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 Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show figures. Prior to this difficulties arose when 2fm's breakfast host, Ian Dempsey moved to Today FM. He now presents a rival breakfast show with the commercial station. "The Colm & Jim-Jim Breakfast Show" was launched with sponsors Halifax. In 2007, "The Colm and Jim-Jim Breakfast Show" added 100,000 new listeners to their breakfast show. Whilst on 2fm the duo won an RTÉ Guide Award for "Favourite Radio Show", following the seven PPI Awards they earned whilst working on "104's Strawberry Alarm Clock" for FM 104. Nugent spoke of the strictness that was rife at his now NEW workplace: "You know