“Chris Evans, the new frontman for the BBC’s Top Gear, has a hell-raising past and a reputation for sticking two fingers up to authority that make Jeremy Clarkson’s faux pas seem quite modest by comparison.
“The colourful 49-year-old Lancastrian and mad car fan has been a fixture on UK radio and TV for 30 years, consistently providing fodder for the tabloid newspapers with his boozing, high-profile partners … and general recklessness on and off air.
“In recent years, however, he appears to have calmed down, discovering the joys of domesticity with his third wife and winning plaudits as presenter of the high-profile breakfast show on BBC Radio 2.”
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