Cox, who lives in north London with her family, had hoped that presenting Drivetime, from 5pm to 7pm, would give her more of a work-life balance. She has three children - Lola (17) from her first marriage, and Isaac (14) and Renee (12) with advertising executive Cyzer. I wasn’t perhaps as sympathetic as I should have been towards Jameela. Whilst her storyline was emotive, the more I read, the more I found her to be a little selfish in her outlook, for example towards her husband and how she treated her sister, which detracted from my feeling for her too much. The bra wire was currently jabbing her left breast every time she breathed in and, today of all days, she’d need to take some deep breaths.

Jameela: all she's ever done is work hard and try her best. Why won't life give her the one thing she really wants? Her daily Radio 2 teatime show is a consistently joyful listen, where she has established a cosy and inclusive community by putting her listeners front and centre. She’s a gem of a presenter, with natural warmth and humour in spades, and is clearly in her element, never sounding anything less than delighted to be there. I would have also liked to perhaps see more of each story, to flesh it out so that there was more of a connection to each. This is probably an unreasonable request for the book would become too long if too much time was spent on each and then I would have complained about the story going on no doubt! It’s called Metronome. It’s quite different to what I go for but I really loved it. I thought it was by a woman because the female protagonist is so well written, but it’s by Tom Watson, an annoyingly young man. I loved Bonnie Garmus’s Lessons in Chemistry as well. Her husband hasn't read her novel and didn't read her memoir, she notes, laughing. "He doesn't read a great deal," she explains. "He might look at a book while we're in bed, but I don't think he wants to read a book about me or by me when he's laying next to me."The assorted neighbours come together to try out a new skill, under the watchful eye of their charismatic teacher, Sasha. And as the soft unremarkable lumps of clay are hesitantly, lovingly moulded into delicate vases and majestic pots, so too are the lives of four women. Concealed passions and heartaches are uncovered, relationships shattered and formed, and the possibility for transformation is revealed. Cox eventually moved permanently to Radio 2 in 2013 to host Saturday night show Sounds of the 80s and it was from there that her patience began to pay off and her fortunes started to change. Female friendship is a major feature in her debut novel, Thrown, about four women from the same estate who meet for a new pottery class at the local community centre - a setting inspired by her time as presenter on The Great Pottery Throwdown. Jameela: all she’s ever done is work hard, and try her best. Why won’t life give her the one thing she really wants? With plans for a second novel already underway, Cox is excited about what lies ahead. This is her second wind and, in many ways, it feels like she’s only just getting started.

I think they are competitive with themselves, but we are all pretty supportive of each other," explains Cox.

Becky

Jameela: all she’s ever done is work hard, and try her best. Why won’t life give her the one thing she really wants? I'd love this to be a thing, if I can," she says of writing. "It's so different to everything else I do."