The daughter of Len and Jackie Cox, Sara, the youngest of five, spent the first seven years of her life on a farm just outside Bolton, where her father bred pedigree bulls.

BBC: Sara Cox: A model host

The first, on 30 April, will be presented by Jamie Theakston and new Breakfast Show host Sara Cox.

BBC: End of the Roadshow for Radio 1

But these ratings were recorded before afternoon DJ Chris Moyles took on its flagship breakfast show, trading places with Sara Cox.

BBC: NEWS | Entertainment | Wogan show boost for BBC Radio 2

In London, Chris Tarrant's Capital FM breakfast show continues to be the most popular morning programme, with over two million listeners - one million more than Sara Cox on Radio 1.

BBC: Wogan a winner for Radio 2