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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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menopausalfart · 07/06/2025 16:37

The only radio personality I listen to is James O'Brien.

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

Zuma76 · 09/09/2024 17:42

I also think she is fab. It’s a shame a northern accent is so grating for some people. If you don’t like the show don’t watch it. Why do you have to whinge about it.

It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

MadKittenWoman · 07/06/2025 16:38

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

THIS! Just stop it.

SALaw · 07/06/2025 17:10

Love Sara Cox

Zuma76 · 07/06/2025 17:16

AllProperTeaIsTheft · 07/06/2025 16:38

It's not the northern accent. I live in the North of England and have no issue with northern accents. She just puts on weird, stupid voices and it's annoying.

Fine if you don’t like listening to her - it’s really simple. Just don’t listen. If you want to bitch about her do it irl. I don’t get the need to post on a very public forum if you don’t like a radio DJ. How are we supposed to educate our kids on being kind on social media when so many adult women are willing to chat with people they don’t know about a women they don’t know.

storminabuttercup · 07/06/2025 17:16

This thread was horrid when it was started and it’s been resurrected with more of the same

imagine seeing a thread about you just doing your job with this much bitchiness

so much for women supporting women

JMSA · 07/06/2025 17:27

Is Scott Mills the one who said “I still would”, as Britney Spears was being wheeled out to an ambulance mid-breakdown?

KnottedTwine · 07/06/2025 17:41

JMSA · 07/06/2025 17:27

Is Scott Mills the one who said “I still would”, as Britney Spears was being wheeled out to an ambulance mid-breakdown?

Given that he's openly gay, I doubt it. 🙄

YorkshireMedusa · 07/06/2025 18:03

storminabuttercup · 07/06/2025 17:16

This thread was horrid when it was started and it’s been resurrected with more of the same

imagine seeing a thread about you just doing your job with this much bitchiness

so much for women supporting women

I started this thread to talk about the pointless chatter on the show I heard that didn't seem suited to an adult audience. That's not bitching. If I listen to a radio show ostensibly for adults, I don't want to feel I've accidentally tuned into Play away, regardless of who is presenting it.

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JMSA · 07/06/2025 18:11

KnottedTwine · 07/06/2025 17:41

Given that he's openly gay, I doubt it. 🙄

Maybe it was Evans or Moyles. One of the Chris gobshites anyway.

mids2019 · 10/06/2025 06:36

I am from the North and a northern accent is something quite natural not something forced like Sara's. You listen and expect her to quip, 'I 'm working class me, where s the gravy'.it just seems to be an exaggeration of an accent to cement working class credentials to become more relatable.....it's annoying.

NoMoreStupidGuys · 10/06/2025 15:04

herecomesautumn · 07/06/2025 16:32

And now "zo bird" has spoiled Saturday afternoon listening

I think she is fine on a Saturday, without the zoo posse it's a very different take on the show.

YorkshireMedusa · 13/06/2025 18:19

A married woman is a waaaaarrrrrff
On a Friday people like a glass of bottle of waaaaaarrrnn

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thisismygrumpyface · 14/06/2025 00:12

menopausalfart · 07/06/2025 16:37

The only radio personality I listen to is James O'Brien.

Are you a masochist?

menopausalfart · 14/06/2025 00:20

@thisismygrumpyface No, a Taurus.

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

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)

HelenWheels · 14/06/2025 10:23

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

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.

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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piefacedClique · 01/07/2025 15:21

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

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 .

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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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.

HelenWheels · 02/07/2025 06:22

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

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