Sara Cox to host Children in Need alongside Alex Jones

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 16 Oct, 06:08 · Archive

BBC Radio 2 presenter Sara Cox has been announced as a host for this year's Children in Need telethon, which will broadcast on Friday 13 November from 7pm. She joins The One Show presenter Alex Jones as a co-host for the annual charity appeal, which has raised more than £1 billion in total since 1980. Further hosts are set to be announced in the coming weeks.

The broadcast will include clips from schools participating in fundraiser challenges across the country, as well as radio host Owain Wyn Evans' 400-mile cycle challenge. Cox has been heavily involved with Children in Need previously, including running the Great Northern Marathon Challenge last year, which raised close to £10 million.

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• BBC star Sara Cox announces major career first with TV favouriteThe host of the BBC Radio 2 morning show Sara Cox has announced a major career first which she will do with a well-known TV host.Oxford Mail · 16 Oct, 05:00
• BBC star Sara Cox announces major career first with TV favouriteThe host of the BBC Radio 2 morning show Sara Cox has announced a major career first which she will do with a well-known TV host.Oxfordshire Guardian · 16 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Sara Cox · Alex Jones · BBC · Children in Need · Owain Wyn Evans

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