Terry Wogan v Chris Evans - tale of the tape

Terry Wogan

Full name: Michael Terence Wogan

Age: 71

Born: Limerick, Ireland

Previous career: banking

Big radio break: deputising for Jimmy Young and hosting his own daily show on Radio 1 and Radio 2, 1969

Listeners: 7.93 million

Sony gold and special awards: 4

TV hits: Wogan, Blankety Blank

TV misses: The Terry and Gaby Show (produced by... Chris Evans)

Top 30 hits: one (The Floral Dance)

Knighted: yes

He says: "This is the hardest thing I have ever done in my broadcasting career, to say goodbye to you in the mornings."

They say: "[I'm going to] tear that wig off his head and shove it up his arse." BBC Radio 1 DJ, Chris Moyles

Chris Evans

Full name: Christopher James Evans

Age: 43

Born: Warrington, England

Previous career: Tarzan-ogram

Big radio break: hosting his own show on the BBC's London station, GLR, 1990

Listeners: 5 million

Sony gold awards: 6

TV hits: Big Breakfast, Don't Forget Your Toothbrush, TFI Friday

TV misses: The Terry and Gaby Show (producer), Live with Chris Moyles/Christian O'Connell (producer), Boys and Girls (producer), OFI... Sunday

Top 30 hits: none

Knighted: not yet

He says: "Good luck Mr W, I promise I will do my utmost not to let you and your listeners down."

They say: "Petulant and given to sulking." Judge Mr Justice Lightman, ruling that Evans's employer, former Virgin Radio owner SMG, had not dismissed him unfairly in a court case brought by the DJ in 2003

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