Evans' regular sports reporter Vassos Alexander and featured guest Noel Fitzpatrick joined him each week for the programme.

It was confirmed on 7 September 2009 that Evans would succeed Wogan as he retired as presenter of the breakfast show at the end of that year.

The first three songs played on the first broadcast of the show were The Beatles tracks "All You Need Is Love" and "Got To Get You Into My Life", and Frank Sinatra's "Come Fly with Me".

Evans's team of co-presenters on the show included ex-BBC TV newsreader Moira Stuart, sports presenter Vassos Alexander who took over from Jonny Saunders in July 2011 and travel reporter Rachel Horne who took over from long-serving travel reporter Lynn Bowles in March 2018.

"Bring Me Sunshine","Can't Feel My Face" by The Weeknd and "Happy Days" theme played on a Friday.

by Dean Martin and Helen O'Connell was played in full on Tuesdays, though an excerpt continued to be used as a daily jingle until the end of the show's run.

In October 2011 the show attracted criticism after Hart and Holmes co-hosted it for a week while Chris Evans was on holiday.

Jon Holmes is a highly experienced presenter from BBC Radio 6 Music [...] BBC Radio 2 appreciates if their presentation wasn't to everyone's liking, but feels it's important to be able to bring new talent to its output and hopes its audience understands the importance of maintaining a breadth of content on the network.