Presenter Sara Cox has revealed she will launch her BBC Radio 2 breakfast show next month, and said she “can’t wait” to get started.
The 51-year-old has said that her new programme will air on July 6, with Hollywood star Tom Hanks to join her in the studio as her first guest.
The DJ made the announcement while appearing on Vernon Kay’s Radio 2 show on Monday, and said she is “very, very excited” to get started.
Cox said: “There’s been quite a lot of mystery about when the brand new Sara Cox Breakfast Show begins on BBC Radio 2.
“I’ve been quite mysterious and going, ‘it’s in the summer’ and waggling my eyebrows mysteriously. But I can now announce, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and everyone in between, please do join me for my very first Breakfast Show on Radio 2 on 6th of July. Three weeks today! Very, very excited. It is 6:30 am.”
She joked that she is going to set 42 alarms due to the early start, and added: “I can’t wait – it’s so exciting.”
Cox also revealed that her first guest on the show will be Toy Story 5 star Hanks, and said she “cannot wait” to speak to the Oscar-winning actor.
The BBC also revealed that the new breakfast programme will include a “fresh new format” which will bring listeners’ “favourite bits” from the teatime show she previously hosted on the station.
Cox was announced as the new host of the breakfast programme in April and at the time she described the role as a “dream” and said she was “ecstatic, honoured and incredibly chuffed”.
She will be replacing former host Scott Mills, who was sacked by the BBC in March, following allegations about his personal conduct, bringing his three-decade career with the BBC to a sudden end.
Cox’s new Breakfast Show will be available on BBC Radio 2 from 6:30 am on July 6.
