Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan leafs through his memoir, Unbreakable, out now in paperback. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Tennis G.O.A.T. Venus Williams serves up stories from her new book, Strive: 8 Steps to Train for Success, which is out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info…

Brendon and Ronnie are getting ready for the new NHL season by reading a list of franchise rankings compiled by The Athletic. In this first part, they cover the bottom 15 franchises. Along the way, the fellas recall the 2004 lockout that cancelled an entire season, try to make sense of how there are two different franchises with histories tied to t…

Rick-rolling legend Rick Astley tells tales from his autobiography Never, out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Nailed on national treasure, Stephen Fry will be leafing through Odyssey, the final chapter of his retellings of the Greek Myths, out now. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privac…

The legendary Alison Moyet tells us all about her new album, Key, out now, as well as her 2025 World Tour! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Jolly joker John Bishop gets us giggling with some exciting news! Strictly superstar Shirley Ballas foxtrots through her brand new novel, Dance To The Death, out this Thursday 10th October. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play V…

Phil Crowther pops by to tell us about the blooming good Prestige Flowers - fresh beautiful flowers delivered 7 days a week at: prestigeflowers.co.uk Tip-top TV chef Matt Tebbutt has our mouths watering with his new cookbook, Matt Tebbutt’s Pub Food: 100 Favourites, Old and New, out now Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for …

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling the changing of the seasons. The two talk about the beauty of the sports landscape as the calendar turns over to October, and finish up with a small sample of other media (and beer) that evoke the season. Along the way, Brendon introduces a new NPR-inspired show-within-a-show, talks about decorating his house for Hall…

Marvellous musician Dhani Harrison celebrates the 50th anniversary re-issue of his father George Harrison’s album, Living in the Material World, out Friday 15th November. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hoste…

Food writer and son of the Queen Tom Parker Bowles has a right royal picnic with his new book, Cooking and the Crown: Royal recipes from Queen Victoria to King Charles III, out now. Awesome alcohol-free ambassador Andy Ramage gives us the lowdown on this year’s Sober October. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with…

Beloved presenter and author Julia Bradbury turns the pages of her Sunday Times bestselling book, Walk Yourself Happy: Find your path to health and healing in nature, out now. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." …

The always brilliant Ben Miller turns the pages of his new children’s book, Robin Hood Aged 10 ¾, out yesterday. In their 30th year, Shed Seven are performing live at the Top of the Tower; their new album, Liquid Gold is out today! Comedian, presenter (and painter!) Joe Lycett spills the beans on his new art-book, Joe Lycett’s Art Hole, also out no…

Brendon and Ronnie continue to fill out the rosters and secrets for their hypothetical WNBA Jam arcade game. From Doris Burke to defunct teams to the "Shocking" history of the Dallas Wings -- they are packing it with everything! Included is a deep statistical battle between Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker, how a potential partnership within the Phoe…

Sunday Times Bestselling author Dawn O’Porter leafs through her new novel about womanhood, Honey Bee, out today. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

The vivacious Vinnie Jones lifts the lid on treading the boards in Only Fools and Horses The Musical, on tour now around the UK. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

Statistician, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter turns the pages of his book, The Art of Uncertainty: How to Navigate Chance, Ignorance, Risk and Luck, out now. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast.…

Super chef Rick Stein delves deep into his new cookbook, Rick Stein’s Food Stories, out now. The BBC Two TV series of the same name is available now on BBC iPlayer. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on A…

Culinary queen Angela Hartnett spills the beans on the sixth series of Dish, which continues with new episodes every Wednesday! 90s pop legend Chesney Hawkes’ swings by to talk about his new single, Get A Hold Of Yourself, which is out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest gues…

Brendon and Ronnie are feeling the basketball jones with the NBA opening training camps and the WNBA heading into the playoffs. What a perfect time for the fellas to talk about their love for NBA Jam! From the history of making a billion dollars in its first year to unlocking secret players like then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, they give the arcade…

The One Show's Alex Jones and McFly star Harry Judd team up to talk about their brand new podcast series, BINGE!, with episodes out every Thursday. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.c…

Award-winning journalist and author, Oliver Burkeman turns the pages of his new book, Meditations for Mortals, designed as a four-week 'retreat of the mind', and out now. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hoste…

The brilliant Bryony Gordon dives into life’s messier bits in her new podcast, The Life of Bryony, which is out Mondays and Fridays. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for …

Music legend Bob Geldof and actor Craige Els pop by to talk Just For One Day: The Live Aid Musical, which heads to London’s Shaftesbury Theatre from May 2025 until January 2026. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio.…

The Lightning Seeds will have the Top of the Tower rocking, celebrating their new greatest hits album: Tomorrow’s Here Today: 35 Years of Lightning Seeds (out Friday 4th October), as well as their November/December UK tour! Megastar Mark Strong spills the beans on starring in new film The Critic, out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morni…

Brendon and Ronnie talk about how the divisions in the NFL would have you believe that Indianapolis is in the South, Jacksonville and Miami aren't in the same state, and Dallas is along the East Coast . Maybe they should just dissolve them. Then, the fellas talk about how much better North American sports would be with a promotion/relegation system…

Brilliant bestseller Richard Osman brings us tall tales from his new book We Solve Murders, out today! Paralympic legend Richard Whitehead pumps us up ahead of his new, fully inclusive event, Run to the Future, at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Sunday 15th September. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the lis…

Ex-SAS leader Billy Billingham thrills us with news of his ‘Always A Little Further’ tour, which returns next month. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information…

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet stars as war journalist Lee Miller in the new film, Lee, which hits cinemas Friday 13th September. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

Gary Lightbody unveils all about Snow Patrol’s new 8th studio album, The Forest Is The Path, out this Friday! The band will embark on a 17-date European, UK and Ireland Arena tour in January & February 2025. National treasure Graham Norton flips through his fifth novel, Frankie, also out on Thursday 12th September. Join Chris, Vassos and the team e…

TikTok star and self-proclaimed ‘Potato Queen’ Poppy Cooks has us salivating with news of The Actually Delicious Slow Cooker Cookbook, out Thursday 12th September. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Ac…

Joyous joker Jason Byrne pops by ahead of his 33-date show, No Show, which starts in Durham on Thursday 3rd October until Saturday 30th November in Lyme Regis. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast.…

Brendon and Ronnie have been waiting all year for Sunday Night. (Insert the brass horns of FOX Sports here!) As the NFL season kicks off, the fellas talk about a number of teams in an effort to find a team for Ronnie to root for. In the second half, they ring in the first weekend by remembering many of their favorite flamboyant celebrations. Along …

Comedian, composer and witty writer, Tim Minchin takes us through his new book, You Don't Have To Have A Dream: Advice for the Incrementally Ambitious, which is out today. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Host…

Brilliant actor Gemma Arterton spills the beans on her new second series of Funny Woman, out Friday 6th September, at 9pm on Sky Max, Sky Showcase and NOW. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See…

Palliative care doctor and Sunday Times bestseller Rachel Clarke turns the pages of her moving new book, The Story of a Heart, which is out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…

The twinkle-toed Anton Du Beke flips through the pages of his first children’s book; Code Name Foxtrot, out now! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

Brendon and Ronnie put a cap on their Savannah Bananas talk by making a tier ranking of all the Bananaball team uniforms. In the second half, the fellas answer an important question: Which fake milk is best? Along the way, Brendon pitches not one but two genius ideas, and shares some of his recipes for dairy-free substitutes. Ronnie talks about the…

Awesome actor David Morrissey spills the beans on starring in the second series of Sherwood on BBC One and brand new comedy Daddy Issues on BBC Three. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acas…

Legendary Lioness Leah Williamson brings news of her new children’s book, The Wonder Team and the Rainforest Rescue, out tomorrow. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo…

Chris and the team are live at CarFest 2024, joined by special guests Rob Brydon, Kirsty Gallagher, Dr Rangan Chatterjee and The Happy Pear! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv…

Brendon and Ronnie are talking about the Savannah Bananas and their unique brand of baseball known as "Bananaball." They briefly talk through the history, report on their recent TV rights deal, and rundown the list of rules that make Bananaball so damn exciting. Along the way, they wonder how Charles Barkley would explain Bananaball, talk about Aar…

CEO of The Happiness Research Institute, Meik Wiking turns the pages of his latest book, The Art of Danish Living, ahead of his appearance at CarFest. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acas…

Today on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show: GP and menopause specialist, Dr Louise Newson spills the beans on her upcoming 34-date UK tour, Hormones and Menopause – The Great Debate, as well as appearing at CarFest! Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart spe…

The Chris Evans Breakfast Show is back! Terrific trio Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker get us ready for Channel 4’s Paralympics coverage, The Last Leg in Paris - live every night from the Opening Ceremony on Wednesday 28th August. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest gu…

Angela Scanlon sits in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show. Author and actor Richard Armitage flips through his latest book, The Cut. Chris, Vassos and the team are back on Monday morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva…

Brendon and Ronnie aren't quite ready to sweat away their Olympic fever. In the first half, the guys talk about some of their favorite "Not Ready For Primetime" events. They go through the tension of Track Biking and how Race Walking races are long enough to become funny again. Then, they wrap up by drafting an All-Time Men's Basketball Dream Team …

Angela Scanlon sits in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show. The BAFTA nominated Leila Farzad spills the beans on Netflix’s latest mythological dark-comedy, Kaos, out 29th August. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio."…

Angela Scanlon sits in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show Former professional rugby player Ed Jackson inspires with news of his upcoming documentary, The Mountain Within Me. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Virgin Radio." Hos…

Angela Scanlon sits in on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show. American actress and singer Teri Hatcher spills the beans on the 3D release of Coraline, celebrating the film's 15th anniversary. Join Chris, Vassos and the team every morning from 6.30am for laughs with the listeners and the greatest guests. Listen on your smart speaker, just say: "Play Vir…