{"id":719431,"date":"2026-07-30T17:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/719431\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:10:11","slug":"comedy-legend-peter-kay-gives-major-life-update-to-sara-cox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/719431\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedy legend Peter Kay gives major life update to Sara Cox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Speaking on Ms Cox&#8217;s BBC Radio 2 morning show, the iconic comedian made a big announcement as he nears the end of his comedy tour which began in 2022.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Kay is the latest guest Ms Cox has had on her programme after it launched earlier this month, with her first guest being American actor Tom Hanks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26230622.sara-cox-new-venture-uk-charity-collapses-430k-owed\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox in new venture as UK charity collapses with \u00a3430k owed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She took over the slot, which runs from 6.30am to 9.30am, from Scott Mills who was sacked earlier this year from the corporation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Her debut was well received by critics with The Independent giving it five stars, and reviewer Rachel McGrath commenting: \u201cAs first shows go, Cox surely couldn\u2019t have hoped for better.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Though she has never lived in Oxfordshire, she is linked to the county having supported Bicester-based charity Auditory Verbal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Sara Cox (Image: BBC)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Ms Cox was involved in an appeal for the organisation in 2018, when it was featured on television.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Unfortunately, earlier this year, the charity collapsed with a spokesperson citing &#8220;an increasingly challenging and turbulent environment&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Now, on one of her radio shows this week, she hosted Peter Kay, who revealed an extension to his ongoing tour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxfordmail.co.uk\/news\/26416411.sara-cox-scarred-90s-singing-legends-brutal-insult\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox scarred after 90s singing legend&#8217;s brutal insult<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Having already visited Newcastle, Dublin, Birmingham, Belfast, Liverpool, and Sheffield, he will go on to Hull, Cardiff, Brighton and Blackpool, performing between September and November.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  For this latest leg of the tour, all the profits will go to three charities: The Lily Foundation (UK mitochondrial disease charity), Maggie&#8217;s (everyone&#8217;s home of cancer care) and The Be More Laura Foundation (supporting research into brain cancer).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In addition, he revealed raising money for charity gives him &#8220;purpose&#8221; and that he thinks the charities he&#8217;s chosen are &#8220;overlooked and underfunded&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Speaking on Ms Cox&#8217;s BBC Radio 2 morning show, the iconic comedian made a big announcement as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":719432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-719431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}