The Chris Evans Show with The National Lottery

Amazing adventurer Steve BackshalL got us excited about his tour Deadly Live!Kasabian frontman Serge Pizzorno spilled the beans on their new album Act III. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Giles Martin talks us through the expanded Special Edition of The Beatles’ Rubber Soul, which is out on Friday 2nd October.Legendary magicians Penn Gillette & Piff the Magic Dragon bring news of their tour Piff & Pop’s Magic Shop! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The hilarious Harriet Kemsley brought the laughs with news of her UK stand up tour, Floozy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Roger Taylor swung by with sounds of his new album Violence Insane In A Beautiful World.And, the man of a million voices Rob Brydon flipped through the pages of his new children's book The Cat in the Cupboard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the Stool Of Rock today, Super singer Natalie Imbruglia!Queen of the potatoes Poppy Cooks spilled the beans on her new cookbook The Actually Delicious Batch Cookbook.Awesome actors Patrick Bramma & Maxine Peake gave us the low down on the new Apple TV series Last Seen which is out tomorrow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fab fashion designer Sir Paul Smith delvesinto his new book Threads: My Life in Style.Acting royalty Terri Hatcher tells us all about stepping into the shoes of Miranda Priestley in The Devil Wears Prada: The Musical from October! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The jolly Joel Dommett ran us through the nominees for the 31st National Television Awards which takes place at the O2 Arena.Comedy connoisseur Jack Whitehall told us what to expect in his tour Bad Influence which kicks off in January. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Awesome actor Andrew Scott brings word of his new film PressureSimple Minds’ Jim Kerr chats about the band's new single Beginner Boys and the band's tour that kicks off in 2027!Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Smiths superstar Johnny Marr tells us all about his incredible Guitar Collection auction on Thursday 17th September and brings news of his new album The Age of Everything.Rising star Tyler Ballgame swings by for a chat.Top doc Kristen Holmes flips through her new book Aligned.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The brand new presenters of The Grand Tour, Francis Bourgeois, James Engelsman and Thomas Holland, get us revved up ahead of the new series on Prime Video.Stars of the screen Vinnie Jones & Joely Richardson get us excited about the second series of The Gentlemen.talkSPORT's Jim White swings by to tell us all the highlights from Transfer Deadline Day.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the first year at Silverstone for CarFest and it's getting dialled up and Chris kicks off the weekend with a stellar lineup of guests including Rob Brydon, Kirsty Gallagher, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee plus Mark Wogan tells us what he's up to!Follow us on our socials @VirginRadioUK to see all the action from the weekend! And don't forget to check out our YouTube channel to catch up on TFI Unplugged with guests including Michael Owen, Jodie Kidd, Joe Wicks, Judi Love and live music from Blossoms, just search Virgin Radio UK! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money mastermind Brian Byrnes from Moneybox answers all your questions about how to make the most out of your money.The nation's P.E. teacher, Joe Wicks chats to us all about his new cookbook Healthy Start which is out now.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Top rockers Razorlight serenade on the Stool of Rock ahead of their ‘America’ 20th Anniversary Tour which begins in November.Nike Running Global Head Coach Chris Bennett flips through the pages of his new book This Is About Running, This Is Not About Running.Motoring maverick Ant Anstead gives us a run through of the best lots at the Iconic Auctioneers Car Auction at Carfest 2026.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Liverpool legend Michael Owen kicks off the week with news of his Amazon Prime series Meet The Owens.The joyous Jodie Kidd dishes the deets on her high octane YouTube series, Kidd in a Sweet Shop.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super singer Paul Heaton serenades us with sounds of his new album Jenius.The hilarious Judi Love has us chuckling along to news of her tour All About The Love which kicks off in September.The tip top Tom Grennan chats about his beloved Coventry City’s return to the Premier League.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charity champion Joel Hicks delivers the deets on this year's World Gravy Wrestling Championships which take place on Monday 31st August in Lancashire.Lecturer George Howie dials in to teach us all about his Batman course at Glasgow Clyde College.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Green Events chairman Lindsay Ketterington gets us excited for the World Bog Snorkelling Championships in Wales.Propstore project manager Sian Taylor tells us all about the most amazing lots you can bid on at the Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Awesome actor Helen George spills the beans on her new podcast Mystic Mates with new episodes out every Monday!Ultra Marathon Runner David ‘Jacko’ Jackson joins us live from his World Record Breaking Mission In-Possible running challenge!Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The marvellous Munya Chawawa spills the beans on starring in the 90s-style raver reinvention of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Chichester Festival Theatre.The legendary Alan Brazil gives us the low down on his return to the talkSPORT Breakfast Show.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Olympic champion Sir Mo Farah runs us through the latest on the Chery Charity Prize Draw for Carfest 2026.Lunar luminary Kirsty Gallagher debriefs Wednesday night’s solar eclipse.Pyro professional Steve Cleaver tells us about his preparation for the British Firework Championships in Plymouth.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amazing actor Bella Ramsey give us the inside scoop on their new film Sunny Dancer and we explain what the Solar Eclipse would look like through a colander.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our very own Geoff Lloyd speaks to Chris live from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival where he is hosting his Virgin Radio show evening show until Thursday 13th August.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Festival ambassador Graham Norton brings us the latest from the Edinburgh Fringe, following his live show on Virgin Radio on Sunday 9th August!Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and Neil Patrick Harris & George Jaques pop in to chat about the new British comedy film, Sunny Dancer.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and Marc Almond from Soft Cell swings by to chat about the band's last studio album, Danceteria.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and Ayoade Bamgboye swings by to chat everything about this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and speaks to James Clarke from Par Track LTD to find out how The National Lottery will help fund Cornwall's only UK Athletics licensed track.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and chats to Andrew Ridgeley on the new documentary film, Wham! 10 Days in China which is out in cinemas!Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and speaks to Davina McCall live from sunny Brighton as she is encouraging people to think differently about sun protection after new research from Garnier Ambre Solaire.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and speaks to Tucker Pillsbury aka Role Model as he is set to drop his third album, Chuck Timely & The Hourglass’, which is due for release on Friday 7th August.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and speaks to Simon Pegg & Hannah Khalique-Brown as they both star in the new season of The Undeclared War. Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Super Steve Denyer sits in on the show and speaks to comedian Nish Kumar on his upcoming brand-new stand-up tour “Angry Humour From a Really Nice Guy,” that kicks off on the 9th September 2026 until the 27th November 2026.Catch up on all previous episodes of TFI Unplugged on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Brilliant band Blossoms serenade us with tunes from their new album Songs From The Wedding Cake which is out in October!Super stand-up Rachel Parris brings news of her tour The Rachel Parris Songbook, which kicks off in November.Footballing legend Sean Dyche swings by for a chat, down the corridor from his show on talkSPORT.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shrinking superstar Michael Urie spills the beans on starring in ‘Oh Mary’ at London’s Trafalgar Theatre.The hilarious Al Murray has us chuckling along to news of his tour All You Need Is Guv which kicks off in September.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Marvelous Mimic Matt Forde has us chuckling along to news of his new show Project Holy Moly at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Fabulous French and English actor Fabien Frankel lifts the lid on the latest House of the Dragon.And with England v Argentina playing in the semi finals, we introduce for ONE DAY ONLY... ARGENTINIAN OF THE DAY where Chris speaks to the Chairwoman of The Anglo-Argentine Society, Fátima Nollén-Reardon & Former Middlesbrough & Sunderland player Julio Arca.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit gets us excited about France v Spain game in the World Cup 2026 semi finals.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wonderful wildcard Arthur Fery serves up the news of his amazing Wimbledon campaign!Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Top rockers Courteeners serenade us with sounds of their new Best Of album God Bless The Band.Modern Family star Jesse Tyler Ferguson spills the beans on his latest to-be-announced theatre project.And in Norwegian of The Day, Chris speaks to influencer and TED Talker, Kjetil Krogstad ahead of the England v Norway game.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Space man Professor Brian Cox tells us all about Emergence World Tour, which kicks off in October.Former World Cup winner Emmanuel Petit pops in ahead of France’s match against Morocco.Fantastic frontman Serge Pizzorno gives us an insight into Kasabian’s new album Act III.And in Norwegian of The Day, Chris speaks to Norway’s 2026 Eurovision representative Jonas Lovv.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rising star Dylan John Thomas plays us tunes from his upcoming second album Nothing Here Worth Taking and a classic Fleetwood Mac track.Legendary frontman of The Killers Brandon Flowers gets us excited about his new solo album Thrasher, out on Friday 21st August.And it's Norwegian of The Day as we get set for the England v Norway Game on Saturday so we speak to Tore Hattrem, the Norway Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Erling Haaland’s former coach Espen Undheim.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money mastermind Brian Byrnes tells us all about what Moneybox has to offer.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The wonderful Vanessa Williams wows us as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada The Musical, on now at London’s Dominion Theatre.The fantastic Florentenes have the Top of the Tower rocking with tunes from their latest EP, Breaking News.And CEO of McLaren, Zak Top gets us excited of this weekend's F1 at Silverstone.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hollywood actor Edward Norton spills the beans on his new film The Invite, which is in cinemas Friday 3rd July.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

talkSPORT’s Darren Bent and Paul Hawksbee swing by ahead of the mega match: England v DR Congo!Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

King of comedy, Joe Lycett dishes the deets of his newly announced 2027 tour, Do You Really Lycett? Is It, Is It Wicked? We’re Lovin’ It, Lovin’ It, Lovin’ It, We’re Lovin’ It Lycett, PLUS brings news of a TV show and his art exhibition.Footballing legend  Emanuel Petit swings by to tell us what he thinks about the World Cup so far.First-rate fashion designer Amanda Wakeley flips through her new book, Style DNA: How To Dress With Confidence.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Rising star Catherine Laga'aia tells us all about the live action adaptation of Moana which is out in cinemas on Friday 10th July.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Award winning theatre legend Leslie Odom Jr spills the beans on reprising his role in Hamilton at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre.Top England cricket stars Issy Wong and Nat Sciver-Brunt chat all things Women's Cricket World Cup.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stranger Things superstar Finn Wolfhard brings us news of his new album Fire From The Hip, which is out Friday 10th July.Broadway icon Ben Platt treads the boards in Midnight at the Never Get, which is opening at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre on Saturday 11th July.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Non Blondes’ Linda Perry treats us to live music from her new album Let It Die Here.Brother of Tom, Jim Hanks gives us the low down on being the substitute voice of Toy Story’s Woody.Superstar coach Michelle Wilcock tells us all about the amazing work she does for Cerebral Palsy United FC.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hollywood acting titans JK Simmons & Tom Brittney spill the beans on their new series The Westies on MGM+ and Prime Video.Catch TFI Unplugged on Channel 4 at 11:05pm on Friday nights and on the Virgin Radio UK YouTube channel! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.