Sara Cox

Radio 2's new Breakfast Show host Sara Cox joins Vernon Kay to pick ten songs that have soundtracked her life, including Wham, Beyonce, Gloria Gaynor, Snoop Dogg & The Charlatans.

Sara tells Vernon about her childhood on a Bolton farm, her early modelling career, and a memorable Manchester audition to get her first TV role in The Girlie Show. There are stories about going for dinner with Eminem, interviewing her favourite guest Missy Elliott, all before choosing songs dedicated to her children and her husband, Ben.

Sara was born in 1974, the youngest of five, and spent much of her childhood on her Dad's farm where a love of animals began. She became a model after being scouted in Paris, then took her first TV role before starting in radio. She then joined Radio 2 on Sounds Of The 80s and her recent weekday Teatime Show, plus ran 5 marathons in five days raising £11.7 million for Children In Need.

On 6 July she'll take over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show, bringing all your favourite bits from her afternoon show, alongside plenty of brand-new breakfast treats to start your day - listen on BBC Sounds https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_two.

A BBC Audio production for BBC Radio 2.