‘I try to slip the Prodigy into all my radio shows’: Sara Cox’s honest playlist
The Radio 2 presenter would lip-sync to I Will Survive in her nightie, and used Dolly Parton to get to know her horse, but which rock gods make her toes curl?
May 2022
Books interview
Sara Cox: ‘There were some tears, some “I can’t do this”’
The DJ and writer on coming to terms with being a novelist, the appeal of middle-aged men and the book that broke her heart
November 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Abby McEnany pushes dramedy to the limits – and runs low on nuts
Abby is nearly out of almonds – a more serious predicament than it might seem. Plus: Sara Cox with another chapter of celeb book club Between the Covers. Here’s what to watch this evening
October 2020
Remote controller
Sara Cox: ‘I don't want to be confronted with my own mortality’
The broadcaster and host of the BBC books show Between the Covers discusses her TV loves and hates – and how she would slot into a big-budget Netflix drama
March 2020
Life on a plate
Sara Cox: ‘I was a vegetarian for a few days but my heart wasn’t in it’
The broadcaster reminisces about growing up on a farm, eating fried rice for breakfast, and her love of liquorice pipes
August 2019
The Q&A
Sara Cox: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? Cockles in vinegar’
The TV and radio presenter on her dream dinner guests and the difficulty of walking in high heels
February 2019
Sara Cox: ‘I’m at the top of a mountain. I'm like, don't dick it up!’
BBC Radio 4 sheds 750,000 listeners in year
January 2019
The week in radio and podcasts: Jo Whiley; The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show; Sara Cox; Trevor Nelson’s Rhythm Nation
It’s been musical chairs at Radio 2, where some exceptional presenters finally have the shows they deserve
October 2018
Sara Cox to take over BBC Radio 2 Drivetime show
Zoe Ball profile: 'I feel a crazy mix of elation and wanting to run away'
September 2018
After Chris Evans ... why women are leading the race for the breakfast slot
Radio 2 is a stale boys' club – give a woman the breakfast show
Fiona Sturges
May 2018
Toast and jams: the Radio 1 breakfast show through the ages
With Nick Grimshaw deciding to quit the flagship programme, we look back at the hosts who have shaped it, from Tony Blackburn to Sara Cox
April 2018
The watcher
Love in the Countryside: the udder side of TV dating
Hoping to find love for a selection of beef farmers, equine vets and beyond, this polite reality show seeks out romance in rural Britain
January 2018
Jo Whiley to join Simon Mayo in drivetime slot in BBC Radio 2 revamp
Schedule shake-up includes increasing number of female presenters and taking three long-running arts shows off air
March 2017
TV review
People's History of Pop review – 'We’re on the cusp of something terrifying!'
No noodling musicans, no massive mixing desks, no show-off journos … this romp through recent pop was all about the fans – and they were an absolute treat
March 2016
Mary Berry solo series wins 3 million viewers, beating Panorama
Bake Off star’s roasted cauliflower on Foolproof Cooking pips Panorama’s crime syndicate story with 13.3% audience share
November 2015
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Doc Martin; Cuffs; The Great Pottery Throw Down; The Hunt
Doc Martin proves the ideal tonic, Brighton welcomes cops and robbers, and the BBC shows there’s more to ovens than buns
October 2015
Now Bake Off is ending, the next hot craze is about to come out of the oven…
A revival in ceramics will accompany the arrival of BBC2’s Great British Pottery Throw Down, presented by Sara Cox
