{"id":773545,"date":"2026-09-17T11:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773545\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:06:11","slug":"maxine-peake-and-sara-cox-reunite-to-recall-school-days-at-canon-slade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/773545\/","title":{"rendered":"Maxine Peake and Sara Cox reunite to recall school days at Canon Slade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Actress Maxine Peake and broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/topics\/sara-cox\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sara Cox<\/a> were in the same A-level theatre studies class at Canon Slade Sixth Form in Bolton.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair were looking back on their teenage years during a recent BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show chat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/26236531.i-dont-want-sound-arrogant-radio-28-years-now--sara-cox\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">who grew up in Bolton<\/a> and has gone on to become one of the UK&#8217;s best-known radio presenters, was speaking to Maxine on Thursday, September 10.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She told the actress: &#8220;We were in the same class for A-level theatre studies at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/26481226.lots-hard-work-effort-ever-popular-bolton-school-gcse-results-day\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Canon Slade Sixth Form in Bolton<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;At 16, you were already hugely talented, and I can say this because I saw it with my own eyes.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara then recalled how their drama teachers had quickly spotted Maxine&#8217;s ability.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She said: &#8220;I saw our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theboltonnews.co.uk\/news\/26254662.sweet-caroline-rings-bolton-celebrates-englands-dramatic-world-cup-win\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">drama teachers<\/a>, they loved you, I&#8217;m getting goosebumps saying it, they could just tell that you were just so talented and different from the rest of us.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  But the conversation took a very Bolton school reunion turn when the pair started discussing their A-level results.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maxine, who was born in Bolton before going on to study at RADA, asked Sara if she had received an A for her theatre studies.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara replied: &#8220;I know I should let it go by now.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maxine then revealed she had not received the top grade either, saying: &#8220;No, I can&#8217;t, no. 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I think I got a C.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara immediately sounded shocked, replying: &#8220;No way!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The pair then remembered Sara&#8217;s Medea monologue, with Maxine insisting she still remembered it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maxine said: &#8220;I&#8217;m not just saying it, you could do it, you could do it!&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The exchange offered a glimpse at the early years of two very different careers which have since taken both women well beyond their Bolton classroom.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Maxine has become a celebrated stage and screen actress, known for productions including Dinnerladies, Shameless, Silk and Black Mirror.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sara has gone on to become a major BBC broadcaster, having previously hosted the Radio 1 Breakfast Show before moving to Radio 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Maxine Peake and broadcaster Sara Cox were in the same A-level theatre studies class at Canon Slade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-773545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773545","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=773545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}