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class="hlist"><ul><li>Television presenter</li><li>disc jockey</li><li>producer</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1983–2002, 2005–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Employer</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Television</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></i> (1992–94)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_Your_Toothbrush" title="Don't Forget Your Toothbrush">Don't Forget Your Toothbrush</a></i> (1994–95)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/TFI_Friday" title="TFI Friday">TFI Friday</a></i> (1996–2000; 2015)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> (2010–15)</li><li><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i> (2016)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Carol_McGiffin" title="Carol McGiffin">Carol McGiffin</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1991; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1998)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="6 May 2001">2001</span>; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="May 2007">2007</span>)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Natasha Shishmanian</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="11 August 2007">2007</span>)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thom_Evans" title="Thom Evans">Thom Evans</a> (cousin)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Max_Evans_(rugby_union)" title="Max Evans (rugby union)">Max Evans</a> (cousin)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://virginradio.co.uk/the-chris-evans-breakfast-show">virginradio<wbr />.co<wbr />.uk<wbr />/the-chris-evans-breakfast-show</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Christopher James Evans</b> (born 1 April 1966<sup id="cite_ref-BBCbio_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCbio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is an English television presenter, radio DJ and producer for radio and television. He started his broadcasting career working for <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Manchester_%26_The_North_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West">Piccadilly Radio</a>, Manchester, as a teenager, before moving to London as a presenter for the BBC's <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">BBC Radio London</a> and then <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> television, where <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></i> made him a star. Soon he was able to dictate highly favourable terms, allowing him to broadcast on competing radio and TV stations. Slots like <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Radio 1 Breakfast</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/TFI_Friday" title="TFI Friday">TFI Friday</a></i> provided a mix of celebrity interviews, music and comic games, delivered in an irreverent style that attracted high ratings, though often also generated significant numbers of complaints. By 2000 he was the UK's highest paid entertainer, according to the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Times_Rich_List" title="Sunday Times Rich List"><i>Sunday Times</i> Rich List</a>. In the tax year to April 2017, he was the BBC's highest-paid presenter, earning between £2.2m and £2.25m annually. </p><p>In 2005, he started a new career on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, hosting <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_Drivetime" title="Chris Evans Drivetime">his long-running <i>Drivetime</i> programme</a> in April 2006, before moving in 2010 to host <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show" title="The Chris Evans Breakfast Show">The Chris Evans Breakfast Show</a></i> every weekday morning. He presented <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> on Fridays between 2010 and 2015. Between 2011 and 2018, he co-hosted <a href="/wiki/Radio_2_Live" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio 2 Live">Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park</a>. </p><p>In 2015, Evans signed a three-year deal to lead a new <i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i> line-up<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and presented a revival series of <i>TFI Friday</i>. On 4 July 2016, he announced that he would be stepping down as presenter of <i>Top Gear</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 September 2018, he announced that he would be leaving <i><a href="/wiki/The_Radio_2_Breakfast_Show" title="The Radio 2 Breakfast Show">The Radio 2 Breakfast Show</a></i> on Christmas Eve, and would be going to <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a> to present its breakfast show.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved from <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> with most of his regular team. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans was born in <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a>, England,<sup id="cite_ref-BBCbio_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCbio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the youngest child of <a href="/wiki/Bookmaker" title="Bookmaker">bookmaker</a> and health authority wages clerk<sup id="cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notwhatyouthink-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Martin Joseph Evans (12 November 1921 – 25 April 1979),<sup id="cite_ref-Fell2Earth_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fell2Earth-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bmd_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmd-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Minnie Beardsall (1926–2018), who managed a corner shop. His siblings are brother David (born 1953) and sister Diane (born 1963).<sup id="cite_ref-bmd_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmd-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ind1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ind1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He started his schooling at St Margaret's Church of England Infants and Junior School,<sup id="cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notwhatyouthink-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later the Junior School in <a href="/wiki/Orford,_Cheshire" title="Orford, Cheshire">Orford, Warrington</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Evans's father died of <a href="/wiki/Colorectal_cancer" title="Colorectal cancer">colorectal cancer</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his mother was a breast cancer survivor.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He passed the <a href="/wiki/Eleven-plus" title="Eleven-plus">Eleven-Plus exam</a> and started at <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Boteler_Church_of_England_High_School" title="Sir Thomas Boteler Church of England High School">Boteler Grammar School</a>, Warrington. After the death of his father on Wednesday, 24 April 1979, the 13-year-old Evans took part-time work at an outlet of T. J. & B. McLoughlin's newsagent–<a href="/wiki/Tobacconist" title="Tobacconist">tobacconist</a> in <a href="/wiki/Woolston,_Cheshire" title="Woolston, Cheshire">Woolston</a>, and ran an alternative tuck-shop at <a href="/wiki/Padgate_Academy" title="Padgate Academy">Padgate High School</a>, which was a comprehensive school he attended for the final three years of his secondary education.<sup id="cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notwhatyouthink-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fell2Earth_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fell2Earth-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans left secondary school aged 16 after moving into the sixth form,<sup id="cite_ref-TIC1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIC1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then had a number of dead-end jobs in and around <a href="/wiki/Warrington" title="Warrington">Warrington</a>, including at a private detective agency and, notoriously, as a "<a href="/wiki/Tarzan" title="Tarzan">Tarzan</a>-ogram".<sup id="cite_ref-TROTGP_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROTGP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans began his professional career at <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Manchester_%26_The_North_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West">Piccadilly Radio</a>, Manchester, in 1983, where he had previously had unpaid schoolboy work.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Until 1984 Evans had three jobs: as an assistant to <a href="/wiki/Timmy_Mallett" title="Timmy Mallett">Timmy Mallett</a>, and playing a character on his show called 'Nobby Nolevel' ('No <a href="/wiki/GCE_Ordinary_Level" title="GCE Ordinary Level">'O' Level</a>'); acting as a disc jockey in the evenings at local <a href="/wiki/Pubs" class="mw-redirect" title="Pubs">pubs</a> when he was not at Piccadilly Radio; and still working at the newsagents, opening up daily at 5 a.m. to sort out the newspaper deliveries. </p><p>Evans switched to a full-time position at the station in 1984, his new role including being driven around the Manchester area in the radio car to turn up at listeners' houses. In addition he was producer to presenter <a href="/wiki/James_H._Reeve" title="James H. Reeve">James H. Reeve</a>. Following this he presented a weekday <a href="/wiki/Graveyard_slot" title="Graveyard slot">graveyard slot</a> with competitions and segments where listeners had opportunities to sell their belongings on air.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>After working as a producer on <a href="/wiki/Richard_Branson" title="Richard Branson">Richard Branson</a>'s service <i><a href="/wiki/The_Superstation" title="The Superstation">The Superstation</a></i>, where he produced material for <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Ross" title="Jonathan Ross">Jonathan Ross</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Evans went on to work at the newly launched <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">BBC Greater London Radio</a>, first as a producer on <a href="/wiki/Emma_Freud" title="Emma Freud">Emma Freud</a>'s mid-morning show, then on <i>Weekend Breakfast</i> with <a href="/wiki/Danny_Baker" title="Danny Baker">Danny Baker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TROTGP_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROTGP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owing to his success working on both shows, Evans was offered a producer role at <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>, but was persuaded to stay at GLR after station controller <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Bannister" title="Matthew Bannister">Matthew Bannister</a> gave him the chance to present his own show, taking over Saturday afternoons in early 1990. Three months later, he started presenting <i>The Greenhouse</i>, a Monday-to-Thursday evening show; he remained in this slot until the end of 1990. </p><p>In early 1991, as a result of his first regular TV hosting work presenting the <i>Power Up</i> breakfast show on <a href="/wiki/The_Power_Station_(TV_channel)" title="The Power Station (TV channel)">The Power Station</a> for <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">British Satellite Broadcasting</a>, Evans moved to presenting <i>Round at Chris's</i>, every Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., which he continued to present until April 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_success">Career success</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Career success"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to his Saturday morning show on <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">GLR</a>, in March 1992 Evans began presenting a Sunday afternoon show on BBC Radio 1, replacing <a href="/wiki/Phillip_Schofield" title="Phillip Schofield">Phillip Schofield</a>. His show, <i>Too Much Gravy</i>, was broadcast from 14:30 to 16:00 and ended in September 1992. His move to Radio 1 was short-lived but seen as a huge success, with controller <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Beerling" title="Johnny Beerling">Johnny Beerling</a> later admitting he wished he'd offered Evans a full-time show there and then. At the time, however, Evans objected that Radio 1 had attempted to constrain his style, preventing him from using the "<a href="/wiki/Morning_zoo" title="Morning zoo">zoo</a>" format, allegedly because <a href="/wiki/Steve_Wright_(DJ)" title="Steve Wright (DJ)">Steve Wright</a> was already doing that on the station. </p><p>In April 1993, Evans left GLR and joined the new <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio" title="Virgin Radio">Virgin Radio</a>, to host a Saturday morning show.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Big_Breakfast"><i>The Big Breakfast</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Big Breakfast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></div> <p>Evans's departure from radio was in part so he could devote his time to the new <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> <a href="/wiki/Breakfast_television" title="Breakfast television">breakfast television</a> show, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></i>, from 28 September 1992. He co-hosted the show with <a href="/wiki/Gaby_Roslin" title="Gaby Roslin">Gaby Roslin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans left <i>The Big Breakfast</i> on 29 September 1994 and formed his own television production company, <a href="/wiki/Ginger_Productions" title="Ginger Productions">Ginger Productions</a>. Its first major programme, <i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_Your_Toothbrush" title="Don't Forget Your Toothbrush">Don't Forget Your Toothbrush</a></i>, was broadcast between 1994 and 1995. The original concepts proved to be lucrative for Evans as its format was sold to numerous foreign broadcasters.<sup id="cite_ref-TROTGP_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROTGP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Radio_1_Breakfast_Show"><i>The Radio 1 Breakfast Show</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: The Radio 1 Breakfast Show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 1995, Evans returned to radio to host the <a href="/wiki/Flagship" title="Flagship">flagship</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Radio 1 Breakfast Show</a></i>. Evans negotiated into his contract with Radio 1 a clause allowing him to still make television programmes, and specifically an option to make a Friday night programme for Channel 4. A further clause required the <i>Breakfast Show</i> to be produced independently by Evans's Ginger company, rather than in-house by BBC Radio.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Allowed to create the <a href="/wiki/Morning_zoo" title="Morning zoo">"zoo" format</a> he had previously been disallowed from performing on Radio 1, Evans was given a free rein by his friend, the station's controller Matthew Bannister. Critics hated <a href="/wiki/Innuendo" title="Innuendo">innuendo</a>-laden features like Honk Your Horn and in Bed with Your Girlfriend, but Evans put on 600,000 new listeners over Steve Wright – one for every <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">£</a>5 spent on salary and advertising. The effect also flowed through into the listening figures for later programmes. The audience grew as the breakfast format became more outrageous: humiliating assistant <a href="/wiki/Holly_Samos" title="Holly Samos">Holly Samos</a> by repeatedly asking her about her sex life (Evans and Samos were reportedly in a relationship at periods through their time working together), and encouraging two female guests to perform a strip show on live radio.<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The show's highest listening figure reached 7.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-ScotsMan1_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotsMan1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans began making editions of Channel 4's <i><a href="/wiki/TFI_Friday" title="TFI Friday">TFI Friday</a></i> from 1996. The show – devised, produced and hosted by Evans through his Ginger Media company – combined celebrity interviews, musical guests and daft games and competitions. Largely based on the successful formula of his radio show, it was initially a big success. However, as the success of both shows peaked, combined with a string of celebrity relationships and highly publicised nights drinking with friends Danny Baker and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gascoigne" title="Paul Gascoigne">Paul Gascoigne</a>, the strain began to show, and a model emerged described as a "template for his approach to all his subsequent projects – an abundance of enthusiasm at the beginning which eventually falls prey to boredom and shiftlessness."<sup id="cite_ref-ScotsMan1_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotsMan1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beginning to think he was indispensable at Radio 1, the first big falling-out with management came in December 1995 after taking his crew out on a 17-hour pub-crawl which ended two hours before they were due on air: Evans was fined one day's pay, £7,000.<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1996, broadcasting watchdogs investigated a continual trail of complaints against the show: Radio 1 refused to comment, and Evans never apologised. Evans also made increasing public demands of the Radio 1 management: after taking an extra week of unplanned holiday, Evans chose to turn up half an hour late for his 06:30 show and then demanded that his hours were changed so that it was a permanent fixture – this request was accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, following the summer break things got decidedly worse. Criticised by the broadcasting watchdog for a tasteless joke about <a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">Holocaust</a> victim <a href="/wiki/Anne_Frank" title="Anne Frank">Anne Frank</a>, Evans countered with an item about <a href="/wiki/Haemorrhoids" class="mw-redirect" title="Haemorrhoids">haemorrhoids</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Asked by Bannister to watch the rules, Evans the next day branded Bannister "<a href="/wiki/The_Fat_Controller" title="The Fat Controller">The Fat Controller</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November, Evans announced on air that he was medically unfit to be on the radio – Bannister re-negotiated his contract to double his holiday to twice that of other Radio 1 DJs. After more publicised public drinking and self-confessed illness, Evans's spell at the station ended in January 1997 when he quit after his demand not to host the show on Friday (to have a full day getting ready for his TV show) was not accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-Telg1_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telg1-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The Radio 1 Breakfast Show</i> was taken over by <a href="/wiki/Mark_and_Lard" title="Mark and Lard">Mark and Lard</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mark_Radcliffe_(radio_broadcaster)" title="Mark Radcliffe (radio broadcaster)">Mark Radcliffe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Riley" title="Marc Riley">Marc Riley</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ratings fell significantly and they were replaced after eight months with the relatively unknown <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Greening" title="Kevin Greening">Kevin Greening</a> and the well-known children's TV presenter <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Ball" title="Zoe Ball">Zoe Ball</a>. Their tenure started on 13 October 1997. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Virgin_Radio">Virgin Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Virgin Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During a holiday in <a href="/wiki/Killarney" title="Killarney">Killarney</a>, Evans listened to the Irish broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Ryan" title="Gerry Ryan">Gerry Ryan</a> on the radio. Evans claims the variety on Ryan's show made him want to return to radio.<sup id="cite_ref-GerryRyan_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GerryRyan-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans was then hired by <a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio" title="Absolute Radio">Virgin Radio</a> to host its breakfast show, prompting an immediate upsurge in station listening figures of 1.8 million to 2.6 million. His first show was on 13 October 1997, the same day as Kevin Greening and Zoë Ball on Radio 1. Starting at 7:00 am, Evans's crew presented the show from Monday to Friday, but without Evans on a Friday. </p><p>As Richard Branson had decided to reduce his media holding, he began talks to sell the station to <a href="/wiki/Capital_London" title="Capital London">Capital Radio</a> in a deal that would have given him 10% of holding company <a href="/wiki/Capital_Group_Companies" title="Capital Group Companies">Capital Group</a>. As this became public knowledge, Evans, who did not want to work for Capital, publicly dismissed them as "a bleating, blowing asthmatic dog."<sup id="cite_ref-Man2Day_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Man2Day-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 December, with the assistance of investors, Evans's vehicle Ginger Media Group bought Virgin Radio from Branson for £85m, to control the interests both of Ginger Productions and Virgin Radio. Both <a href="/wiki/Apax_Partners" title="Apax Partners">Apax Partners</a> and Branson each owned 20% of Ginger Media Group, while Evans and his investors owned the remaining 60%.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSale_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSale-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The group later engaged in the prospect of buying the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Star_(United_Kingdom)" title="Daily Star (United Kingdom)">Daily Star</a></i> newspaper, but decided against from commercial angles.<sup id="cite_ref-Man2Day_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Man2Day-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Virgin Radio's new programme controller Paul Jackson, in light of audience figures which had dropped from a peak of 2.7 million to 1.7 million, had pruned Evans's "zoo" team and installed a music policy which replaced more eclectic choices with a strict diet of chart pop. As a result, on 20 June Evans was followed throughout the day by <a href="/wiki/Tabloid_(newspaper_format)" title="Tabloid (newspaper format)">tabloid newspaper</a> photographers, and undertook an "18-hour bender" which started after his show at 9.30 in the morning, and ended – after numerous pints of <a href="/wiki/Kronenbourg_Brewery" title="Kronenbourg Brewery">Kronenbourg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a>, plus five bottles of <a href="/wiki/Dom_P%C3%A9rignon" title="Dom Pérignon">Dom Pérignon</a> – with Evans asleep in front of a <a href="/wiki/Lap_dance" title="Lap dance">lap-dancer</a> at <a href="/wiki/Stringfellows" class="mw-redirect" title="Stringfellows">Stringfellows</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later photographed by the tabloids that week with new wife <a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a> in the nearest pub to their home in <a href="/wiki/Hascombe" title="Hascombe">Hascombe</a>, Surrey<sup id="cite_ref-4ME_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4ME-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while claiming he was too ill to present his show,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was dismissed on 28 June 2001 for repeatedly failing to arrive at work. Evans was replaced by the older <a href="/wiki/Steve_Penk" title="Steve Penk">Steve Penk</a>, whom Evans criticised for his age – 39 versus Evans's then 35.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans attempted to sue Virgin Radio, claiming that he was unfairly dismissed and denied share options worth £8.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 June 2003, in the judgement of <i>Evans v SMG Television Ltd. & Ors</i> 2003 EWHC 1423 (Ch), Justice Lightman found that he had been fairly dismissed and was not entitled to the share options.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Giving his ruling at the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_of_Justice" title="High Court of Justice">High Court</a>, Evans was publicly criticised for his attitude by the judge, who said of Evans: "He has the temperament of a prima donna."<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Virgin Radio/SMG later countersued, with Evans ordered to pay £1m towards their legal costs.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his autobiography, Evans writes that shortly after the sale of Virgin Radio he was offered £56m for his SMG shares by Goldman Sachs.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He declined the offer<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> and eventually sold them for £250,000.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UMTV">UMTV</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: UMTV"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2002 Chris Evans set up a radio and television production company, UMTV, with the aim of specialising in live, cutting-edge, entertainment programming. Over the next 3 years UMTV produced more than 375 hours of television, with mixed success. TV shows included <i><a href="/wiki/Boys_and_Girls_(game_show)" title="Boys and Girls (game show)">Boys and Girls</a></i> hosted by <a href="/wiki/Vernon_Kay" title="Vernon Kay">Vernon Kay</a> for Channel 4,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Vegas" title="Johnny Vegas">Johnny Vegas</a>: <a href="/wiki/18_Stone_of_Idiot" title="18 Stone of Idiot">18 Stone of Idiot</a></i> for Channel 4 / <a href="/wiki/E4_(TV_channel)" title="E4 (TV channel)">E4</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/OFI_Sunday" title="OFI Sunday">OFI Sunday</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Live with <a href="/wiki/Christian_O%27Connell" title="Christian O'Connell">Christian O'Connell</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Live_with_Chris_Moyles" title="Live with Chris Moyles">Live with Chris Moyles</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Five</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-4ME_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4ME-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_of_Film_and_Television_Arts" title="British Academy of Film and Television Arts">BAFTA</a> award-winning <i>School of Hard Knocks</i> for 4 Learning.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following two high-profile shows which failed to perform in the ratings, UMTV hired <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> and Evans's former <i>Big Breakfast</i> co-host <a href="/wiki/Gaby_Roslin" title="Gaby Roslin">Gaby Roslin</a> to host a weekday morning magazine show, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Terry_and_Gaby_Show" title="The Terry and Gaby Show">The Terry and Gaby Show</a>.</i> Evans said publicly that if this show failed he would set up a market stall. Despite critical acclaim the audience numbers never took off and Channel 5 axed the show after its year-long run, citing its high cost as a reason. True to his word, Evans was pictured at the end of the final show with a market stall and later he opened it for real at <a href="/wiki/Stables_Market" class="mw-redirect" title="Stables Market">Stables Market</a>, <a href="/wiki/London_Borough_of_Camden" title="London Borough of Camden">Camden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Market_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Market-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_2">Radio 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Radio 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chris_and_joss.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chris_and_joss.jpg/220px-Chris_and_joss.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chris_and_joss.jpg/330px-Chris_and_joss.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Chris_and_joss.jpg/440px-Chris_and_joss.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a><figcaption>Evans and <a href="/wiki/Joss_Stone" title="Joss Stone">Joss Stone</a> in 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>Evans re-entered public life in early 2005, presenting the breakfast slot of <a href="/wiki/UK_Radio_Aid" title="UK Radio Aid">UK Radio Aid</a>'s day of programming for the victims of the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami">Asian tsunami</a>, which was aired on most of the UK's <a href="/wiki/Commercial_broadcasting" title="Commercial broadcasting">commercial radio</a> stations, and also <a href="/wiki/Brit_Awards" title="Brit Awards">The BRIT Awards</a> in 2005 and 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From April 2005, Evans presented a number of one-off <a href="/wiki/Bank_holiday" title="Bank holiday">Bank holiday</a> shows for <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including coverage of the <a href="/wiki/Live_8_concert,_London" title="Live 8 concert, London">Live 8 concert in London</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Saturday_afternoon_show">Saturday afternoon show</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Saturday afternoon show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans then joined Radio 2 on a permanent basis in September 2005, presenting a weekly Saturday afternoon show from 14:00 to 17:00. His first show featured singer <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a>, and accompanied by a posse including friend "Big" Pete Winterbottom and newsreader <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Peach" title="Andrew Peach">Andrew Peach</a>. Evans told listeners to his first show: "We've had a couple of test drives over the summer and we've decided to take it. Yes, we like this vehicle."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Move_to_Drivetime">Move to <i>Drivetime</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Move to Drivetime"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chris_Evans_Drivetime" title="Chris Evans Drivetime">Chris Evans Drivetime</a></div> <p>The show was well received by listeners and critics, and Evans was announced as the successor to Radio 2's <i><a href="/wiki/Drive_time" title="Drive time">Drive time</a></i> show on 2 March 2006, succeeding long-time host <a href="/wiki/Johnnie_Walker_(DJ)" title="Johnnie Walker (DJ)">Johnnie Walker</a>, beginning on 18 April.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/RAJAR" title="RAJAR">RAJAR</a> audience figures published in August 2006 showed Evans had 150,000 fewer listeners than his predecessor's last show but was on par with previous years.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second set of RAJAR's published in October 2006 showed his audience was up by 109,000-year-on-year, and up by 33,000 compared with the previous quarter. Figures showed he was drawing an average audience of 4.9 million a day on his <a href="/wiki/Drivetime" class="mw-redirect" title="Drivetime">drivetime</a> show. By the end of 2007, the show was averaging over five million listeners.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 September 2009 it was announced that Evans would take over <a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show" title="The Chris Evans Breakfast Show">breakfast show</a> from Sir <a href="/wiki/Terry_Wogan" title="Terry Wogan">Terry Wogan</a> after Wogan announced his intention to leave the show at the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans hosted his final drivetime show on Christmas Eve 2009. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show"><i>The Chris Evans Breakfast Show</i></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: The Chris Evans Breakfast Show"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show" title="The Chris Evans Breakfast Show">The Chris Evans Breakfast Show</a></div> <p>Evans took over the <a href="/wiki/The_Chris_Evans_Breakfast_Show" title="The Chris Evans Breakfast Show">Radio 2 breakfast show</a> on 11 January 2010, succeeding Sir Terry Wogan. The show was originally 30 minutes longer than the Wogan incarnation and began at 07:00, but following the departure of <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Kennedy" title="Sarah Kennedy">Sarah Kennedy</a> from early breakfast, the show was extended by another 30 minutes and began at 06:30. The show always ended with a handover to <a href="/wiki/Ken_Bruce" title="Ken Bruce">Ken Bruce</a> at 09:30. While Evans replaced Wogan owing to his long-planned retirement, supporters of Kennedy alleged there was a deliberate intention to force her out so that Evans's show could be lengthened. His first three songs were <a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>' "<a href="/wiki/All_You_Need_Is_Love" title="All You Need Is Love">All You Need Is Love</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Got_to_Get_You_into_My_Life" title="Got to Get You into My Life">Got to Get You into My Life</a>"; and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Sinatra" title="Frank Sinatra">Frank Sinatra</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Come_Fly_with_Me_(1958_song)" title="Come Fly with Me (1958 song)">Come Fly with Me</a>". His co-presenters included ex-BBC TV newsreader <a href="/wiki/Moira_Stuart" title="Moira Stuart">Moira Stuart</a>, sports presenter <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Saunders" title="Jonny Saunders">Jonny Saunders</a> (who was replaced in June 2011 by <a href="/wiki/Vassos_Alexander" title="Vassos Alexander">Vassos Alexander</a>), and travel reporter <a href="/wiki/Lynn_Bowles" title="Lynn Bowles">Lynn Bowles</a>. Features included The Gobsmackers (two songs selected by a listener that sound good played back-to-back). </p><p>On 3 September 2018, Evans announced live on air that he would be leaving the show and the station in December for <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 September the BBC Director General <a href="/wiki/Tony_Hall,_Baron_Hall_of_Birkenhead" title="Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead">Lord Hall of Birkenhead</a> told the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee that, as well as wanting a new challenge, releasing the salaries of those at the BBC earning more than £150,000 had been a contributing factor in Evans's leaving. A month later, Evans confirmed live on air that <a href="/wiki/Zoe_Ball" title="Zoe Ball">Zoe Ball</a> would replace him on the show from January 2019. The show officially ended on 24 December 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans moved to Virgin with most of his Radio 2 team including sports reporter <a href="/wiki/Vassos_Alexander" title="Vassos Alexander">Vassos Alexander</a> and Rachel Horne who provides regular news bulletins expanded her role as the show's travel expert. Ellie Davis leads the show as Executive Producer and producer Meera Depala is also part of the team. Supporting Davis are David Brain (Producer) and Jayne Cheeseman (Assistant Producer) who produced the previous breakfast show on Virgin Radio.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sony_Music_Radio_Personality_of_the_Year">Sony Music Radio Personality of the Year</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Sony Music Radio Personality of the Year"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2006, Evans was named Music Radio Personality of the Year at the annual <a href="/wiki/Radio_Academy_Awards" title="Radio Academy Awards">Sony Radio Academy Awards</a>, defeating rivals <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Theakston" title="Jamie Theakston">Jamie Theakston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lauren_Laverne" title="Lauren Laverne">Lauren Laverne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Riley" title="Marc Riley">Marc Riley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tim_Lovejoy" title="Tim Lovejoy">Tim Lovejoy</a> to win. When accepting the award, Evans thanked the BBC for giving him "a second chance."<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans won 'music radio personality' the following year, while his show won the Entertainment award. "I didn't expect this," he said. "I wouldn't have minded if I didn't win, but I really love the fact I have won."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans was voted the 82nd most influential media personality in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> newspaper's 2007 poll.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_television">Return to television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Return to television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following his success in the 1990s, Evans's attempts at a TV comeback in the 21st century have been mixed with a record of poor ratings and cancellations, including falling viewing figures for his recent role as co-host of Friday editions of <i>The One Show</i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2011)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In November and December 2005 Evans presented <i><a href="/wiki/OFI_Sunday" title="OFI Sunday">OFI Sunday</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>. In a move described by <i><a href="/wiki/Private_Eye" title="Private Eye">Private Eye</a></i> as <i><a href="/wiki/Alan_Partridge" title="Alan Partridge">Partridgean</a></i>, ex-wife <a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a> was the first guest on the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>OFI Sunday</i> was cancelled after just five shows following poor reviews and low viewing figures. Its cancellation led Evans to complain on air during his Saturday BBC Radio 2 slot that he no longer knew how to be successful on television. In 2009 Evans narrated the <a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a> Christmas pantomime. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_One_Show_(2010–15)"><span id="The_One_Show_.282010.E2.80.9315.29"></span><i>The One Show</i> (2010–15)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: The One Show (2010–15)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></div> <p>In 2010, it was announced that Evans would be replacing <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Chiles" title="Adrian Chiles">Adrian Chiles</a> as the Friday co-presenter of <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> on <a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chiles and then co-host <a href="/wiki/Christine_Lampard" title="Christine Lampard">Christine Bleakley</a> left the show to join <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a>. Evans presented the show on Fridays with <a href="/wiki/Alex_Jones_(Welsh_presenter)" title="Alex Jones (Welsh presenter)">Alex Jones</a>, and occasionally covered other weekdays. <a href="/wiki/Matt_Baker" title="Matt Baker">Matt Baker</a> presented the show on a regular Monday to Thursday basis. </p><p>In 2015, Evans announced he was quitting <i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> to focus on <i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Channel_4">Return to Channel 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Return to Channel 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2011 Evans returned to <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> to present a new reality show <i><a href="/wiki/Famous_and_Fearless" title="Famous and Fearless">Famous and Fearless</a></i>, in which eight celebrities were arranged into two teams, 'Boys' and 'Girls'. The celebrities taking part on the boys' team were: <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Hound" title="Rufus Hound">Rufus Hound</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charley_Boorman" title="Charley Boorman">Charley Boorman</a>, Sam Branson (son of Richard Branson) and <a href="/wiki/Jonah_Lomu" title="Jonah Lomu">Jonah Lomu</a>. On the girls' team were <a href="/wiki/Jenny_Frost" title="Jenny Frost">Jenny Frost</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kacey_Ainsworth" title="Kacey Ainsworth">Kacey Ainsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Jayne_Dunn" title="Sarah Jayne Dunn">Sarah Jayne Dunn</a> and Dame <a href="/wiki/Kelly_Holmes" title="Kelly Holmes">Kelly Holmes</a>. Holmes won the girls'; Boorman won the boys' and the show outright.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In February 2011, it was reported that the show had been axed after one series due to poor ratings.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Top_Gear"><i>Top Gear</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Top Gear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear (2002 TV series)</a></div> <p>On 16 June 2015, the BBC announced that Evans had signed a three-year deal to be the main presenter on the <a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> motoring show <i>Top Gear</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> following the departure of <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Clarkson" title="Jeremy Clarkson">Jeremy Clarkson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hammond" title="Richard Hammond">Richard Hammond</a>, and <a href="/wiki/James_May" title="James May">James May</a>. </p><p>On his radio show the next morning he confirmed his acceptance and explained the offer came after <a href="/wiki/James_May" title="James May">James May</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hammond" title="Richard Hammond">Richard Hammond</a> had confirmed to the BBC they would not be returning to the show. Evans stated that before the announcement, he sent texts to May, Hammond and Clarkson and received supportive replies from all three.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2016, it was confirmed that <a href="/wiki/Matt_LeBlanc" title="Matt LeBlanc">Matt LeBlanc</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rory_Reid_(journalist)" title="Rory Reid (journalist)">Rory Reid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sabine_Schmitz" title="Sabine Schmitz">Sabine Schmitz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Harris_(journalist)" title="Chris Harris (journalist)">Chris Harris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jordan" title="Eddie Jordan">Eddie Jordan</a> would also be joining Evans for the twenty third series of <i>Top Gear</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also revealed that the new series would begin airing in May 2016. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sale_of_GMG_–_dismissal_and_legal_cases"><span id="Sale_of_GMG_.E2.80.93_dismissal_and_legal_cases"></span>Sale of GMG – dismissal and legal cases</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sale of GMG – dismissal and legal cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 March 2000, Evans agreed to the sale of Ginger Media Group to <a href="/wiki/STV_Group" title="STV Group">Scottish Media Group</a> for £225 million.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCSale_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCSale-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale made Evans the highest-paid entertainer in the UK in 2000, estimated by the <a href="/wiki/Sunday_Times_Rich_List" title="Sunday Times Rich List"><i>Sunday Times</i> Rich List</a> to have been paid around £35.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following poor reviews of <i>TFI Friday</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Evans himself handing over presentation of the last series of the show to a series of "friends", the show was cancelled in December 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans continued to host the station's breakfast show, but echoes of his earlier dismissal from Radio 1 began to emerge. In May 2000, the station was fined £75,000 (then the largest penalty imposed by the <a href="/wiki/Ofcom" title="Ofcom">Radio Authority</a>) for his repeated on-air endorsement of <a href="/wiki/Ken_Livingstone" title="Ken Livingstone">Ken Livingstone</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2000_London_mayoral_election" title="2000 London mayoral election">London mayoral elections</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Allegations_and_termination_from_Top_Gear">Allegations and termination from <i>Top Gear</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Allegations and termination from Top Gear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first episode of the new six-episode series of <i>Top Gear</i> was broadcast 29 May 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Series_23_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Series_23-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2016 it was reported that fellow presenter <a href="/wiki/Matt_LeBlanc" title="Matt LeBlanc">Matt LeBlanc</a> had threatened to quit the show unless Evans was fired, because of inappropriate behaviour on set. The source alleged that Evans had become jealous of the attention the other presenters were getting and had become distanced from the group.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 4 July 2016 Evans announced that he had stepped down as presenter of the show and cut his contract with <i>Top Gear</i> short by two years.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the duration of the new series, Evans had received strong criticism due to his presenting style.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the tax year to April 2017, he was the BBC's highest paid presenter, earning between £2.2 million and £2.25 million.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans has a daughter, Jade (born 1986), by former fiancée Alison Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-Ind1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ind1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, after a long-running dispute, the couple reached an out-of-court arrangement whereby Evans provided a home for his daughter and an allowance to Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-TIC1_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TIC1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 January 2015, Evans became a grandfather when Jade gave birth to her son.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans married <a href="/wiki/Carol_McGiffin" title="Carol McGiffin">Carol McGiffin</a> in 1991. Their 1993 break up was not amicable and the two divorced in 1998. McGiffin was scathing about Evans in newspaper articles as late as 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-Fell2Earth_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fell2Earth-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ScotsMan1_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScotsMan1-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During his time at BBC Radio 1 and Virgin, Evans had well publicised relationships with <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a>, model Rachel Tatton-Brown (whose sister was a researcher on <i>The Big Breakfast</i>), assistant producer Suzi Aplin, <a href="/wiki/Anthea_Turner" title="Anthea Turner">Anthea Turner</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Fell2Earth_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fell2Earth-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Geri_Halliwell" title="Geri Halliwell">Geri Halliwell</a><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Melanie_Sykes" title="Melanie Sykes">Melanie Sykes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-TROTGP_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TROTGP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2000, Evans met teenage pop star <a href="/wiki/Billie_Piper" title="Billie Piper">Billie Piper</a>, whom he dated for a while. As a present to him, she proposed on his 35th birthday, and the couple married in a £200 ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Little_Church_of_the_West" title="Little Church of the West">Little Church of the West</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Valley" title="Las Vegas Valley">Las Vegas</a> on 6 May 2001, in a ceremony attended by six guests including best man <a href="/wiki/Danny_Baker" title="Danny Baker">Danny Baker</a>. Piper was 18 at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2004, news stories circulated regarding a <a href="/wiki/Marital_separation" title="Marital separation">trial separation</a>; Evans at the time had a stall at <a href="/wiki/Camden_Market" title="Camden Market">Camden Market</a> where he sold furniture and paintings from his <a href="/wiki/Central_London" title="Central London">London</a> and Los Angeles homes, commenting: "I just want to get rid of it all, it's just a headache."<sup id="cite_ref-Market_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Market-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, it was confirmed that Evans and Piper would divorce, with Piper publicly stating that she would take no money from Evans. Almost three years after they had separated, Evans and Piper divorced in May 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A keen golfer who plays with a <a href="/wiki/Golf_handicap" class="mw-redirect" title="Golf handicap">handicap</a> of 15, Evans met professional golfer, part-time model and columnist for <i><a href="/wiki/Golf_Punk" title="Golf Punk">Golf Punk</a></i> magazine Natasha Shishmanian when they became golf partners in the <a href="/wiki/All*Star_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="All*Star Cup">All*Star Cup</a> celebrity tournament in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a>; Evans gave his 17-year-old caddy at the 2005 event, Natalie Harrison, a £10,000 Russian Kristall Smolensk diamond he won for the quality of his play.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans and Shishmanian married in August 2007, and held a reception in <a href="/wiki/Faro,_Portugal" title="Faro, Portugal">Faro, Portugal</a>, the following weekend that was attended by Evans's former wife Piper. The couple have four children and live in <a href="/wiki/Ascot,_Berkshire" title="Ascot, Berkshire">Ascot, Berkshire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their two eldest sons have appeared a number of times on their father's Breakfast Radio show.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2008, Evans said in his Radio 2 blog that he had taken <a href="/wiki/Psilocybin_mushroom" title="Psilocybin mushroom">"magic mushrooms"</a> two days before attending a <a href="/wiki/Meat_Loaf" title="Meat Loaf">Meat Loaf</a> concert at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall" title="Royal Albert Hall">Royal Albert Hall</a>. He said: "I thought I was chronicling the Albert Hall moving sideways on the back of a giant rock and roll crab, something I didn't think the world should miss." A <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_Police" title="Metropolitan Police">Metropolitan Police</a> spokeswoman said the force would investigate any reports of <a href="/wiki/Class_A_drug" class="mw-redirect" title="Class A drug">class A drug</a>-taking.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A fan of fast cars, and particularly <a href="/wiki/Ferrari" title="Ferrari">Ferraris</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Evans was banned from driving for 56 days in 2001 and fined £600 after admitting to a speeding charge at <a href="/wiki/Staines-upon-Thames" title="Staines-upon-Thames">Staines</a> <a href="/wiki/Magistrates%27_court_(England_and_Wales)" title="Magistrates' court (England and Wales)">Magistrates' Court</a> after being stopped by <a href="/wiki/Surrey_Police" title="Surrey Police">Surrey Police</a> when driving at 105 mph (169 km/h) on the <a href="/wiki/A3_road" title="A3 road">A3 road</a> in <a href="/wiki/Esher" title="Esher">Esher</a> in January 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 Evans crashed his silver <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_575M_Maranello" title="Ferrari 575M Maranello">Ferrari 575M Maranello</a> into a verge near his then Surrey home.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 18 May 2008, Evans attended <a href="/wiki/RM_Sotheby%27s" title="RM Sotheby's">RM Auctions</a>/<a href="/wiki/Sotheby%27s" title="Sotheby's">Sotheby's</a> Ferrari auction in <a href="/wiki/Maranello" title="Maranello">Maranello</a>, Italy, and bought a 1961 <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_250#250_GT_Spyder_California_SWB" title="Ferrari 250">250 GT Spyder California SWB</a> formerly owned by US actor <a href="/wiki/James_Coburn" title="James Coburn">James Coburn</a> for the then world record price of 6.4 million euros. In May 2010 he bought a 1963 <a href="/wiki/Ferrari_250_GTO" title="Ferrari 250 GTO">Ferrari 250 GTO</a>, one of only thirty-six built, for £12 million. Reportedly he sold three Ferraris from his collection to pay for it. He sold it three years later for $25 million to a Swiss collector.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2002, Evans was one of seven onboard the sailing yacht <i>Nausicaa</i>, in <a href="/wiki/The_Solent" title="The Solent">the Solent</a>, when one of the crew members, James Ward — landlord of Evans's local pub, the White Horse in <a href="/wiki/Hascombe" title="Hascombe">Hascombe</a>, Surrey — was struck by a sailing boom, knocked overboard and drowned. Evans was said to be "deeply shocked and saddened" by the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2007, Evans and Shishmanian started taking <a href="/wiki/Helicopter" title="Helicopter">helicopter</a> lessons at <a href="/wiki/Brighton_City_Airport" title="Brighton City Airport">Shoreham Airport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans is a first cousin of the father of former Scottish Rugby internationals <a href="/wiki/Max_Evans_(rugby_union)" title="Max Evans (rugby union)">Max Evans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thom_Evans" title="Thom Evans">Thom Evans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Evans is also an ambassador for <a href="/wiki/The_Scout_Association" title="The Scout Association">The Scout Association</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 November 2016, Evans was awarded an honorary degree from <a href="/wiki/York_St_John_University" title="York St John University">York St John University</a>; he was presented this by university's chancellor Archbishop Dr <a href="/wiki/John_Sentamu" title="John Sentamu">John Sentamu</a> at <a href="/wiki/York_Minster" title="York Minster">York Minster</a>. On 3 May 2018, Evans's mother Minnie died at the age of 92.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 21 August 2023, Evans revealed he was being treated for <a href="/wiki/Melanoma" title="Melanoma">melanoma</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-McLoughlin_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLoughlin-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 20 September, he revealed he was now cancer-free.<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shows_hosted">Shows hosted</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Shows hosted"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following lists are the main shows Evans has presented: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Channel </th> <th>Role </th></tr> <tr> <td>1990–1991 </td> <td><i>Power Up</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Power_Station_(TV_channel)" title="The Power Station (TV channel)">The Power Station</a> / <a href="/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting" title="British Satellite Broadcasting">BSB</a> </td> <td>Presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/TV_Mayhem" title="TV Mayhem">TV Mayhem</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> / <a href="/wiki/TV-am" title="TV-am">TV-am</a> </td> <td>Presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992–1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Breakfast" title="The Big Breakfast">The Big Breakfast</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td> <td>Co-presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994–1995 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_Your_Toothbrush" title="Don't Forget Your Toothbrush">Don't Forget Your Toothbrush</a></i> </td> <td>Presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996–2000, 2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/TFI_Friday" title="TFI Friday">TFI Friday</a></i> </td> <td>Presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bob_the_Builder" title="Bob the Builder">Bob The Builder</a>: A Christmas to Remember</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBBC" title="CBBC">CBBC</a> </td> <td>Voice Of Lennie Lazenby </td></tr> <tr> <td>2005 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/OFI_Sunday" title="OFI Sunday">OFI Sunday</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> </td> <td>Presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a> Pantomime; <i>Jack and Jill</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBeebies" title="CBeebies">CBeebies</a> </td> <td>Narrator </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010–2015 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_One_Show" title="The One Show">The One Show</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_One" title="BBC One">BBC One</a> </td> <td>Friday Co-presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">2011 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Famous_and_Fearless" title="Famous and Fearless">Famous and Fearless</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a> </td> <td>Co-presenter </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Savile" title="Jimmy Savile">Sir Jimmy Savile</a>: As It Happened</i> </td> <td>BBC1 </td> <td>Narrator </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Top_Gear_(2002_TV_series)" title="Top Gear (2002 TV series)">Top Gear</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BBC_Two" title="BBC Two">BBC Two</a> </td> <td>Presenter (1 series) </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Manchester_%26_The_North_West" title="Greatest Hits Radio Manchester & The North West">Piccadilly Radio</a>, Saturday afternoons & weekday evenings (1986–1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_London" title="BBC Radio London">BBC GLR</a>, Saturday afternoons, 3–5 pm (1990)</li> <li>BBC GLR, <i>The Greenhouse</i>, Mondays–Thursdays, 7:30–10 pm (1990)</li> <li>BBC GLR, <i>Round at Chris's</i>, Saturdays, 10 am – 1 pm (January 1991– April 1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_1" title="BBC Radio 1">BBC Radio 1</a>, <i>Too Much Gravy</i>, Sundays, 2:30 pm – 4 pm (March – September 1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Absolute_Radio" title="Absolute Radio">Virgin Radio</a>, Saturday mornings, 10 am – 1 pm (May -July 1993)</li> <li>BBC Radio 1, <a href="/wiki/Radio_1_Breakfast" title="Radio 1 Breakfast">Weekday Breakfast Show</a>, 6:30–9 am (April 1995 – January 1997)</li> <li>Virgin Radio, Weekday Breakfast Show, 6–10 am (October 1997 – June 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>, Saturday afternoons, 2–5 pm (September 2005– April 2006)</li> <li>BBC Radio 2, Weekday Drivetime Show, 5–7 pm (18 April 2006 – 24 December 2009)</li> <li>BBC Radio 2, Weekday Breakfast Show, 7:00–9:30 am (11 January 2010 – 24 September 2010); 6:30–9:30 am (11 October 2010 – 24 December 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Radio_UK" title="Virgin Radio UK">Virgin Radio UK</a>, Weekday Breakfast Show, 6:30–10:00 am (21 January 2019–present)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Evans has written three autobiographies: </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>It's Not What You Think</i>. Harper Collins. 2009. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-732723-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-732723-2"><bdi>978-0-00-732723-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=It%27s+Not+What+You+Think&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-00-732723-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Memoirs of a Fruitcake</i>. Harper Collins. 2010. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-00-734568-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-00-734568-7"><bdi>978-0-00-734568-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Memoirs+of+a+Fruitcake&rft.pub=Harper+Collins&rft.date=2010&rft.isbn=978-0-00-734568-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span> (also advertised as <i>It's Not About Me: From Billie to Breakfast</i>)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Call The Midlife</i>. W&N. 2015. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0297609827" title="Special:BookSources/978-0297609827"><bdi>978-0297609827</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Call+The+Midlife&rft.pub=W%26N&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0297609827&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Evans_(presenter)&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BBCbio-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBCbio_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBCbio_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3YP9wSzVrSPhq7mkN5CZkKn/chris-evans">"Chris Evans"</a>. Chris Evans Breakfast Show (<a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150627064309/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3YP9wSzVrSPhq7mkN5CZkKn/chris-evans">Archived</a> from the original on 27 June 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chris+Evans&rft.pub=Chris+Evans+Breakfast+Show+%28BBC+Radio+2%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fprofiles%2F3YP9wSzVrSPhq7mkN5CZkKn%2Fchris-evans&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33158464">"Chris Evans to be new Top Gear presenter"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 16 June 2015. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150616221431/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33158464">Archived</a> from the original on 16 June 2015.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Chris+Evans+to+be+new+Top+Gear+presenter&rft.date=2015-06-16&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fuk-33158464&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36707266">"Chris Evans to step down as Top Gear presenter"</a>. BBC. 4 July 2016. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160704143150/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36707266">Archived</a> from the original on 4 July 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Chris+Evans+to+step+down+as+Top+Gear+presenter&rft.pub=BBC&rft.date=2016-07-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-36707266&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BBC_Chris_Evans_leaving_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSavage2018" class="citation news cs1">Savage, Mark (3 September 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45394576">"Chris Evans to leave Radio 2 breakfast"</a>. <i>BBC News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Chris+Evans+to+leave+Radio+2+breakfast&rft.date=2018-09-03&rft.aulast=Savage&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fentertainment-arts-45394576&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://virginradio.co.uk/highlights/hes-back-chris-evans-returns-virgin-radio-180903517926">"HE'S BACK! CHRIS EVANS RETURNS TO VIRGIN RADIO"</a>. <i>Virgin Radio</i>. 3 September 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Virgin+Radio&rft.atitle=HE%27S+BACK%21+CHRIS+EVANS+RETURNS+TO+VIRGIN+RADIO&rft.date=2018-09-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fvirginradio.co.uk%2Fhighlights%2Fhes-back-chris-evans-returns-virgin-radio-180903517926&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-notwhatyouthink-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notwhatyouthink_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChris_Evans2009" class="citation book cs1">Chris Evans (1 October 2009). <i>It's Not What You Think</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Evans+signs+%C2%A34m+chat+show+deal&rft.date=2002-07-07&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F2111850.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3022702.stm">"Timeline: Chris Evans and Virgin"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 26 June 2003. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070307090513/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3022702.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 7 March 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Timeline%3A+Chris+Evans+and+Virgin&rft.date=2003-06-26&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F3022702.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1418594.stm">"Penk replaces Evans at Virgin Radio"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 2 July 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040225014323/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/showbiz/1418594.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 25 February 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Penk+replaces+Evans+at+Virgin+Radio&rft.date=2001-07-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Fshowbiz%2F1418594.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1711049.stm">"Evans sues for lost Virgin shares"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 14 December 2001. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040716162336/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1711049.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 16 July 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Evans+sues+for+lost+Virgin+shares&rft.date=2001-12-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F1711049.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2003/1423.html&query=virgin+radio&method=all">"Christopher Evans v SMG Television et al"</a>. Royal Courts of Justice. 23 June 2003<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Evans+loses+%C2%A38.6m+damages+case&rft.date=2003-06-23&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F3020130.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3039010.stm">"Evans must pay Virgin £1m"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 2 July 2003. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040630125742/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3039010.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 30 June 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 April</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Evans+must+pay+Virgin+%C2%A31m&rft.date=2003-07-02&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F3039010.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2979038.stm">"Evans' game show given chop"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 10 June 2003. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060109192531/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2979038.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 9 January 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Evans%27+game+show+given+chop&rft.date=2003-06-10&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F2979038.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4250348.stm">"Live TV comeback for Chris Evans"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 15 September 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060427004902/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4250348.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 27 April 2006<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 May</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Live+TV+comeback+for+Chris+Evans&rft.date=2005-09-15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fentertainment%2Ftv_and_radio%2F4250348.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChris+Evans+%28presenter%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3753555.stm">"Host Evans 'back for schools TV'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 27 May 2004<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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London. 9 July 2007. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140903164925/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/09/mediatop1002007.mondaymediasection103">Archived</a> from the original on 3 September 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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