there was a short period during which Fox hosted a show starting at midnight on Saturday, specifically aimed at the club crowd. It was for this show that he adopted the moniker "Dr Fox", with the full title of the programme being "Dr Fox's Midnight Surgery". This was at the suggestion of Capital's Programme Director, Richard Park. Many people called the show for requests. Fox was well known for having banter with callers and the "Surgery" was soon extended to his weekday evening shows. Fox was establishing himself as one of Capital FM's most popular DJs and in 1993 he began presenting the Sunday afternoon Network Chart Show, which owing to sponsorship went on to be called the Pepsi Network Chart before becoming simply the Pepsi Chart in 1996 and then hit40uk, sponsored by Woolworths in 2003. During Fox's tenure this show, which had previously been hosted by David Jensen, overtook the official Top 40 show on BBC Radio 1 (broadcast at exactly the same time). In addition to this, he still continued with his evening show, although from 1995 he went out on Sundays to Thursdays. On Sundays his show was from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm as he presented the Chart show beforehand. In 1997 it was rumoured that Matthew Bannister offered Fox the breakfast show on BBC Radio 1, following the departure of Chris Evans from the station. In late 1998 he took over Capital's 4.00 pm – 7.00 pm drivetime show from David Jensen which was later extended to 8.00 pm. Fox also presented a show on Channel 5 from 1998 until 2002, and he was famously a judge on Pop Idol, as well as presenting various other ITV1 shows. On Capital FM he moved from the weekday evening show to the drivetime show in 1998, again succeeding David Jensen. He deputised for Chris Tarrant on the station's breakfast show on many occasions, especially after Tarrant changed to part-time work in 2003, but was passed over in favour of Johnny Vaughan as Tarrant's successor. Fox said that he wanted to leave Capital when he did not get the breakfast show, but he initially changed his mind and remained for a while longer. On 30 May 2004 he presented his last hit40uk after 11 years, but remained on Capital FM until the spring of 2005 when he left the station after 18 years, his drivetime show being