Sara Cox

The first two series of The Great Pottery Throw Down show Cox bringing an easy conversational manner to a craft competition with plenty of unfamiliar processes. Her joking sits alongside the explanation of what the potters are trying to achieve, giving viewers a way into the workshop without pretending the host is the technical authority. Choose an early episode for that balance of curiosity and company. Keith Brymer Jones and Kate Malone supply the specialist judgement; Cox makes the surrounding experience approachable.