[Otis Crump]

Actually The Big Breakfast and Chris Evans kind of started the idea of hosts not doing the full week with him cutting down to three then two days a week after a year.  I hated it then too, and for whatever reason when Chris left they were very reluctant to give Mark Little the role full time.


Although I think Holly (and Phil) taking so much time off if this is the approach they're taking I'd actually give her more time off so we get more weeks with Dermot and Alison (and I guess Josie and Craig), with Holly doing some Fridays to offset that.

I think Chris only cut back to 3 days a week. Don't think he was ever down to just 2. He took a week off early in 1994, which dovetailed into the launch of Don't Forget Your Toothbrush and Chris only hosting on Tuesday to Thursday from then on.