Chris Evans
- Profession: Radio and Television presenter
- Place/Date of Birth: Warrington, 01 April 2020
- Associated with: Billie Piper
Presenting made him sick! - 04/06/03
Chris Evans has said that life as a presenter made him sick with nerves before every TV performance.
He used to get sick before every TFI Friday show, and admitted he was ’in the wrong game’ and is much more happy to be working as TV producer behind the scenes.
Chris said ’When I did TFI Friday I was sick before every show, I used to be petrified - it was a living hell’
Evans court case ends - 08/04/03
The High Court case between Chris Evans and Virgin Radio has ended with a reserve judgment.
Mr Justice Lightman, who began hearing the case on 19 March, reserved judgement.
The former DJ and television presenter was sacked by Virgin, owned by Scottish Media Group (SMG) after he allegedly went on a drinking spree and missed a series of broadcasts of his breakfast show.
Mr Evans claims £8.6m of shares were unfairly withheld, while SMG is counterclaiming more than £20m, alleging he damaged the company’s business.
No date has been set for Mr Justice Lightman’s judgement.
Evans’£3m fight against SMG - 18/03/03
This week multi-millionaire Chris Evans is beginning a £3 million court action against Virgin.
Evans, 38, who once owned Virgin, is suing the station, claiming he was unfairly dismissed and denied shares now valued at £3 million as part of the deal when he sold the company for £225 million to Glasgow-based Scottish Media Group (SMG).
His sacking meant he missed his next tranche of shares under the deal. SMG is counter-suing for breach of contract.
More bad news on the horizon for Evans after it was revealed that he could lose the Saturday night slot for his show Boys and Girls. I
f ratings do not improve it’s been rumoured that the programme could be aired late Friday night instead. It was watched by only 1.1 million viewers when it launched on March 1, although it did slightly better last weekend, attracting 1.3 million viewers.
Boys & Girls turn off - 04/03/03
The first outing of Chris Evans new show Boys and Girls didn’t appear to go down too well.
The prime time show drew little over one million viewers, despite Chris making a cameo performance. This meant there was more of an audience for Channel Five’s CSI Miami and BBC2 Taken, including others.
But a Channel Four spokesperson for the show said, "It was a great show. It was the first outing and these things take time. You can’t judge on just one show."
Chris attacked in Islington - 19/02/03
Chris Evans managed a narrow escape when a teenage gang attacked him and his friend as he walked to a TV studio in Islington.
His friend, however, wasn’t so lucky and was struck on the head with a plank of wood before running into the studio.
Xfm DJ Christian O Connell comforted Evans after the attack. He said he thought it was initially a prank.
"I had a look outside and there were some boys, some feral children, and they did seem to be absolute nutters."
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At the London-based station 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 iron out any presenting rough spots, until Channel 4 opted for a different type of early morning show with The BIG Breakfast. Chris dived into the nations 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 Brazil.
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’, revitalised BBC Radio One with his Radio One Breakfast Show before bowing out to concentrate on his unique end-of-the-week TV show on Channel 4, TFI Friday. TFI Friday finished on 22nd December 2000 with a show hosted by Elton John. In October ’97, Chris returned to his radio roots to host the Virgin Radio Breakfast Show alongside his former Radio One team.
Then in December, in spectacular fashion and with financial backing, Chris bought Virgin Radio from Richard Branson, whilst the MMC were deliberating on a buy out from another company. The newly formed Ginger Media Group (GMG), headed by Chris Evans, now handled all of the interests of Virgin Radio and Ginger Productions. In March 2000, Ginger Productions was sold to SMG Plc. making them the sole owner of the company. Chris does however continue to present the successful Breakfast Show.
The Ginger one has been a hit with the ladies serending them with extravegent gifts, he is famous for his wild drinking binges, that don’t last for a couple of hours but more like a couple of days. His conquests included Mel Sykes, Mariella Frostrup, on-off lover TV producer Suzi Aplin and a week long fling with another Ginger,Geri Halliwell, which the press dissmissed as a press stunt so that her single could reach number one, well if it was, it worked as she did get to number one.
To the shock of everyone now, he is said to be blissfully happy with 19 year old singer Billie Piper. This is the real thing they keep telling us, well they are planning to move in together in a pad in Chelsea.
October 2007