Toby Tarrant

Toby Tarrant
Toby Tarrant in 2025 at Radio X during his 10am to 1pm Show
Born	Tobias Charles Tarrant (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33) Chertsey, Surrey, England
Occupation	Broadcaster
Years active	2014–present
Spouse	Pippa Taylor ​ (m. 2022)​ [1]
Parents	Chris Tarrant (father) Ingrid Dupre (mother)
Website	Radio X Profile

Tobias Charles Tarrant (born 29 October 1991)^[2][3] is an English radio broadcaster on Radio X.

Early life

Tarrant is the youngest son of broadcaster Chris Tarrant, who previously presented the breakfast show on Capital FM between 1987 and 2004, and his former wife Ingrid.

Tarrant attended Parkside School^[4] and Reed's School in Cobham, Surrey.^[5]

Career

Tarrant started his national radio broadcasting career on Capital FM, presenting the early breakfast show in 2014.^[6]

In October 2016, he moved to the same time slot on Radio X,^[7] presenting from 4am to 6:30am. He also began covering The Chris Moyles Show when Chris Moyles was on leave.

Due to his profile being raised after increasing the listener figures on his early show by 29%, and also by appearing on Moyles' show, Tarrant moved to the mid-morning slot (10am-1pm) in April 2018, taking over from Jack Saunders.^[8] The first hour of the show is the request hour.

In October 2018, Tarrant won an episode of the BBC One show Pointless with fellow Radio X DJ Johnny Vaughan (who replaced his father on the Breakfast Show at Capital).^[9]

In May 2025, Tarrant appeared on an episode of Katie Piper 's Weekend Escapes (Series 1, Episode 3) - the episode featured Tarrant participating in making cocktails and some Belly Dancing whilst wearing fairy wings. ^[10]

Personal life

Tarrant has been married to Pippa Taylor, the former executive producer of The Chris Moyles Show. Taylor announced the pair's engagement on The Chris Moyles Show on 20 July 2020.^[11] They married on 16 September 2022.

Tarrant ran the London Marathon for the charity "Make Some Noise" in 2018, achieving a time of 04:20:27. He raised over £31,000 for his efforts. One of the main reasons for the high total was due to his agreement with Moyles that he would cycle around Leicester Square naked if he raised over £30,000.^[12][13] In 2024, he rode a unicorn pedalo, again for Global's Make Some Noise, this time raising over £250,000.^[14]

References

1. "Video: Pippa shares news of her engagement to Toby Tarrant on The Chris Moyles Show". Radio X. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
2. "Tobias Charles TARRANT personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
3. "Toby Tarrant (@tobytarrant) - Twitter". twitter.com.
4. "Celebration of Sport Dinner". Parkside School Newsletter. 3 (7). 29 March 2022. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
5. "OR Hall of Fame - Reed's School". www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
6. "Toby Tarrant". Triple Media. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
7. Media, Triple A. "Toby Tarrant Lands Radio X Show". Triple A Media. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
8. "Toby Tarrant takes over mornings at Radio X – RadioToday". radiotoday.co.uk. 6 April 2018.
9. "BBC One - Pointless Celebrities, Series 11, Presenters". BBC. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
10. "Episode 3 - Katie Piper's Weekend Escape (Series 1, Episode 3) - Apple TV (UK)". Apple TV. 4 May 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
11. "Pippa Taylor announces engagement on Radio X". Radio X. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
12. "Virgin Money London Marathon 2018". results-2018.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
13. "Toby Runs The London Marathon 2018". Radio X. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
14. "Tarrant Vs The Thames: raising money for Global's Make Some Noise". Radio X. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

External links

• Toby Tarrant at IMDb