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I was born April 1, 1966, in Warrington, England. My entrepreneurial zeal emerged at an early age, when I ran the local newsagents in my home town of Warrington and set up my own Kiss-o-gram and Private Detective agencies. My meteoric rise to fame has taken me from opening Timmy Mallett's mail to being one of Britain's high-profile and successful presenters.I started my broadcasting career at Piccadilly Radio then moved to GLR, where my infamous Round at Chris' Saturday morning show attracted a huge cult following and I later took the format to Virgin 1215. A stint on the short-lived BSB Channel, The Power Station allowed me time to hone my presenting technique, until Channel 4 opted for a different type of early morning show with The BIG Breakfast. I dived into the nation's mornings in September 1992, spearheading the morning extravaganza alongside Gaby Roslin. From the first sitting, my name became synonymous with the television story of the decade and within weeks The BIG Breakfast topped 2 million viewers. My years on the show made me a national star.In 1993, I formed my own company called Ginger Productions to formulate a brand new variety show for Saturday nights, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush. Devised, written and performed by myself, the ratings peaked at a combined 6 million viewers. News of the totally original format resulted in a global clamour for the rights, which to date have been sold to networks throughout Europe and all over the world including Australia and USA.With me at its helm, Ginger Productions fast became one of the major players in entertainment production. Under the Ginger banner, I produced and presented a second series of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush revitalized BBC Radio One with my Radio One Breakfast Show before bowing out to concentrate on the unique end-of-the-week TV show on Channel 4, TFI Friday. TFI ran for 5 years, before finishing on 22nd December 2000 with a show hosted by Elton John.Recently I have presented the breakfast show on UK Radio Aids day of programming for the victims of the Asian Tsunami. I also presented two programmes on BBC Radio 2 over the 2005 Easter Bank holiday and the 2005 edition of the Brit Awards and Comic Relief 2005. The majority of my time is spent developing programmes for my new production company; UMTV and working on my new Saturday show for BBC Radio 2.As Executive Producer and Writer, I have overall creative responsibility for all of UMTV's output. My presenting and producing credits include:TV: The Big Breakfast (C4), Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (C4), TFI Friday (C4), Tee Time (C4), Brit Awards 1995, 1996 and 2005 (ITV1), Live With... (five), Boys and Girls (C4), Terry & Gaby (five), Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot (C4), Comic Relief 2005 (BBC1), The All*Star Cup (Sky One)Radio: Piccadilly Radio, GLR, BBC Radio 1 - The Breakfast Show, Virgin Radio The Breakfast Show, UK Radio Aid in aid of the Asian Tsunami, BBC Radio 2UMTV: Established in August 2002, Chris Evans' UMTV specializes in live cutting-edge entertainment programming. Over the past 3 years UMTV has produced more than 375 hours of television. More recently the company has expanded to include a factual entertainment department and launched its first advertiser-funded programming. www.umtv.tv
