Radio 1’s Sara Cox is set to get Chris Evans' old post-pub Friday slot on Channel 4. She has filmed a pilot for a new show called ‘Born Sloppy’ where she co-hosted with RI:SE presenter Colin Murray. Comedian Matt Lucas and Rock Profiles co-creator David Williams also appeared in the pilot, along with LA Pool Party presenter Lisa Snowdon. "It's a like a lock-in filmed at Sara Cox's gaff, which is a converted pub," one insider told the Media Guardian. "It's a mixture of entertainment and music but it's not a show for hardcore music fans. It's for people who like music but don't necessarily want to wade through a 15-page article in Rolling Stone." Word is Channel 4 bosses are pleased with the pilot and they are expected to put a ten week run into their Autumn schedule. It’s the first big live entertainment show Channel 4 have shown in the Friday slot since the well-past-its-sell-by-date TFI was axed in 2000. Presumably the station hope that the new show, which is headed up by TFI producer Will Macdonald, will be more like TFI at its peak, and less like the less successful ‘Girlie Show’, Cox’s last late night Channel 4 outing.
Aug 8, 2002
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Cox returns to late night Channel 4
Sara Cox has filmed a pilot for 'Born Sloppy', a late-night Channel 4 show filmed in a converted pub, which the broadcaster is reportedly expected to schedule as a ten-week run this autumn.