CHRIS EVANS: Troubled star tries for comeback; His marriage has fallen apart, he's sick of being rich and he's selling his property. But now Chris Evans wants to be a star again.(Features)

From: Sunday Mirror (London, England) | Date: January 30, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: Words: Lara Kilner.

Time was, Chris Evans was the biggest broadcaster in the nation. From The Big Breakfast and TFI Friday to his salvaging of the Radio 1 breakfast show and taking over Virgin Radio, the so-called 'ginger whinger' could do no wrong. Then he got drunk, got sacked, went on holiday for two years and wound up working on a market stall, selling the furniture he and estranged wife Billie Piper owned. But now he's back. Recently, Chris presented Radio A...

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