So, who will replace Chris Evans?

[MrsWembley]

I bloody hope it's Sara Cox - I love her!

Glad he is going, sick to death of him going on about his kids, putting his kids on the show, putting other people's kids on the show,Tash, 500 bloody words !, car fest etc. etc. passive aggressive to the others on the team, (the excellent Lyn Bowles and Vassos) however, I am sure his intentions are good for raising money for children in need, I think his Mum raised him to be a good person, unfortunately his ego takes over and dilutes this. As much as I like Sara Cox, it would be nice to have someone new, not someone everyone already has opinions on and on everything (yes, I do mean you, Holly Willowby!), when he goes can he also take Moira with him? Surprised given his extreme wealth and twins on the way he is going to do another breakfast show, some people are never satisfied with the hand they have been given

jitters, made me smile - lovey.

I like Trevor Nelson doing Ken Bruce. I love Ken, and Trevor is the best cover Ken has had for years. I'm not sure if Trevor is breakfast show material with his cool, laid back style but I'd be happy to be proved wrong about that

Sara Cox took over from Zoe Ball on the Radio 1 breakfast show years ago and whilst I actually really liked her, I don’t remember her being terribly popular?

agree about Trevor, he is very laid back and plays some decent tunes.
some of the 'stand ins' are better than the regulars.

@jitters.

Trevors voice is just bloody lushers

Jitters I have a stinking cold and am now coughing my head off after laughing at that

The Sarah Cox haters - why?

I am from the same town as Sara - I just find her incredibly false. It’s the exaggerated northerner that gets to me most - like we all sound a bit stupid and eat nothing but pies...

Yes I agree goat she is a bit like sporty spice, their accents and intonation just don't appear natural.

Graham Norton please!!

In order of preference, my choice would be

Sara Cox
Richard Allinson
Alex Lester
Jo Wiley

Not

Vanessa Feltz
Steve Wright
Mark Goodier

Simon Mayo is fab on Drivetime.

Lisa Tarbuck could swap with Sara Cox.

Am I dreaming or does Sara Cox do some of the radio ads for Smart Meters?

It really sounds like her....

ha ha did anyone catch Jeremy Vine show. he was talking about breakfast show hosts in light of Chris Evans leaving. some 87 year biddy said He was A Bundle of Nerves and we could have Sarah
at 1.45
www.bbc.co.uk/radio/play/m00009tr

www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45395316

oh no, not Richard Bacon. or Trevor Nelson, dont like their voices.
claudia Winkleman would be just Lovely

Richard Allinson has to be the most under-rated Radio 2 DJ ever!

He was great, but apart from a brief Saturday afternoon stint and some specialist shows, he was only ever used as a stand-in, including standing in for Chris Evans in the early days. I used to post on the Radio 2 boards years ago, and the punters there used to prefer RA to CE. I don't think it went down too well with the management and not long after that they stopped using him and he 'left' Radio 2.

I once had my oldies played on Steve Wright - only Richard was standing in that day and not only did I get them played in their entirety without anyone talking over intros, cutting them short or singing - he kept name checking me and saying 'these are great oldies Jitters!'

For anyone who doesn't remember - here's a very brief Radio 2 snippet of him introducing a record. Great voice, didn't talk too much, always made the music the star of the show unlike some we could mention.

Great interviewer too. Doesn't interrupt or talk over the guest or make the interview about himself - also like some we could mention. Here he is interviewing Phil Collins

I used to love Richard Allinson on Capital, and always mightily pleased to hear him

I just love Chris Evans, I can't bear it that he's not doung breakfast any more. He makes tedious M25 jams bearable.

I think I would like Simon Mayo. But he makes the returning jam in the evening bearable!

Given the ballsup the Beeb has made of the Drivetime show it'll have to think very carefully about who it uses.

@ICan'tBelieve....

The voice in the smart meters ad sounds like Maxine Peake to me.

jitters I can hear her voice saying that.

Gawd, no, don't take Moira away too! She's one of the diminishingly few newsreaders who don't EMPHasise random WORDS and SYLlables for no REAson.

LOVE Sara Cox, but not keen on Jo Whiley. Not sure what she was supposed to bring to Mayo's drivetime, it was working as it was. She's got a voice like someone forcing brass tacks through a trumpet, I have to switch off the minute she pipes up.

Can't imagine either Graham Norton or Claudia Winkleman want the commitment of the breakfast show.