It’s Not What You Think Book

Acknowledgements x

a book about christopher evans xi

note to reader xiv

preface xv

part 1 mum, dad and a girl called tina

Top Ten…

Basic Facts about Christopher Evans 3

Things I Remember about My Dad 6

Best Things about Mrs Evans Senior 11

Double Acts 14

Resounding Memories of Primary-school Life 17

Tastes, C. Evans, 1966–86 20

First Memories of Going to School 22

Weird Things about Teachers from a Kid's Point of View 25

Deaths 32

Favourite Jobs (Other than Showbiz) 38

Bosses I've Worked For 45

Treats 51

Girls – Actually Women – I Thought about Before I Had My First Girlfriend 53

Schoolboy Errors 59

Things I'm Rubbish at 67

Things that Freak Me Out 74

Things I Remember from School Lessons 77

part 2 the piccadilly years

Top Ten&hellip

Best DJs I Have Ever Heard 83

First Commercial Radio Stations in the UK 86

Most Significant Cars in My Life 89

Items of Technology in the Evans Household, circa 1983 96

Things to Consider When Attempting to Make a Move in Your Career 101

Things a Boss Should Never Do 105

Things to Do When the Cards Are Stacked Against You 111

Business Names I Have Been Involved in 114

Dance Floor Fillers for Mobile DJ C. Evans circa 1985 117

Memories of the great Piccadilly Radio exponential learning curve 122

Things that Will Happen to You and that You Will Have to Accept 127

Genuine Names of 80s Nightclubs in the North West of England 134

Stars Recognised by a Single Name 137

Records I remember from My Piccadilly Radio Days 144

Things Never to Joke about on the Air 150

Christmas Presents 153

part 3 fame, shame and automobiles

Top Ten…

Things No One Tells You about London 161

Legends I Have Worked With 167

Books that Have Inspired Me and at Times Kept Me Sane 173

Jobs at a Radio Station – in My Very Biased Opinion 177

Pivotal Moments in My Career 181

Things that Make a Successful Radio Show (the type of shows I do, that is) 183

Seminal Items of Technology that Had the World Aghast 188

Pads 192

Things to Take to a Meeting if You Think You are Going to get Shafted 196

Memories of The Big Breakfast 202

Female Pop Stars 205

Things to Consider When You Split Up with Someone 210

Songs Regularly Murdered at Karaoke 215

TV Shows 222

Expletives 224

Great Questions to be Asked 229

Reasons to Stay Friends with Your Ex 234

Memories of Radio 1 239

Bands on Radio 1 During Our Watch 242

TFI Moments 245

Things that are True about Showbiz 248

Signs You Are Losing the Plot 251

Things a Celeb Should Never Do 254

Things I Think About – Other than My Wife and Family 259

Offers I Have Declined 265

Best Bits of Advice 274

Most Useless States of Mind 278

Things that Help Get a Deal Done 285

Mantras 290

Things People Put Off 293

Reasons Why I Presume Capital Never Took Us Seriously 301

Human Responses I Experienced Leading Up To the Deal 309

Houses I Have Found Myself In For One Reason Or Another 312

preview prologue of the next book: top ten stories still to come… 319

appendix: it is what you think…notes from the cast 320