Book description
The story of how one council estate lad made good, really very good,
and survived - just about - to tell the tale…
Chris Evans's extraordinary career has seen him become one of the
country's most successful broadcasters and producers. From The Big
Breakfast to Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday, Chris changed
the TV landscape during the '90s; and on Manchester's Piccadilly Radio,
BBC Radio 1's Breakfast show and as owner of Virgin Radio he ushered in
the age of the celebrity DJ.
But this is only part of the Chris Evans story. In this witty and
energetically written autobiography, Chris describes the experiences
that shaped the boy and created the man who would go on to carve out
such a dazzlingly brilliant career. Born on a dreary council estate in
Warrington and determined to escape, Chris started out as the best
newspaper boy on the block, armed with no more than a little silver
Binatone radio that he would take to the newsagents each day and through
which he would develop a life-long and passionate love affair with the
music and voices that emerged.
From paperboy to media mogul, It's Not What You Think isn't what you
think - it's the real story beyond the glare of the media spotlight from
one of this country's brightest and boldest personalities. 'An
eye-opening read', OK Magazine
'It is as an autobiographer that Chris Evans finally seems to have
grown up', The Observer
'Full to the brim with fantastic anecdotes', Heat
'A critic confounding mea culpa of a memoir', The Guardian
'The guy can spin a yarn as long as long as the M1 and as colourful as
his hair', Now Magazine Chris Evans began his broadcasting careeer at
Manchester Piccadilly radio, going on to become a household name in TV
and radio. With his production company Ginger, he launched and presented
the hugely successful Channel 4 shows The Big Breakfast, Don't Forget
Your Toothbrush and TFI Friday. In 1995 Chris joined Radio 1 hosting the
flagship breakfast show, attracting 7. 5m listeners. After his
controversial departure he then joined Virgin Radio's breakfast show,
eventually acquiring the station from Richard Branson for £87m. He went
on to sell the Ginger Media Group (including Virgin Radio) in 2000 for
£225m. In 2005 Chris joined Radio 2, declaring it his spiritual home,
his show picking up four prestigious Sony Awards in as many years. He is
now presenter of The Breakfast Show.
