It's Not What You Think

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780007327218
• ISBN10: 0007327218
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins UK
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Summary

Your request for a reference for Christopher Evans. Whilst he has many strong points, of which I'm sure you are aware, there are a number of issues which prevent me from endorsing him unreservedly. Although there appears to have been a miraculous transformation recently, in the past he has suffered from the following problems:

Author Biography

Chris Evans began his broadcasting career at Manchester's 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 1996 Chris Joined Radio 1 hosting the flagship breakfast show, which attracted 75m 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 spirtual home, his show picking up four prestigious, Sony Awards. In as many years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. x
a book about christopher evans	p. xi
note to reader	p. xiv
preface	p. xv
mum, dad and a girl called tina
Top Ten…
Basic Facts about Christopher Evans	p. 3
Things I Remember about My Dad	p. 6
Best Things about Mrs Evans Senior	p. 11
Double Acts	p. 14
Resounding Memories of Primary-school Life	p. 17
Tastes, C. Evans, 1966–86	p. 20
First Memories of Going to School	p. 22
Weird Things about Teachers from a Kid's Point of View	p. 25
Deaths	p. 32
Favourite Jobs (Other than Showbiz)	p. 38
Bosses I've Worked For	p. 45
Treats	p. 51
Girls – Actually Women – I Thought about Before I Had My First Girlfriend	p. 53
Schoolboy Errors	p. 59
Things I'm Rubbish at	p. 67
Things that Freak Me Out	p. 74
Things I Remember from School Lessons	p. 77
the piccadilly years
Top Ten&hellip
Best DJs I Have Ever Heard	p. 83
First Commercial Radio Stations in the UK	p. 86
Most Significant Cars in My Life	p. 89
Items of Technology in the Evans Household, circa 1983	p. 96
Things to Consider When Attempting to Make a Move in Your Career	p. 101
Things a Boss Should Never Do	p. 105
Things to Do When the Cards Are Stacked Against You	p. 111
Business Names I Have Been Involved in	p. 114
Dance Floor Fillers for Mobile DJ C. Evans circa 1985	p. 117
Memories of the great Piccadilly Radio exponential learning curve	p. 122
Things that Will Happen to You and that You Will Have to Accept	p. 127
Genuine Names of 80s Nightclubs in the North West of England	p. 134
Stars Recognised by a Single Name	p. 137
Records I remember from My Piccadilly Radio Days	p. 144
Things Never to Joke about on the Air	p. 150
Christmas Presents	p. 153
fame, shame and automobiles
Top Ten…
Things No One Tells You about London	p. 161
Legends I Have Worked With	p. 167
Books that Have Inspired Me and at Times Kept Me Sane	p. 173
Jobs at a Radio Station – in My Very Biased Opinion	p. 177
Pivotal Moments in My Career	p. 181
Things that Make a Successful Radio Show (the type of shows I do, that is)	p. 183
Seminal Items of Technology that Had the World Aghast	p. 188
Pads	p. 192
Things to Take to a Meeting if You Think You are Going to get Shafted	p. 196
Memories of The Big Breakfast	p. 202
Female Pop Stars	p. 205
Things to Consider When You Split Up with Someone	p. 210
Songs Regularly Murdered at Karaoke	p. 215
TV Shows	p. 222
Expletives	p. 224
Great Questions to be Asked	p. 229
Reasons to Stay Friends with Your Ex	p. 234
Memories of Radio 1	p. 239
Bands on Radio 1 During Our Watch	p. 242
TFI Moments	p. 245
Things that are True about Showbiz	p. 248
Signs You Are Losing the Plot	p. 251
Things a Celeb Should Never Do	p. 254
Things I Think About – Other than My Wife and Family	p. 259
Offers I Have Declined	p. 265
Best Bits of Advice	p. 274
Most Useless States of Mind	p. 278
Things that Help Get a Deal Done	p. 285
Mantras	p. 290
Things People Put Off	p. 293
Reasons Why I Presume Capital Never Took Us Seriously	p. 301
Human Responses I Experienced Leading Up To the Deal	p. 309
Houses I Have Found Myself In For One Reason Or Another	p. 312
preview prologue of the next book: top ten stories still to come…	p. 319
appendix: it is what you think…notes from the cast	p. 320
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