Early career 2 BBC Radio 1, the Breakfast Show and the Album Chart Show 3 Personal life 4 Privacy 5 Charitable activity 6 References 7 External links

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. In 1997 Sara presented on the UK feed of MTV, hosting MTV Hot, a late night music show. In 1998 Sara won her first film role in The Bitterest Pill [3][4]

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 September 1999 where she joined BBC Radio 1. She co-hosted the Saturday lunchtime show with Emma B from 1pm-3pm and 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. Rumors of Series 6 suggest she will not be presenting.

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.

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 7 lb 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

Sara announced on BBC Radio 1, 13th Sep 2009, that she is pregnant with her third child.

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.

References

External links

• Sara's BBC Radio 1 minisite
• Sara Cox's vegetable growing blog on the BBC's Dig In site

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Preceded by Zoë Ball	BBC Radio One Breakfast Show Presenter 2000–2003	Succeeded by Chris Moyles

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