Chris Evans Breakfast Show
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The Chris Evans Breakfast Show is the flagship show on BBC Radio 2
in the United Kingdom
. It is presented by Chris Evans from 11 January 2010, when Evans took over from Sir Terry Wogan
who ended his stint as Breakfast presenter at the end of 2009. The programme airs from 6:30am to 9:30am on weekdays It was confirmed on 7 September that Evans would succeed Wogan when he retired as presenter of the breakfast show in December. On 6 January 2010, it was announced that Moira Stuart
would return to BBC News, reading the news for the Chris Evans Breakfast Show. The previous sports presenter Jonny Saunders
was mysteriously absent from the Chris Evans Breakfast show from Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th June 2011. It was revealed on Friday 17th June that he had been away revising for and taking an Open University exam in English Literature as he would be leaving the show on July 8th 2011 in order to become a teacher. Saunders was replaced by Vassos Alexander when the team returned on 25th July 2011.
tracks "All You Need Is Love
" and "Got To Get You Into My Life
"; and also Frank Sinatra
's "Come Fly with Me
".
Chris's team of co-presenters on the show include ex-BBC TV newsreader Moira Stuart
, sports presenter Vassos Alexander and travel reporter Lynn Bowles
. There are also sometimes roving reports from Joe Schmo (aka Joe Haddow) from various locations in the UK.
Features on the show include:
Regular songs include "The Candy Man
" by Sammy Davis Jr., which is played every Friday after the news at 8.00am.
and Richard Allinson
, Richard Madeley
, Miranda Hart
and Jon Holmes
. In October 2011 the show attracted criticism after Hart and Holmes co-hosted it for a week while Chris Evans was on holiday. The website Digital Spy
reported that some listeners were unhappy with the quality of the programme. The BBC issued a statement in response saying, "Miranda Hart is one of the UK's best-loved comedians and BBC Radio 2 felt it appropriate to bring her warmth to its audience for a week. Jon Holmes is a highly experienced presenter from BBC Radio 6 Music [...] BBC Radio 2 appreciates if their presentation wasn't to everyone's liking, but feels it's important to be able to bring new talent to its output and hopes its audience understands the importance of maintaining a breadth of content on the network."
It now appears that Richard Madeley
is going to be the main stand in presenter after it was annouced he would be back sitting in for Evans for two weeks from 27th December 2011.
When Moira Stuart
has taken a break from reading the news she was replaced in 2010 for two weeks by Selina Scott
and in 2011 she was replaced by Evans' former Big Breakfast newsreader Phil Gayle
for three weeks in October and November.
BBC Radio 2
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It is presented by Chris Evans from 11 January 2010, when Evans took over from Sir Terry Wogan
Terry Wogan
Sir Michael Terence Wogan, KBE, DL , or also known as Terry Wogan, is a veteran Irish radio and television broadcaster who holds dual Irish and British citizenship. Wogan has worked for the BBC in the United Kingdom for most of his career...
who ended his stint as Breakfast presenter at the end of 2009. The programme airs from 6:30am to 9:30am on weekdays It was confirmed on 7 September that Evans would succeed Wogan when he retired as presenter of the breakfast show in December. On 6 January 2010, it was announced that Moira Stuart
Moira Stuart
Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE is a British journalist who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader on British television...
would return to BBC News, reading the news for the Chris Evans Breakfast Show. The previous sports presenter Jonny Saunders
Jonny Saunders
Jonny Saunders is a former British radio sports reporter, presenter and commentator. He worked for the BBC and featured on Radios 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 Music...
was mysteriously absent from the Chris Evans Breakfast show from Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th June 2011. It was revealed on Friday 17th June that he had been away revising for and taking an Open University exam in English Literature as he would be leaving the show on July 8th 2011 in order to become a teacher. Saunders was replaced by Vassos Alexander when the team returned on 25th July 2011.
The show
The first three songs played on the show were The BeatlesThe Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
tracks "All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love
"All You Need Is Love" is a song written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was first performed by The Beatles on Our World, the first live global television link. Watched by 400 million in 26 countries, the programme was broadcast via satellite on 25 June 1967...
" and "Got To Get You Into My Life
Got to Get You into My Life
"Got to Get You into My Life" is a song by The Beatles, first released in 1966 on the album Revolver. Written by Paul McCartney , it made prominent use of a brass section...
"; and also Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
's "Come Fly with Me
Come Fly with Me (song)
"Come Fly with Me" is a 1957 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn."Come Fly with Me" was written for Frank Sinatra, and was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name...
".
Chris's team of co-presenters on the show include ex-BBC TV newsreader Moira Stuart
Moira Stuart
Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE is a British journalist who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader on British television...
, sports presenter Vassos Alexander and travel reporter Lynn Bowles
Lynn Bowles
Lynn M. Bowles is a British radio traffic reporter and can currently be heard relaying the latest traffic news on a half hourly basis on the BBC Radio 2 morning shows presented by Chris Evans and Ken Bruce.-Early life:...
. There are also sometimes roving reports from Joe Schmo (aka Joe Haddow) from various locations in the UK.
Features on the show include:
- Big Screen Belters - a theme tune from a movie, e.g. Diamonds are Forever
- Gobsmackers — two songs selected by a listener that sound great when played back to back at 8.45am
- Head to Headlines — Vassos and Moira each choose three news stories each day, and Evans decides which of the stories is better in three head-to-head rounds per day (~8.25am read to Soul Bossa NovaSoul Bossa Nova"Soul Bossa Nova" is a popular instrumental title, composed by and first performed by American impresario, jazz composer, arranger and record producer Quincy Jones. It first appeared on his 1962 Big Band Bossa Nova big band album on Mercury Records. Multi-reed player Rahsaan Roland Kirk played the...
by Quincy JonesQuincy JonesQuincy Delightt Jones, Jr. is an American record producer and musician. A conductor, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, and trumpeter. His career spans five decades in the entertainment industry and a record 79 Grammy Award nominations, 27 Grammys, including a Grammy Legend...
) - Listener Breaking News — listeners contact the show with pieces of their own news; Evans reads a selection at 8.10am to the theme music The Adventures of Black BeautyThe Adventures of Black BeautyThe Adventures of Black Beauty is a British children's television drama series produced by London Weekend Television and shown by ITV in the United Kingdom between 1972 and 1974...
(previously the theme to Jurassic ParkJurassic ParkJurassic Park is a 1990 science fiction novel written by Michael Crichton. Often considered a cautionary tale on unconsidered biological tinkering in the same spirit as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it uses the mathematical concept of chaos theory and its philosophical implications to explain the...
) playing in the background - 70s Smasher - a classic song from the 1970s is played every day after the news at 8.30am
- Moira's Golden Oldie — Moira Stuart reads out the request for a classic song selected by a listener after the news at at 7.30am
- Top Tenuous — Listers texts and emails with tenuous connections to an event, object or celebrity read to the theme tune to The Naked GunThe Naked GunThe Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! is a 1988 American comedy film that is the first in a The Naked Gun series of films starring Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, George Kennedy, and O. J. Simpson...
movies at about 9.10am
Regular songs include "The Candy Man
The Candy Man
"The Candy Man" is a song from the 1971 film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. It was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the film and does not appear in the original book or the 2005 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory...
" by Sammy Davis Jr., which is played every Friday after the news at 8.00am.
Stand in presenters
Evans' stand in presenters have included Graham NortonGraham Norton
Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton , is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist...
and Richard Allinson
Richard Allinson
Richard John McNeill Allinson is a British broadcaster. He started his broadcasting with a 3-year stint at Bailrigg FM, known at that time as University Radio Bailrigg ,whilst undertaking college courses at Lancaster University Management School. He was firstly Treasurer and then became President...
, Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley is a British television presenter and columnist. With his wife Judy Finnigan, Madeley has presented This Morning and later the weekday chat show Richard & Judy...
, Miranda Hart
Miranda Hart
Miranda Katharine Hart Dyke , known professionally as Miranda Hart, is an English actress, writer and stand-up comedienne. She writes and stars in the BBC sitcom Miranda...
and Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes
Jon Holmes is a seven time Sony award-winning and double Bafta winning British writer, comedian and broadcaster.-Early life:...
. In October 2011 the show attracted criticism after Hart and Holmes co-hosted it for a week while Chris Evans was on holiday. The website Digital Spy
Digital Spy
Digital Spy is a British entertainment and media news website. According to Alexa Internet traffic statistics, as of February 2011, Digital Spy is the 93rd most popular website in the United Kingdom, with an overall Alexa ranking of 2,088....
reported that some listeners were unhappy with the quality of the programme. The BBC issued a statement in response saying, "Miranda Hart is one of the UK's best-loved comedians and BBC Radio 2 felt it appropriate to bring her warmth to its audience for a week. Jon Holmes is a highly experienced presenter from BBC Radio 6 Music [...] BBC Radio 2 appreciates if their presentation wasn't to everyone's liking, but feels it's important to be able to bring new talent to its output and hopes its audience understands the importance of maintaining a breadth of content on the network."
It now appears that Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley
Richard Madeley is a British television presenter and columnist. With his wife Judy Finnigan, Madeley has presented This Morning and later the weekday chat show Richard & Judy...
is going to be the main stand in presenter after it was annouced he would be back sitting in for Evans for two weeks from 27th December 2011.
When Moira Stuart
Moira Stuart
Moira Clare Ruby Stuart OBE is a British journalist who was the first African-Caribbean female newsreader on British television...
has taken a break from reading the news she was replaced in 2010 for two weeks by Selina Scott
Selina Scott
Selina Scott is a British newsreader, journalist, television producer and presenter.- Background and early life :Scott was born in Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire in 1951, the eldest of five children...
and in 2011 she was replaced by Evans' former Big Breakfast newsreader Phil Gayle
Phil Gayle
Phil Gayle is a newsreader, currently working as a freelance journalist. Former credits include The Big Breakfast and the ITV News Channel....
for three weeks in October and November.
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- Chris Evans Breakfast Show BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...