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Sarah Cawood Born 7 August 1972
London, England[citation needed]Occupation Television presenter Sarah Cawood (born August 7, 1972 [1] in London) is an English television presenter.
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Career
Cawood grew up in the Cambridgeshire village of Maxey and was educated at Stamford High School, Lincolnshire near Peterborough, United Kingdom. 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 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 and 2009 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.
Personal life
She is 5' 1" tall[2] and stood on a raised platform throughout a celebrity edition of Weakest Link in 2006. Sarah dated The Bluetones' guitarist Adam Devlin. She was a bridesmaid, along with Fearne Cotton, at Holly Willoughby's wedding.
In 2008, she was part of the United Kingdom team that completed Olivia Newton-John's "Great Walk To Beijing".[3]
She is a supporter of Arsenal F.C..[citation needed]
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Fame Academy Series Hosts Patrick Kielty · Claudia Winkleman · Cat Deeley · Dominic Wood · Sarah Cawood · Jake Humphrey · Caroline Flack · Sophie McDonnell · Holly WilloughbyJudges Teachers Main series winners Celebrity winners Other alumni Winners songs Shows Top of the Pops • Top of the Pops 2 • Top of the Pops Reloaded • TOTP@PlaySee also 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-) • 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 (disc jockey) (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-)
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