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 Chris Evans Breakfast Show The Chris Evans Breakfast Show The Chris Evans Breakfast Show is the incarnation of The Radio 2 Breakfast Show between 11 January 2010 and 24 December 2018 hosted by Chris Evans that has aired on weekday mornings. Evans took over from Terry Wogan who ended his stint as the station's morning presenter in December 2009. However on 3 September 2018, it was announced by Evans live on air that he would be leaving the network and that the show would end on 24 December 2018 (Christmas Eve). This is because of Evans's move to Virgin Radio. On 3 October 2018,