Sara Cox is the new host of the weekday Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 2.
Cox, who currently hosts the station’s weekday Teatime show (4-7pm), will launch her first show this summer. The Radio 2 Breakfast Show is the UK’s biggest Breakfast Show, and attracts 6.5m listeners each week (RAJAR, Q4 2025).
Helen Thomas, head of Radio 2, said: “I’m delighted that Sara Cox will be the new host of the prestigious Radio 2 Breakfast Show. Sara is adored by her millions of listeners at Teatime, and having regularly deputised in the slot, I already know she’ll build a brilliant rapport with the Breakfast audience and get the nation going each morning with her trademark warmth and humour.
“She captured the hearts of the country last November, raising a staggering £11.5m for Children In Need on her Great Northern Marathon Challenge and thoroughly deserves this gig. I can’t wait to hear her first show.”
She’ll build a brilliant rapport with the Breakfast audience
Helen Thomas
Sara Cox said: “There are not enough adjectives to really sum up how I’m feeling about being trusted with such an iconic show but let’s start with ecstatic, honoured and incredibly chuffed. It’s been a dream to host the Breakfast Show since I joined Radio 2 and it feels like a bit of a full circle for me.
“I’ve had the most glorious seven years of my career on Teatime so thank you to my brilliant Teatime listeners who hopefully will join me at Breakfast for excellent music and all my usual nonsense plus some superstar guests. I honestly can’t wait to wake the nation up with the biggest, most fun breakfast show ever.”
A replacement for Cox in the afternoon/early evening slot will be announced at a later date. Gary Davies has been deputising in the breakfast slot..
Radio 2 Breakfast host Scott Mills was sacked by the BBC last month after the broadcaster said it had received new information relating to a police investigation over alleged historic sexual offences.
Mills released a statement saying he fully co-operated with the police investigation.
“Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed seven years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter,” said Mills.
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