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Sara Cox
Sara Cox at Manchester Fashion Week, October 2007
Born	Sarah Joanne Cox (1974-12-13) 13 December 1974 (age 37) Bolton, Greater Manchester, England
Other names	Sara Cox
Occupation	Television presenter, disc jockey
Salary	£200,000 per year (2006)[1][2]
Website
Sara's Radio 1 Page

Sara Cox (born Sarah Joanne Cox on 13 December 1974), known as "Coxy", is an English TV presenter and radio DJ, best known for presenting the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1 between 2000 and 2003. She now presents a Sunday morning show on the station, as well as regularly covering for other Radio 1 DJs.

Early career[link]

Cox was born Sarah Joanne Cox in Bolton, Greater Manchester, but later dropped the use of the letter 'h' from her first name.^[3] She attended Smithills High School until the age of 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 on Channel 4.^[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".^[5][6]

In September 1998 she became a presenter of The Big Breakfast, following in the footsteps of her friend Zoë Ball (for whom 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 stars such as Robbie Williams, Sting and Leonardo DiCaprio. Cox preferred to do interviews in her dad's caravan which was situated in The Big Breakfast garden.

BBC Radio 1 (1999-present)[link]

1999-2002[link]

A transfer to radio came in September 1999 when 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, a health and welfare show where listeners called in about their problems, with Sara acting as "Nurse Coxy". The show still proves popular today, and is currently hosted by Aled Haydn Jones.

In December 1999 it was announced that Cox would again step into Zoë Ball's shoes as presenter of the weekday breakfast show, as 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, growing from 6.9 million to 7.8 million listeners during her first fifteen months in the job - earning Radio 1 its largest breakfast audience ever - higher than that of her predecessor and Chris Evans. By August 2002, however, numbers had dipped back under 7 million.

In August 2000 Cox said live on air that the Queen Mother "smelt of wee"^[7] and was reported^{[citation needed]} to have been very close to losing her job.

2003-2008[link]

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".

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 'Chap's 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.

2008-present[link]

On 17 February 2008 she presented her last show for six months before leaving for maternity leave to have her second child. Annie Mac presented the show during Cox's absence. Cox later covered for Jo Whiley who was on maternity leave between October 2008 and February 2009. Following Whiley's return, Cox returned to weekends to present a Sunday mid-morning show, broadcasting between 10am and 1pm.

In March 2010 Cox went on maternity leave for the third time, leaving her show in the hands of the newest Radio 1 presenter, Matt Edmondson.^[8] She returned to the airwaves on the 9th of August 2010 to cover for Fearne Cotton for three weeks. Cox made a self-confessed unexpected return to the breakfast show on 2 September 2010, as she sat in for the poorly Chris Moyles.

She currently presents her Sunday morning show on BBC Radio 1, as well as regularly deputising for the stations daytime presenters, Fearne Cotton, Scott Mills and Chris Moyles.

In June 2011 Sara 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.^[9]

During the first week of March 2012, she covered for Alex Lester on BBC Radio 2.

Personal life[link]

She married DJ Jon Carter on 6 October 2001; they split in December 2005. She gave birth to a 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.^[10] 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.^[11] She returned to Radio 1 in September 2008. Sara went on maternity leave for the third time, after her show on Sunday 7 March 2010. Less than a week later, on 12 March, she announced that she had given birth to a baby girl, named Renee, at 8:30 am GMT.

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.^[12]

Sara Cox is also committed to protecting the environment. In 2009 she joined the 10:10 project in a bid to help her reduce her carbon footprint. She explained that, as she was brought up on a farm, she has no problem wearing extra layers instead of turning up the thermostat. Giving up meat is a different story however, "My dad is a beef farmer so he wouldn't be best pleased. I tried going veggie once, but it lasted about four hours."^[13]

Privacy[link]

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 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. 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.^[14][15]

Charitable activity[link]

Cox will be one of 52 celebrities contributing to a children's story entitled ‘Once Upon a Time’^[16] 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 photographed^[17] with her pet dog, Snoop, by the late Lord Lichfield. Sara and other celebrities entered the women's race (The Magnolia Cup) fundraising for the charity Great Ormond Street at Glorious Goodwood on the 28th of July 2011 she came ninth.^[18]

Other activities[link]

In 2006 Cox participated as a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses. In November of that year she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Bolton for contributions to broadcasting.^[19]

In July 2007 she became the presenter of The Album Chart Show on Channel 4, and appeared as a guest star on Sky 1's Angela and Friends in November 2009.^[20] and as Guest Presenter in January 2010.^[21] Also in 2010 she appeared as a team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound and Joe Swash on Watch.^[22]

As of the 2011 Contest, Cox commentates for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio DJ Scott Mills and Christopher Cavendish-Tudor.^[23]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sara Cox at BBC Programmes
• Sara Cox on Twitter
• Sara Cox's vegetable growing blog on the BBC's Dig In site

Matt LeBlanc
LeBlanc in 2010
Born	Matthew Steven LeBlanc (1967-07-25) July 25, 1967 (age 44) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, producer
Years active	1987–present
Spouse	Melissa McKnight (2003-2006; divorced; 1 child)

Matthew Steven "Matt" LeBlanc (born July 25, 1967) is an American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the NBC sitcoms Friends and its spin-off Joey.

In 2011, LeBlanc began starring as a fictional version of himself in Episodes, a BBC Two/Showtime television series created by Friends co-creator David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik. LeBlanc won a Golden Globe award for his work on Episodes, after being nominated three times for his work as Joey Tribbiani on Friends.

Early life[link]

LeBlanc was born in Newton, Massachusetts. His mother, Patricia (née Grossman), was an office manager, and his father, Paul LeBlanc, was a mechanic.^[1] His mother was of Italian descent and his father was of French-Canadian ancestry.^[2][3]

Career[link]

In 1988, he landed his first regular TV role on the drama TV 101 which ran for one season. In 1990 he starred in Jon Bon Jovi's music video "Miracle," from Young Guns II sound track. In 1991 he starred in the music video for the Alanis Morissette single "Walk Away". He also appeared in the last seconds of the music video for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Into the Great Wide Open." In 1991, he went on to star in a spin-off of Married... with Children titled Top of the Heap. The Fox series lasted seven episodes airing in April and May 1991. In 1994, he starred in Bob Seger's "Night Moves" music video.^[4]

LeBlanc found success in the role of Joey Tribbiani on Friends, and went on to play this character for twelve years — ten seasons of Friends and two seasons of Joey. Friends was successful and LeBlanc, along with his co-stars, gained wide recognition among viewers.

LeBlanc has appeared in the films Ed (1996), Lost in Space (1998), Charlie's Angels (2000), and All the Queen's Men (2001).

In 2000, LeBlanc starred in Bon Jovi's music video "Say It Isn't So".^[5]

Matt LeBlanc's production company, Fort Hill Productions, co-produced the made-for-TV movie, The Prince in 2006.

In 2011, LeBlanc began appearing as a fictional version of himself in Episodes, a BBC/Showtime television series about a British television series that is remade for an American audience.^[6][7] The series is written by Friends co-creator David Crane and his partner Jeffrey Klarik.^[8]. LeBlanc won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy for his performance.^[9] The second season of Episodes began airing on BBC Two on 11 May 2012.^[10]

LeBlanc appeared in the second episode of the eighteenth series of Top Gear, where he set the fastest time of 1:42.1 in the Kia Cee'd, narrowly beating previous holder Rowan Atkinson by 0.1 seconds.^[11]

Personal life[link]

In May 2003, LeBlanc married Melissa McKnight, an ex-model.^[12] McKnight and LeBlanc had been introduced in 1997 by her friend Kelly Phillips, wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and LeBlanc proposed to her a year later.^[12] Their daughter Marina, born in 2004, began suffering seizures at age eight months, which affected her motor skills. By the time she was two years old, however, the condition, thought to be a form of dysplasia, had largely receded.^[12]

In June 2005, LeBlanc admitted to "careless and irresponsible" behavior with a stripper during a motorcycle trip to Canada.^[12] LeBlanc and McKnight separated on January 1, 2006.^[12][13] By that time, LeBlanc was involved in a relationship with actress Andrea Anders, who played his neighbor on Joey.^[13] In March of that year, LeBlanc filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce became final on October 6, 2006.^[13]

Filmography[link]

Film[link]

Television[link]

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Matt LeBlanc

External links[link]

• Matt LeBlanc at the Internet Movie Database
• Matt LeBlanc at Emmys.com

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Nick Grimshaw
Grimshaw (right) with a fan in 2009 at a Jonas Brothers concert
Born	Nicholas Peter Grimshaw (1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 27) Manchester, England
Occupation	DJ, radio and television presenter
Website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/nickgrimshaw/

Nicholas Peter "Nick" Grimshaw (born 14 August 1984), also known as Grimmy and G-Munni is a British television and radio presenter. He has presented shows for Channel 4, E4, BBC One, BBC Two and Channel 4 youth strand T4. Currently he appears on the television channel Channel 4 and hosts two radio shows on BBC Radio 1, on Mondays to Thursdays - 10 pm to Midnight, and on Sundays - 10 pm to Midnight with Annie Mac.

Early life[link]

Born in St Mary's Hospital in Manchester, he was brought up in nearby Oldham and attended Our Lady's R.C. High School in Royton. Early work career included a Saturday job at Madeleine Lindley Ltd.^[1] Grimshaw attended the University of Liverpool, leaving in 2005.

Radio[link]

Grimshaw's first taste of radio was at BBC Radio 1 which he joined in September 2005 on the BBC's youth strand Switch. He presented the show with friend and fellow DJ Annie Mac. He hosted the show for 9 months solo when Mac hosted a weekend lunchtime slot. They are now back together hosting the evening teen show. From August 2008 to May 2009 Grimshaw hosted Radio 1's Weekend Breakfast Show. Grimshaw now presents the 10 pm - 12 midnight slot on BBC Radio 1 which he started on 1 June 2009, following the departure of Colin Murray from the station who left to follow his love of sport radio. This show was formerly hosted by John Peel. Although being a renowned and popular radio host, Grimshaw regularly jokes over how long his position at BBC Radio 1 will last him and whether he will actually be able to complete his long list of '1000 Albums Everyone Says You Should Listen To But We Only Have Time To Play One Track So Here It Is' which is a nightly feature on his show. Other features on his show include Peaceful Ponderings, an interactive minor problem-solving initiative broadcast on the Sunday night show he takes part in with Annie Mac, This Weeks Musical Showoff, an interactive new music sharing initiative, Fresh Off Stage, an interview with an important figure from the world of performing arts and Rob da Banks Monday Night Pop Quiz between a listener and a musician which culminates in an offensive word being broadcast live on air as the final answer. Since 2010 Grimshaw has been the main stand in presenter for Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1.

Television[link]

His career started on UK entertainment channel E4 hosting daily shows. He crossed over to Channel 4 in September 2007 hosting the daily breakfast show Freshly Squeezed alongside Alexa Chung and more recently Jameela Jamil which airs on Channel 4 at 7 am on weekdays. The pair went on to host various award shows for TV and coverage from music events and festivals for Channel 4. As well as hosting the radio show Switch for BBC Radio 1, he and Annie Mac teamed up to host music show Sound for BBC Two. This year he presented the first ever BBC Switch Awards show with Kimberley Walsh of Girls Aloud on BBC One. He appeared on The Xtra Factor on 13 November 2009. He is also the newest addition to the T4 presenting team on Channel 4 on Saturdays and Sundays.

Grimshaw will also be hosting the sixth series of The Album Chart Show for Channel 4, as a replacement for Sara Cox.

As of Summer 2011, Grimshaw is hosting a live 6-part series for Channel 4 on a Saturday morning entitled New Look Style The Nation in which hopeful fashion designers compete for a job at New Look. As well as hosting the show, Grimshaw is the sole person to decide upon six people who have turned up at the open auditions, two of which are then selected to compete further by two fashion experts.

References[link]

1. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (14 September 2008). "Meet the It-boy". London: Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/14/television.radio. Retrieved 1 December 2008. 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/sep/14/television.radio

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nick Grimshaw

• Nick Grimshaw at BBC Programmes
• Nick Grimshaw & Annie Mac at BBC Programmes

Scott Mills
Scott Mills performing a DJ set
Born	(1973-03-28) 28 March 1973 (age 39) Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Residence	London
Occupation	DJ, Radio presenter
Employer	BBC
Known for	The Scott Mills Show
Salary	£130,000 (estimated)[1]

Scott Robert Mills (born 28 March 1973^[2]) is a British radio DJ, television presenter and occasional actor, best known for presenting The Scott Mills Show on BBC Radio 1.^[3][4] As of the 2011 Contest, Mills commentates for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow BBC Radio DJ Sara Cox.^[5]

Early radio career[link]

Mills began his career at the age of 16 as a DJ on his local Hampshire commercial radio station, Power FM, after barraging the station with demo tapes.^[3] Mills was given an opportunity to present a week worth of shows, and based on the success of this, he was immediately offered the 'graveyard slot' of 1:00 a.m. – 6:00 a.m. (six nights a week),^[6] making him the youngest permanent presenter on the mainstream commercial radio.^[3] Mills' popularity led to a quick move to the coveted late afternoon 'drive time'.^[7]

Mills moved from Power FM to GWR FM, staying with the station for two years,^[3] before joining Piccadilly Key 103 in Manchester where he again moved quickly from the late night slot to the mid-morning show.^[3] In 1995, Mills began to work for the new London station Heart 106.2.^[8]

Mills has provided various voice-overs, including the voice of the specialist of the in-store radio station Homebase FM,^[9] the voice-over for Blockbuster Inc.'s in-store infomercial channel Blockbuster TV, and recently the voice-over for The VH1 Album Chart on the UK television channel VH1.^[10]

BBC Radio 1[link]

Mills joined BBC Radio 1 in 1998 to present The Early Breakfast Show which broadcasts between the hours of 4am and 7am. In January 2004, Mills shifted to a weekend afternoon slot for just over 6 months, but in July 2004, he moved over to the weekday early-evening slot, initially covering for Sara Cox, who was on a maternity leave.^[11] As she did not return, the slot became The Scott Mills Show.^[8] Mills also provides holiday cover for other slots including The Chris Moyles Show as well as also regularly covering Reggie Yates on the official chart show.

The Scott Mills Show, as it currently features, runs from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday to Friday. Until 24 December 2009, it was co-presented by sport reporter and occasional presenter Mark Chapman (Chappers).^[12] The assistant producer was Laura Sayers until April 2008. The current assistant producer is Rebecca Huxtable, usually called 'Beccy' or 'Wacky Beccy' on air. The regular newsreader is Tulip Mazumdar. The producer of the show is Emlyn Dodd, although he is referred to on air as 'The one who doesn't speak'.^[13]

In 2006, The Sun newspaper reported that Mills' salary was £130,000 a year for his work with Radio 1.^[14]

Features on the show have included Laura's Diary, Flirt Divert, Innuendo Bingo, Rate my Listener and Your Call.^[15] On Fridays, the show is modified with more music, in the form of the two features The Wonder Years, which features a different track from each sequential year to the present day, and Ready For The Weekend? which is an hour of dance music.^[16]

Mills has a number of catch phrases, including "alright, treacle".^{[citation needed]} On Fridays, he opens the show by using another catchphrase "it's only bley Friday" which is usually shouted very loudly in an incoherent manner to a backing of a random piece of classical music. The phrase was originally adopted from the previous afternoon show host, Sara Cox.^{[citation needed]}

On 2 April 2012 he will move to the afternoon slot on BBC Radio 1.^[17]

[edit] Scott Mills: The Musical

On 14 May 2009, it was announced that a musical based on Mills' life would be performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2009. The musical ran for three nights between 11 August and 13 August at the Pleasance One Theatre in Edinburgh.^[18] The musical was born from an internet rumour that Mills would perform in Rick Rolling The Musical as Rick Astley and other 1980s musicians. He denied this rumour on his radio show, and listeners' suggestions to create a musical based on his life became a reality. Some songs for the musical were composed and sent in by listeners to his radio show. The musical is available for viewing on the BBC Radio 1 website.^[19]

Mills did another Edinburgh Fringe show in 2010.^[20] He was challenged to do a one-man show, as was his co-host, Rebecca Huxtable, his producer, The One That Doesn't Speak, and his ex-co-host, Mark Chapman. Mills did his show as 'The Bjorn Identity', the story of Jason Bjorn, essentially, the Bourne Identity to the music of ABBA.

Television work[link]

In addition to his radio work, he has also appeared on various television shows, playing both as a character and as himself. His main acting role was as reporter, Paul Lang in the BBC medical drama Casualty, appearing in episodes in both 2006 and 2007.^[21][22] He also had a cameo in the BBC Scotland soap opera River City after praising the show highly on his radio show.^[23]

Mills has appeared as a contestant or guest on programmes including Mastermind, Supermarket Sweep, Children in Need, Hollyoaks, Most Haunted and Never Mind the Buzzcocks,^[21] and has appeared in the show Identity, hosted by Donny Osmond.^[24]

He narrated the music TV show The Pop Years which, coincidentally, was also narrated by fellow BBC Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman. He has presented high-profile programmes including the Wednesday night National Lottery draw on BBC 1 and his own pilot (featured on the radio show) of Reverse-a-Word.^[21] He also currently narrates Dating in the Dark on Living. In February 2008, he presented Upstaged on the newly re-launched BBC Three.^[25] He currently hosts a BBC Three television show called Radio 1 on Three, which is inspired by his radio show.