Sarah Cawood

Sarah Cawood
Born	(1972-08-07) 7 August 1972 London, England
Nationality	English
Education	Stamford High School Royal Ballet School Arts Educational Schools London
Occupation	Broadcaster
Years active	1995–2014 (hiatus)
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Television	The Girlie Show Night Fever Live & Kicking Top of the Pops Comic Relief does Fame Academy
Spouse(s)	Andy Merry (m. 2012)
Children	2
Website	Official website

Sarah Cawood (born 7 August 1972^[1] in London) is an English broadcaster. Cawood is currently taking a career break to look after her children.^[2]

Career

Cawood grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of Maxey and was educated at Stamford High School, Lincolnshire. She also attended the Royal Ballet School and Arts Educational Schools London.

Between 1995 and 1996, she worked as a presenter for Nickelodeon. In 1997, she moved on to co-present The Girlie Show. From 1998 to 2000, she featured on Channel 5's Karaoke quiz show, Night Fever. She has also presented on MTV, Live & Kicking and Top of the Pops. She was also a panellist on Loose Women in 2003. She has also co-presented the midweek and Saturday National Lottery programmes and was also a reporter on the Channel 4 show Richard & Judy. In addition to this, she presented an information video for Argos for staff training purposes.

In May 2006, it was while she was presenting the National Lottery Jet Set, alongside Eamonn Holmes that Fathers 4 Justice invaded the studio, she however carried on and later claimed it was her training on MTV which allowed her to 'ad-lib'. She won a Celebrity episode of The Weakest Link, beating cricketer Phil Tufnell in the final. In November 2006, she took part in the BBC's Celebrity Scissorhands for Children in Need.

She co-presented BBC Three's coverage of Comic Relief does Fame Academy. She also co-commentated on the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, 2009 and 2010 alongside Paddy O'Connell for viewers in the United Kingdom on BBC Three. Additionally, she starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in an episode of the CBBC show Hider in the House.

She presented the UK version of the word-based quiz show That's The Question on Challenge which began airing on 14 May 2007.

She was a panellist on The Wright Stuff in 2007, and returned in early January 2010.

She is also the voice-over on ITV1's Daily Cooks Challenge hosted by Anthony Worrall Thompson.

On 10 November 2010, she and Alice Cooper co-presented the Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards at the Roundhouse in London.

On 6 January 2014, Cawood joined Dave Taylor to present the breakfast show on Heart East Anglia from 6am til 10am. Sarah Cawood decided to leave the show in December 2014 to look after her children.^[3]

Personal life

She is 5' 1" tall^[4] and stood on a raised platform throughout a celebrity edition of Weakest Link in 2006. Cawood dated the Bluetones' guitarist Adam Devlin. In December 2012 Cawood married her long term partner Andy Merry.^[5] She was a bridesmaid, along with Fearne Cotton, at Holly Willoughby's wedding.

In 2008, she was part of the British team that completed Olivia Newton-John's "Great Walk To Beijing".^[6]

On 21 April 2012, Sarah gave birth her first child son Hunter. In August 2013 Cawood gave birth to her second child daughter Autumn.

She is a supporter of Arsenal and remains a popular blogger on issues such as motherhood.

References

External links

Fame Academy

Series	1 2 Comic Relief series

Hosts	Patrick Kielty Claudia Winkleman Cat Deeley Dominic Wood Sarah Cawood Jake Humphrey Caroline Flack Sophie McDonnell Holly Willoughby

Judges	Richard Park Craig Revel Horwood Lesley Garrett Robin Gibb

Teachers	Carrie Grant Kevin Adams Pam Sheyne Steve DuBerry David Grant

Main series winners	David Sneddon Alex Parks

Celebrity winners	Will Mellor Edith Bowman Tara Palmer-Tomkinson

Other alumni	Sinéad Quinn Lemar James Fox Carolynne Good Alistair Griffin

Winners songs	"Stop Living the Lie" "Maybe That's What It Takes" List of songs

Top of the Pops

Shows	Top of the Pops Top of the Pops 2 Top of the Pops Reloaded TOTP@Play

See also	List of performances List of performers The magazine Big Jim Sullivan

Presenters	Steve Anderson (1991–92) Richard Bacon (2003–06) Zoë Ball (1997–98) Simon Bates (1979–88) Tony Blackburn (1967–83) Richard Blackwood (2000–02) Liz Bonnin (2002–03) Edith Bowman (2003–06) Jakki Brambles (1989–91) Bruno Brookes (1984–95) Paul Burnett (1975–79) Nicky Campbell (1988–97) Dave Cash (1968) Sarah Cawood (2002–03) Fearne Cotton (2003–06) Andy Crane (1988–89) Gary Davies (1982–91) Simon Dee (1966–67) Tony Dortie (1991–94) Noel Edmonds (1972–79) Kenny Everett (1973) Mark Franklin (1991–94) Alan Freeman (1964–69) Paul Gambaccini (1981–89) Mark Goodier (1988–96) David Hamilton (1975–77) Stuart Henry (1967–69) Rufus Hound (2005–06) Lisa I'Anson (1995–96) David Jacobs (1964–66) David Jensen (1976–84) Paul Jordan (1985–86) Tim Kash (2003–04) Jonathan King (1982–86) Janice Long (1982–88) Simon Mayo (1986–96) Jayne Middlemiss (1997–2001) Scott Mills (1999) Pete Murray (1964–69) Femi Oke (1992) Dixie Peach (1985–86) Andy Peebles (1979–84) John Peel (1981–87) Gail Porter (1999–2003) Jenny Powell (1989) Peter Powell (1977–88) Mike Read (1978–89) Emperor Rosko (1974–75) Adrian Rose (1991–92) Sybil Ruscoe (1988–89) Jimmy Savile (1964–84) Pat Sharp (1982–83) Claudia Simon (1991–92) Richard Skinner (1980–89) Mike Smith (1982–88) Lisa Snowdon (2002–03) Ed Stewart (1968–77) Jamie Theakston (1997–2003) Kate Thornton (1998–99) Dave Lee Travis (1974–84) Anthea Turner (1988–91) Bear van Beers (1996) Tommy Vance (1980–85) Jo Whiley (1995–98) Steve Wright (1980–89) Reggie Yates (2003–06)

Dancers	List of Top of the Pops dance troupes Go-Jos Pan's People Ruby Flipper Legs & Co. Zoo Flick Colby (choreographer)

Creator	Johnnie Stewart

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