Toby Anstis (born 14 December 1970) is an English radio and television presenter. He is a presenter on

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and spin-off station

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Early life

Originally from

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, Anstis was educated at Desborough School, an all-boys school in

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. He graduated in psychology and business studies from the University of Surrey Roehampton. Toby was adopted with his twin sister as a child, his biological father was Italian and his biological mother, Gina, was English. He only met his birth parents as an adult and has commented that he was 'lucky' to have good adoptive parents.

Career

Anstis began his career on

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's Broom Cupboard. He was the show's last presenter and also spent three years on

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. He worked on music show ''

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'' on BBC1 and BBC2, co-hosted Children in Need two years running, presented cricket films for ''

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,'' and hosted live outside broadcasts on ''National Lottery Live'' for the BBC. Anstis also presented the first series of ''Trust Me I'm A Holiday rep'' on Channel 5, has won three episodes of ''

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'' on BBC1, hosted TV Scrabble, and guested on TV shows such as

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's ''Saturday Night Take Away'', ''Celebrity Egg Heads'', and '' This Morning'', as well as guest-starring in ''Mongrels'' on BBC2, and co-hosting a ''Celebrity Through the Keyhole'' with

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and appearing in the spin-off show ''

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''. In 2020, during the

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crisis, Anstis joined the supergroup

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with

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and X Factor winner

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to raise money for both

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and

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. They recorded a new rendition of

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and it was released digitally on 11. December 2020 on independent record label

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Filmography

TV

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I'm Famous and Frightened! ''I'm Famous and Frightened!'' is a Living TV reality TV show in which eight celebrities stayed for three nights in a "haunted" castle. They had to then do terrifying challenges to raise money for charity; each one was evicted until only the wi ...

'' (2004) – Guest *'' Children in Need'' – Co-presenter *''

Trust Me – I'm a Holiday Rep ''Trust Me - I'm A Holiday Rep'' is a reality television show that was broadcast by Five in the United Kingdom. The first series ran nightly with ten programmes over two weeks. It chronicles attempts by six celebrities to work as holiday reps f ...

'' – Presenter *'' The Mint'' – Guest *'' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' (2006) – Participant *''

Big Brother's Big Mouth This is a complete list of shows about and relating to ''Big Brother UK'' and ''Celebrity Big Brother''. The civilian edition ran from 2000 to 2018 and the celebrity edition ran from 2001 to 2018. ''Big Brother'' ''Big Brother'' was a daily sho ...

'' (2006) – Pundit *''

Ready Steady Cook ''Ready Steady Cook'' is a BBC daytime TV cooking game show. It debuted on 24 October 1994 and the last original edition was broadcast on 2 February 2010. The programme was hosted by Fern Britton from 1994 until 2000 when celebrity chef Ainsley ...

'' (2009) *''

The Alan Titchmarsh Show ''The Alan Titchmarsh Show'' is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 until 14 November 2014 and aired on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" the ...

'' (2009) *''

Mongrels (TV series) ''Mongrels'' is a British puppet-based musical situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second and fin ...

'' (2010) *'' Eggheads'' (2011) *''

Loose Women ''Loose Women'' (previously known as ''Live Talk'' from 2000 to 2001) is a British talk show that broadcasts on ITV1 weekdays from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm. The show focuses on a panel of four female presenters who interview celebrities, talk about ...

'' – Loose Man *''

Pointless Celebrities ''Pointless'' is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Television for the BBC. It is hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to ...

'' (2012,2016,2019) – Winning Contestant *'' Celebrity Come Dine with Me: Christmas Special'' – Contestant *''

Who's Doing the Dishes? ''Who's Doing the Dishes?'' is a cooking game show that aired on ITV from 1 September 2014 to 14 October 2016. It is hosted by Brian McFadden Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980) is an Irish pop singer and television presenter w ...

'' (2015) – Celebrity chef *''Hacker's Birthday Bash: 30 Years of Children's BBC'' (2015) – Himself *'' A Place in the Sun'' (2017) - Himself *''

'' (2020) - Himself *

Richard Osman's House of Games ''Richard Osman's House of Games'' is a British quiz show produced by Banijay (owners of Endemol Shine UK), a branch of Remarkable Television for the BBC. The show is hosted by Richard Osman. It is played on a weekly basis, with four "celebri ...

(2022) - Himself

References

External links

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Heart's Club Classics with Toby Anstis on Heart Radio
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