The Big Breakfast to change direction and work towards a lighter style concentrating mainly on entertainment and humour. The first two presenters were Chris Evans (from 1992 to 1994) and Gaby Roslin (1992 to 1996). At its height in 1993, viewing figures reached around two million per edition, and it was the highest rated UK breakfast television programme. Along with Evans and Roslin, Bob Geldof presented a short-lived political interview slot. His wife Paula Yates interviewed people whilst lying on a bed, and the puppet characters Zig and Zag created morning mayhem in the bathroom with Evans in a slot called 'The Crunch'.
The Radio 2 Breakfast Show to be an even more controversial choice, as his perceived acerbic manner was seen as being at odds with what the Radio 2 breakfast programme had become. Subtitled "Good Morning UK!", it did not prove popular and Hayes presented his last programme on 23 December 1992. During the Hayes era, the show was extended by 1 hour and was moved to an earlier start time of 6.30am. Terry Wogan returned to the BBC Radio 2 breakfast programme in January 1993. Now entitled "Wake Up to Wogan," it was the first time the breakfast show had explicitly been given a title