[1] It was presented by Chris Evans, who moved to Drivetime from his Saturday afternoon show after Johnnie Walker left the slot after seven years in 2006.
[7] Rebecca Pike, formerly Fox, read the business headlines including the FTSE market data and exchange rates, at 17:20 and 18:20 each day.
In a gentle parody of BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Chris spoke to four women in quick succession.
A new track was played, and listeners were invited to text either "hit" or "miss", plus their comments, to the programme.
Jonny read The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of these comments (over said theme tune) before Chris announced whether the track was overall a hit or a miss.
Sir Tom Jones (singer) was present at the judgement of his single "Give a Little Love", but Chris claimed that there were no negative texts received.
Immediately following the drivetime jukebox jury, two connected tracks were played, which were selected by a listener.
On Fridays, each song was selected by a listener,[14] and all features apart from sport, business and travel were hour-short.
[citation needed] On 27 February 2009, U2 joined the show and played a 20-minute concert on the roof of Broadcasting House to 5,000 listeners.