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roobishisthat
10 Jan 10 09:07
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chris is takeing over from terry wogan tomorrow morning, a new era for radio 2 , wonder if terrys 8 million listenors will tune in, i think chris is a legand in boardcasting , for a forty something like me, well done radio 2 in moveing with the times, i will be !!!

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By:
smartie3
When: 10 Jan 10 09:09
morning chris
By:
Tex AxiLe
When: 10 Jan 10 09:11
I don't like him, i never have, it's just one of those things, i did not like Wogan either, I listen to ken Bruce , mainly for Popmaster, i like Radcliffe and Maconie, that's the extent of my interest in Radio 2
By:
shergarburger
When: 10 Jan 10 09:16
^gingerist REPORTED
By:
Putitinabox&sellit
When: 10 Jan 10 09:16
chris evans is a natural-loved TFI-luved his tea time slot-if anyone's gonna live up to Wogan's slot HE will
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 10 Jan 10 09:18
I thought wogan was irritating. I think evans is irritating.

perfect replacement.
By:
Hoss
When: 10 Jan 10 09:20
I've always liked Chris Evans, since The Big Breakfast and I hope he does well. I don't understand why he;s doing it though, he must have more money than he can ever spend.
By:
shergarburger
When: 10 Jan 10 09:26
positively4thsteet 10 Jan 10:18


I thought wogan was irritating. I think evans is irritating.

perfect replacement.


agree entirely
By:
TELL DEL
When: 10 Jan 10 10:27
Evans is loud, immature and irritating. Also starting half-an-hour earlier than Wogan at 7,
putting Sarah Kennedy back to 5 - 7. Don't think a lot of Wogan's audience will stay with him,
then he will need to get a new audience, how successful he will be depends if he can get that audience.
By:
STUDYFORM
When: 10 Jan 10 10:30
You're a miserable fecker, rob :)
By:
The Leopard
When: 10 Jan 10 10:46
Chris Evans is a prat....

Personal life
Evans has a daughter, Jade (born 1986), by former girlfriend Alison Ward.[1] In 1998 after a long running dispute, the couple reached an out of court arrangement whereby Evans provided a home for his child and an allowance to Ward.[4]

Evans married Carol McGiffin in 1991; but their 1994 split was not amicable and McGiffin has been scathing about Evans in newspaper articles in the years since;[2][8] they were divorced in 1997.[41] During his time at BBC Radio 1 and Virgin, Evans had well publicised relationships with Kim Wilde, model Rachel Tatton-Brown (whose sister was a researcher on The Big Breakfast), assistant producer Suzi Aplin, Anthea Turner,[2] Geri Halliwell,[42] and Melanie Sykes.[5] After meeting teenage pop star Billie Piper and after she proposed on his 35th birthday, the couple married in a £200 ceremony at The Little Church of the West in Las Vegas on 6 May 2001; attended by six guests including best man Danny Baker.[43] In September 2004, news stories circulated regarding a trial separation - Evans at the time had a stall at Camden Market, where he was found selling furniture and paintings from his London and Los Angeles homes, commenting: "I just want to get rid of it all, it's just a headache."[27] In Spring 2005, it was confirmed that Evans and Piper would divorce, and, with Piper publicly stating that she would take no money from Evans, it is believed to have been an amicable split. Almost three years after they had separated, Evans and Piper finally divorced in May 2007, but have remained on good terms.[44]

A fanatical golfer who plays with a handicap of 15, Evans met professional golfer, part-time model and columnist for Golf Punk magazine Natasha Shishmanian when they became golf partners in the All*Star Cup celebrity tournament in Newport - Evans gave his 17-year-old caddy at the event, Natalie Harrison, a £10,000 Russian Kristall Smolensk diamond he won for the quality of his play.[45] Evans married Shishmanian in a London Register office on Saturday 11 August 2007, and held a reception in Faro, Portugal the following weekend, attended by ex-wife Piper.[46]

On 17 July 2008, the DJ announced that the couple were expecting their first baby together.[47] Their son, Noah Nicolas Martin was born on 10 February 2009 at London's Portland Hospital.[48]

In March 2008 after playing a round of golf with rockstar Meat Loaf, Evans admitted in his Radio 2 blog that he had taken "magic mushrooms" at the rock star's later concert at the Royal Albert Hall.[49]

A fan of fast cars, and particularly Ferraris,[50][51] Evans was banned from driving for 56 days in 2001 and fined £600 after admitting to a speeding charge at Staines Magistrates' Court after being stopped by Surrey Police when racing at 105 mph on the A3 road in Esher in January 2001.[52] In 2005 Evans crashed his silver 575M Maranello into a verge near his then Surrey home.[53] On 18 May 2008, Evans attended RM Auctions/Sotheby's Ferrari auction in Maranello, Italy, and bought a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder (formerly owned by US actor James Coburn) for the world record price of 6.4 Million Euros (€7,040,000 including fees, the highest price ever paid for a car at auction).[54][55]

In August 2002 Evans was a member of crew aboard the sailing yacht Nausicaa with six other people, when James Ward - landlord of the White Horse in Hascombe, Surrey, which was then Evans' local - drowned in an accident in the Solent.[56] In September 2007, Evans and Shishmanian started helicopter lessons at Shoreham Airport,[57] with Evans gaining his helicopter Private Pilots Licence in January 2008,[58] and now owns a Robinson R44.

Chris Evans is also related to Scottish Rugby internationals Thom Evans and Max Evans.[59]
By:
Facts
When: 10 Jan 10 10:50
shergarburger 10 Jan 10:26


positively4thsteet 10 Jan 10:18


I thought wogan was irritating. I think evans is irritating.

perfect replacement.


agree entirely



- so do I - good post !
By:
STUDYFORM
When: 10 Jan 10 10:52
Mind you. I'm no fan of Evans AT ALL.
By:
Hoss
When: 10 Jan 10 10:58
Looks like I'm on my own then.
By:
Ibrahima Sonko
When: 10 Jan 10 11:02
I like chris evans, a natural on the radio.
By:
The Leopard
When: 10 Jan 10 11:04
Never listened to his radio prog though....
By:
Big Charlie
When: 10 Jan 10 11:32
Hoss, I'm in with you, I like him.

I used to watch the Big Breakfast every day and when I was out I'd tape it.

His ex, McGiffin gets on my ti1ts, a minger, totally devoid of any talent.

Just like McCall.
By:
TELL DEL
When: 10 Jan 10 11:40
McGiffin also mad some un-complimentary remarks about her s-e-x life with Evans,
and now can't stop raving about her young toyboy lover practically half her age,
good luck to her if she is happy at last.
By:
Hoss
When: 10 Jan 10 11:42
Charlie, why do I think that your taping was more due to Denise than for Chris?
By:
jbarnes (no not him)
When: 10 Jan 10 11:42
that bint of loose women doesnt deserve comment

evans is a class act and like last time he tookover a popular slot will end up with more listeners in time than wogan
By:
Injera
When: 10 Jan 10 11:44
How can someone so ugly get so many lookers?
By:
terry mccann
When: 10 Jan 10 11:46
evans is ok in very small doses,walker would be my choice,nice on the old lugs and knows good music unlike said evans
By:
Big Charlie
When: 10 Jan 10 11:48
Hoss 10 Jan 12:42
Charlie, why do I think that your taping was more due to Denise than for Chris?


:^0

Believe it or not the highlight of the show for me was Zig and Zag.

I have 2 x 3 hours tapes of just them that I did for my daughters, but I made copies for myself. :^0
By:
TELL DEL
When: 10 Jan 10 11:50
^ I would have said put Sarah Kennedy on from 6-30 to 8-30, think she would have kept
a large % of Wogan listeners,
or even bring back Tony Blackburn, but not Chris Evans on Radio 2 at that time in the morning !
By:
terry mccann
When: 10 Jan 10 11:54
trouble with bunty is she off tom dick 30 weeks of the year
By:
BonViv
When: 10 Jan 10 12:28
Evans is without a doubt a v good broadcaster and is capable of the odd bit of genius,but can get a bit annoying.It's an odd audience choice as surely the majority of wogans middle class"middle england" listeners will find Evans a tad abrasive and childish?I can only gather they are going for the huge 30-50ish market that is too old for radio 1 but likes their music and remembers Evans at virgin and the like.It will give the station a huge raft of new listners even if they loose a lot of the "Midsomer Murders" crowd
By:
lonesome
When: 10 Jan 10 14:07
Sarah Kennedy wouldnt be any good for the breakfast show..... she needs to be on as early as possible so that only a few listeners are awake enough to notice that she cannot string a sentence together succesfully more than once in four or five attempts.
By:
mittheimp
When: 10 Jan 10 14:36
evans, for a ginger, has done very well for himself with the totty.
By:
Daley
When: 10 Jan 10 14:41
Genius in my opinion.

Incidentally, I'd like to see him take over from Wossy but apparently Graham Norton has it in the bag. Madness IMO.
By:
ReaseHeath
When: 10 Jan 10 14:58
McGiffin - what a joke, does anybody seriously think she'd have the profile she does if she had n't been married to Evans?
By:
roobishisthat
When: 10 Jan 10 15:10
t f i , has to go down as tv gold imo, evans has allways delivered the goods " , hes drive time show was good , wonder what will be his first song tomorrow ?? oasis maybee my moneys on a classic !!
By:
curious-cat
When: 10 Jan 10 15:26
McGiffin used to work in Maidstone keying data into a computer ......... a brain numbing job.

She's done ok. Good luck to her.

Remember Nick and Anne on breakfast tv ?

I think she slept with Ann Diamond's husband.
By:
madsimon
When: 10 Jan 10 15:27
Chris Evans is fine 95% of the time .Its the 5% where his big head takes over his big mouth that annoys me . I supose it will be ok though as I tend to switch to radio 4 when it happens.

Never been a big fan of Wogan ,again ok most of the time but he too had a big head sometimes although in a differnent way
By:
Tom Salt
When: 10 Jan 10 16:22
Thought we'd got rid of Wogan for good but no - he's turning up next week to front some game show on channel 4 next week. Why can't he just retire gracefully ffs
By:
Capt__F
When: 10 Jan 10 16:23
loves the wonga
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 10 Jan 10 16:28
Zig and Zag were brilliant charlie. i mean proper funny as fek
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 10 Jan 10 16:29
To this day I don't know why we have DJ's on the radio. I can honestly say they have never ever improved radio imo. Lets just have some fekking music and perhaps a few snippets of proper news.

Why do we have dj's. anyone know?
By:
Capt__F
When: 10 Jan 10 16:31
save lives
By:
positively4thsteet
When: 10 Jan 10 16:32
Remember when ross and brand were having there thing, in the end they sacked this faceless unknown woman who was head of radio 2 or some other bbc sh.it. they interviewed evans and he was almost in tears. wa.anker.
By:
TELL DEL
When: 10 Jan 10 16:53
Evans screwed up before with his breakfast shows, lets see what happens this time......
can't stand the bloke.
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