Sarah Louise Cawood (born 7 August 1972 in St Pancras,

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) is an English television presenter, voice over artist and narrator. She is best known for presenting the

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children's Saturday morning show '' Live & Kicking''.

Career

Cawood grew up in the

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village of Maxey. and was educated at Stamford High School,

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. She also attended the

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and Arts Educational Schools London. Between 1995 and 1996, she was a presenter for

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. 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 ''

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''. She was also a panellist on '' Lily Savage's Blankety Blank'' on 2001 and '' Loose Women'' in 2003. She has also co-presented the midweek and Saturday National Lottery programmes and was also a reporter on the

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show '' Richard & Judy''. In addition to this, she presented an information video for Argos for staff training purposes. In 1998, she took on an acting role, appearing as Angel in Todd Haynes's glam-rock drama Velvet Goldmine. In May 2006, it was while she was presenting the ''National Lottery Jet Set'' alongside Eamonn Holmes that

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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 ''

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'', beating cricketer Phil Tufnell in the final. In November 2006, she took part in the BBC's '' Celebrity Scissorhands'' for

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. She co-presented

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's coverage of '' Comic Relief Does Fame Academy''. She also co-commentated on the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007,

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and

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alongside

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for viewers in the United Kingdom on

. Additionally, she starred as the 'hidden' celebrity in an episode of the

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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 ITV's '' Daily Cooks Challenge'' hosted by Antony Worrall Thompson. On 10 November 2010, she and Alice Cooper co-presented the

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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 6 am til 10 am. Sarah Cawood decided to leave the show in December 2014 to look after her children.

Personal life

In 2008, she was part of the

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team that completed

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's "Great Walk to Beijing". On 27 March 2012, Cawood gave birth to her first child, a son. In December 2012, Cawood married her long-term partner. In August 2013, Cawood gave birth to her second child, a daughter. On 22 September 2022, Cawood announced that she had been diagnosed with stage I

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in August 2021, and that she had made a full recovery. She is a supporter of

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and remains a popular blogger on issues such as motherhood.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cawood, Sarah 1972 births Living people English television presenters English voice actresses English women radio presenters People from St Pancras, London People educated at Stamford High School, Lincolnshire