Chris Evans Biography

Chris Evans was born April 1, 1966, in Warrington, England.

Chris' entrepreneurial zeal emerged at an early age, when he ran the local newsagents in his home town of Warrington and set up his own Kiss-o-gram and Private Detective agencies.

His meteoric rise to fame has taken him from opening Timmy Mallett's mail to being one of Britain's high-profile and successful presenters.

Chris started his broadcasting career at Piccadilly Radio then moved to GLR, where his infamous Round at Chris' Saturday morning show attracted a huge cult following and he later took the format to Virgin 1215.

A stint on the short-lived BSB Channel, The Power Station allowed Chris time to hone his presenting technique, until Channel 4 opted for a different type of early morning show with The BIG Breakfast.

Chris dived into the nation's mornings in September 1992, spearheading the morning extravaganza alongside Gaby Roslin. From the first sitting, his name became synonymous with the television story of the decade and within weeks The BIG Breakfast topped 2 million viewers. Chris' years on the show made him a national star.

In 1993, Chris formed his own company called Ginger Productions to formulate a brand new variety show for Saturday nights: Don't Forget Your Toothbrush.

Devised, written and performed by Chris, the ratings peaked at a combined 6 million viewers. News of the totally original format resulted in a global clamour for the rights, which to date have been sold to networks throughout Europe and all over the world including Australia and USA.

With Chris at its helm, Ginger Productions fast became one of the major players in entertainment production. Under the Ginger banner, Chris produced and presented a second series of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush revitalized BBC Radio 1 with his Radio 1 Breakfast Show before bowing out to concentrate on his unique end-of-the-week TV show on Channel 4, TFI Friday. TFI ran for 5 years, before finishing on 22 December 2000 with a show hosted by Elton John.

Chris presented the breakfast show on UK Radio Aid's day of programming for the victims of the Asian Tsunami. He also presented two programmes on BBC Radio 2 over the 2005 Easter Bank holiday and the 2005 edition of the Brit Awards and Comic Relief 2005. Chris joined Radio 2 to present his regular Saturday afternoon show in 2005 and moved on to presenting the Drivetime show in April 2006.

He took over presenting the Radio 2 Breakfast Show from Terry Wogan in 2010

Moira Stuart

Moira Stuart's career in radio and television spans more than two decades. She started her BBC career as a production assistant in Radio's Talks and Documentaries department in the 1970’s , before moving on to become a BBC Radio 4 announcer and a newsreader and programme presenter. Moira moved to television news in 1981 to become the first female African-Caribbean newsreader, presenting every type of BBC News bulletin before leaving in 2007.

Moira has presented many programmes on radio and television including Best Of Jazz on Radio 2, BBC1’s The Holiday Programme and Have I Got News For You! in 2007. BBC One’s successful documentary series Who Do You Think You Are? featured Moira in 2004 and she made a memorable appearance as herself in Extras in 2006.

She has won numerous awards including the TV and Radio Industries Club Best Newscaster awards and the Women Of Achievement Television Personality award, she was awarded an OBE in 2001, and she received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in 2006.

Moira has served on various boards and judging panels including Amnesty International, The Royal Television Society, BAFTA, United Nations Association, the London Fair Play Consortium, the Human Genetics Advisory Commission, the Orange Prize for Literature, the BUPA Communications Panel, the IVCA and the Queen's Anniversary Prize, and the Grierson Trust.

Lynn Bowles

Born and raised in Cardiff, Lynn was educated - or so it has been claimed. Notably she spent her early years at a high security boarding school for 'Daughters of the Gentry'. After her eventual release she went to a proper school for a while.

She joined BBC Radio 5 Live and, considering they nearly drowned her on a piece about helicopters, Lynn remains remarkably well-mannered towards them. She has, for some time, been trying to quash the rumour that while broadcasting from the M25, she managed to cause a traffic jam. So far, she has failed and her membership of the Traffic Reporters Guild is still in doubt following this shameful episode.

Lynn loves Land Rovers and all things mechanical. This probably started at the Camel Trophy trials when she found herself up to her waist in water whilst sitting in the vehicle.

Vassos Alexander

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show new sports reporter, Vassos Alexander, likes running. And swimming. And cycling. And golf. And football. And all sports, really. Trouble is, he's not that good at them, so he's found a job where he can at least talk about it!

Vassos was born and bred in London and has been working for the BBC since 2004, most recently on the Breakfast programme on BBC Radio 5 Live, where he's also presented 5 Live Sport.

He's covered everything from the World Cup to Wimbledon, The Open to The Ashes, The Olympic Games to The World Darts. The highlight of his career was probably being in the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing when Usain Bolt smashed the 100m world record.

When he's allowed to have a go at some sports, it tends not to end well; Vassos once narrowly avoided hitting a tree in a rally car, actually crashed during a race at Silverstone and his cricket average last season was a frankly pathetic 0.5!

Vassos does love running marathons and can often be found puffing up the hill in Richmond Park. His other passions are eating (a lot!), reading, walking the puppy, and exploring new places with his wife, Caroline, and two young children, Emily and Matthew.