Category: Radio 2
Date: 02.03.2006
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Chris Evans is to take over presenting Â鶹Éç Radio 2's Drivetime show (Monday to Friday, 5.00-7.00pm).
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Chris - who currently presents a show on Saturday afternoons on the network - will start his new weekday show on Tuesday 18 April.
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Chris says: "To take over the Drivetime time show from Johnnie Walker is an absolute honour.
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"The guy is a legend, he's also very special to me as he helped get me my first job at the Â鶹Éç way back in 1990.
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"As for the show itself Drivetime is hugely important. In many ways it mirrors the breakfast show as a transition for people between work and home.
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"It's our job to help that journey be less of a thing to dread and more of a thing to look forward to."
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Lesley Douglas, Controller, Radio 2, says: "Johnnie Walker is a hard act to follow. Chris Evans is a brilliant radio talent who has already scored a hit with his weekend show and I know he will give the audience a great new show for weekdays."
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Chris Evans presents Drivetime, Monday to Friday, starting Tuesday 18 April, 5.00-7.00pm
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Radio 2 Publicity
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