Television
In July 2007, Cox presented London Live on Channel 4, and appeared as a guest star on the Sky1 show Angela and Friends in November 2009 and as guest presenter in January 2010. Also in 2010, she appeared as a team captain on What Do Kids Know? along with Rufus Hound and Joe Swash on the Watch channel.
Cox commentated for the semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest on BBC Three with fellow Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills at the 2011 Contest and 2012 Contest, and again in 2021 as a late stand-in for Rylan Clark. Cox was replaced by Ana Matronic starting from the 2013 Contest.
On 21 October 2014, Cox guest presented a Children in Need episode of The Great British Sewing Bee.
In April 2015, it was announced that Cox would present The Great Pottery Throw Down for BBC Two. The first series began in November 2015 and the second in February 2017.
In 2016, Cox co-presenting Too Much TV, a daily magazine show on BBC Two.
In 2017, Cox appeared on Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit and was on Steve's team in the show. She lost the episode in terms of points. On 4 June 2017, Cox co-presented the One Love Manchester benefit concert special and British television special with Ore Oduba.
Since 2018, Cox has co-presented Back in Time for..., where a modern-day family enjoy meals that were eaten by families of years gone by. She replaced Giles Coren. From May 2018, Cox presents Love in the Countryside for BBC Two.
On 5 March 2019, it was announced that Cox would host a new ITV show, entitled The Sara Cox Show, which would feature entertainment, live music and celebrity guests and which would air on Saturday and Sunday mornings.
In October 2020, Cox launched and presented Between the Covers on BBC Two, a seven-episode book programme, which was renewed and ran for a total of eight series, ending in December 2024.
On 15 November 2025 Cox confirmed that she was to be the presenter of The Marvellous Miniatures Workshop for BBC One. In each of the eight episodes, professional model makers will bring places, people and iconic moments in time back to life via miniature models.