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Sara Cox please just stop!!!

439 replies

YorkshireMedusa · 09/09/2024 16:41

I've heard her put on a weird voice and repeatedly say, 20+ times, Scooby Dooby Doo in said weird voice. Turned off and 10 minutes later went into a shop that had Radio 2 on and she was still doing it. FFS she's paid a fortune for that nonsense and we're paying through the licence fee.

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greengreyblue · 05/08/2025 21:31

She’s great! Very down to earth and just having a laugh Lighten up!

AutumnLeaves1990 · 05/08/2025 20:21

YorkshireMedusa · 05/08/2025 17:45

I've just heard a snippet of her show when she was referring to herself as "Sazpants On the Radio", in a fake American accent, she said it was an attempt to sound like a proper DJ. It wasn't it was just her fooling about.

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Why are you torturing yourself then? Plenty of other stations to listen to 🤦♂️

lotsofpatience · 05/08/2025 19:29

Someone should tell that pathetic woman that being funny and laughable are not the same thing.

ShowOfHands · 05/08/2025 19:20

I agree. You seriously need to let this go op. You don't like her online persona, fair enough. Expending energy repeatedly denigrating her online seems obsessive and nasty.

Slothsandspiderman · 05/08/2025 18:05

Christ alive. If you don’t like her show just bloody stop listening and then popping up bitching about it!!

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YorkshireMedusa · 05/08/2025 17:45

I've just heard a snippet of her show when she was referring to herself as "Sazpants On the Radio", in a fake American accent, she said it was an attempt to sound like a proper DJ. It wasn't it was just her fooling about.

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redtrain123 · 04/07/2025 10:17

I prefer her in the afternoon.

AutumnLeaves1990 · 04/07/2025 10:14

I don't mind her but that segment with the car beeping 🤬🤬🤬🤬

FrenchandSaunders · 04/07/2025 09:10

The music she's playing in the mornings is much better.

piefacedClique · 02/07/2025 19:03

Quite pleased with having someone else in her usual slot now tho!

thisismygrumpyface · 02/07/2025 15:29

In a battle between Scott and Sara, I'm afraid it's Sara every time.

NoMoreStupidGuys · 02/07/2025 10:50

herecomesautumn · 02/07/2025 10:38

Scott is pretty dull, but Cox is just dire. Stupid voices.

Thing is, she plays decent music. Whether that is her choice or the producer, I don't know. The Half Wower is also good. If she only just talked normally instead of the I'm Mad, Me persona, she'd be quite refreshing. I put it on this morning and heard the kid in the car chant lots of times coupled with horn sounds that made me think it was an actual car sounding their horn at me, which isn't good in rush hour traffic is it?

herecomesautumn · 02/07/2025 10:38

Scott is pretty dull, but Cox is just dire. Stupid voices.

greengreyblue · 02/07/2025 06:40

HelenWheels · 02/07/2025 06:22

is she covering for scott?
i might listen,
cannot stand scott

Agree! I listened to Sara this week when I wouldn’t normally have radio 2 on. She’s lovely, funny, witty and down to earth.

HelenWheels · 02/07/2025 06:22

is she covering for scott?
i might listen,
cannot stand scott

Romeiswheretheheartis · 01/07/2025 23:17

I'm preferring Sarah to Scott, and normally I'm not a fan of her in the afternoon. I think she's got more rapport with the callers than Scott. I'm getting sick of the daily quiz though, the way they keep encouraging people to beg 'the quiz' to let them go through.

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YorkshireMedusa · 01/07/2025 23:01

She was talking about the "shonkiness" of her style of delivery - showing she clearly has no idea what that means!

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Yellowshirt · 01/07/2025 19:19

I turned it on for literally 2 minutes this morning and that was enough.
She was wishing someone happy 40th Birthday but couldn't just do it in a normal mature way it has to contain one of her awful screeching jokes .

piefacedClique · 01/07/2025 15:21

Same! Wrecks me! Back to the podcasts this week!

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YorkshireMedusa · 01/07/2025 08:50

I put the car radio on this morning to find Sara covering for Scott - weird pronunciations and "Kid in a car, kid in a car, honk honk" over and over and over. It's the constant repetition that's one of the most annoying factors.

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thisismygrumpyface · 14/06/2025 12:47

I can't be doing with Rylan at all. He seems very fake and me me me. Every time I tune in, it only takes moments till he's yapping about himself, and even while interviewing guests he'll still make it all about him.

Jeremy Vine - idk how anyone can sit through him.

Have started listening to Jo Whiley a bit more, whose breathless enthusiasm I couldn't stand at first but now I've grown more used to. I quite enjoy her interviews but her music isn't to my taste.

The only presenter on R2 I think is truly decent is OJ Borg. It's like a breath of fresh air when he presents.

HelenWheels · 14/06/2025 10:23

i missed Vernon this week,
i have really got used to him

MumofSpud · 14/06/2025 07:40

Used to avoid Vernon on TV for years but think he’s great on the radio - same about Paddy.
Love Rylan but…. I think his conversations with Sally and Lottie go on far too long - Graham Norton had it exactly right with Maria (still miss his R2 show)

Yellowshirt · 14/06/2025 00:34

The only one I can listen to now on radio 2 is Jeremy Vine.
Vernon Kay seems lost. Every single day he will start playing a song then press stop half way through and move on to the next item. It is horrible to listen to

menopausalfart · 14/06/2025 00:20

@thisismygrumpyface No, a Taurus.