Adrian Chiles was an integral part in BBC Three's African Cup of Nations coverage. He was also a member of the BBC's World Cup team often bringing viewers late night highlights. He was a main presenter of the BBC's Euro 2008 coverage and was one of the anchors of the morning 2008 Olympics coverage from Beijing. After news media speculation suggesting that the BBC wished to increase the popularity of "The One Show" on Fridays by introducing Chris Evans alongside Christine Lampard in an extended one-hour format, Chiles was said to be discussing a contract with ITV. After Evans was confirmed as
Adrian Chiles has since created, scripted and fronted a variety of other programmes for the BBC, including for BBC Two the 2003 series "So What Do You Do All Day?" a look at the lives of the rich and famous, and "Asian Millionaires". For BBC One he created and fronted "Royal Millions", an investigation of the Queen's finances, as well as reports for "Panorama" and various documentaries. From 2006 until 2009, Chiles presented the spin-off series of the popular UK television show "The Apprentice" called "" in which he interviews the latest candidate to be fired. He left the BBC in 2009,