    christopher james "chris" evans (born 1 april 1966) is an english presenter, businessman and producer for radio and television, best known for presenting the chris evans breakfast show every weekday morning on bbc radio 2. he started his broadcasting career working for piccadilly radio, manchester as a teenager, before moving to london as a presenter for the bbc's greater london radio and then channel 4 television, where the big breakfast made him a star. soon he was able to dictate highly favourable terms, allowing him to broadcast on competing radio and tv stations. slots like radio 1 breakfast show and tfi friday provided an appealing mix of celebrity interviews, music and comic games, delivered in an irreverent style that attracted complaints and higher ratings in equal measure. by 2000 he was the uk's highest paid entertainer, according to the sunday times rich list. in 2005, he started a new career on radio 2, hosting the long-running drivetime programme, before moving to host the breakfast show in 2010. ==early life== evans was born in warrington, england, the youngest child of bookmaker and health authority wages clerk{{cite book|date=1 october 2009|author=chris evans|isbn=978-0-00-732723-2|title=it's not what 
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