Chris Evans is an English television presenter, radio DJ, businessman, voice actor and producer for radio and television.
Chris Evans began his broadcasting career working for Piccadilly Radio, Manchester, as a teenager, before moving to London as a presenter for the BBC’s BBC Radio London and then Channel 4 television, where The Big Breakfast made him a star.
Soon, Chris Evans was able to dictate highly favourable terms, allowing him to broadcast on competing radio and TV stations.
Slots like Radio 1 Breakfast and TFI Friday 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, Chis Evans was the UK’s highest paid entertainer, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.
In the tax year to April 2017, Chris Evans was the BBC’s highest-paid presenter, earning between £2.2m and £2.25m annually.
On 3 September 2018, Chris Evans announced that he would be leaving The Radio 2 Breakfast Show on Christmas Eve, and would be going to Virgin Radio UK to present its breakfast show.
Chris Evans moved to Virgin with most of his Radio 2 team including sports reporter Vassos Alexander and Rachel Horne who provided regular news bulletins and expanded her role as the show’s travel expert.
Vassos Alexander also hosts the Parkrun podcast, and is a motivational speaker and serves as an ambassador for the young person’s charity SkillForce.
Rachel Horne presented the BBC children’s news programme Newsround from 2002 until 2006.