[2] Edwards was born in Wales and brought up and educated in London, where she studied medieval and modern history.
She has regularly presented from the Royal Welsh Show and the National Eisteddfod, and has made several series for BBC 2W,[3] including documentaries on rivers, horses, architecture and on the countryside in general.
In the summer of 2008 she presented the Bryn Terfel Faenol Music Festival and the BBC Wales Arts Review of the Year.
[citation needed] Her interviews for BBC Wales have included Prince Charles, Prince Albert of Monaco, Kyffin Williams, Dame Edna Everage and politicians including Geoffrey Howe, Ann Widdecombe and Dafydd Elis Thomas.
[citation needed] Sara Edwards was 42 when she and her former husband, military historian Lieutenant General Jonathon Riley of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, became the parents of a daughter, born in Cardiff, 19 March 2006.