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Chris Evans plays BBC Radio Two jingle by mistake on his Virgin show

The broadcaster asked: ‘Now will I end up in court?’
The broadcaster asked: ‘Now will I end up in court?’ The broadcaster asked: ‘Now will I end up in court?’

Chris Evans has joked that he might be sued after he played a jingle from his former Radio 2 show during his new Virgin Radio slot.

The broadcaster, who left the BBC last month after nearly 15 years, made the gaffe during Friday morning’s programme on the digital-only station.

The 52-year-old laughed as he questioned whether he would be taken to court by his former employer over the mistake.

Chris Evans after first Virgin Radio breakfast show – London
Chris Evans after first Virgin Radio breakfast show – London Chris Evans arrives at the Virgin Radio studios in London for his debut broadcast in his new slot (Yui Mok/PA)

The jingle incorrectly announced the show as “Chris Evans on Radio 2” and was broadcast as Evans played the Bon Jovi song You Give Love A Bad Name.

Noticing his mistake, he told viewers: “That one slipped through the net.

“Now will that end up in court? Seriously? It’s not my fault, is it?”

Evans joined Radio 2 in 2005 and hosted the breakfast show from January 2010.

He left the BBC in December, taking his team with him, to return to Virgin almost 20 years after he left.