# Toby Foster > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toby_Foster > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Toby_Foster.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Foster > Source revision: 1342914089 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English comedic actor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Toby Foster | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|08|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham), [South Yorkshire](/source/South_Yorkshire), England | death_date = | death_place = | known_for = Broadcasting | education = Barnburgh Junior School
Lacewood Primary School, Dearneside
Comprehensive & Wath Comprehensive | employer = [BBC](/source/BBC) | occupation = Breakfast radio show presenter | spouse = | partner = | children = }} '''Toby Foster''' (born 13 August 1969) is a British [comedian](/source/comedian), [actor](/source/actor), [radio presenter](/source/radio_presenter), [promoter](/source/promoter_(entertainment)) and festival producer. He is best known for his long-running [BBC Radio Sheffield](/source/BBC_Radio_Sheffield) show, and for his appearances in the [television](/source/television) work of [Peter Kay](/source/Peter_Kay). ==Early life== Foster went to the [Barnburgh](/source/Barnburgh) Junior School, followed by Lacewood Primary School, [Dearneside Comprehensive](/source/The_Dearne_High_School) and [Wath Comprehensive](/source/Wath_Comprehensive_School) in [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham). ==Radio== Foster was the host of BBC Radio Sheffield's breakfast show since 2004. He originally joined the station in the afternoon slot, from 2 until 5pm, taking over from [Tony Capstick](/source/Tony_Capstick) on 2 April 2002. He then worked with [Antonia Brickell](/source/Antonia_Brickell) on a joint breakfast show in September 2004. His current breakfast show is called Toby Foster at Breakfast (formally Toby Foster Bigger at Breakfast). The show is aired from 06:00-10:00 every weekday. He has been nominated for three [Radio Academy Awards](/source/Radio_Academy_Awards): The Entertainment Award in 2004, Best Interview Award in 2010,{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/local/sheffield/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_8611000/8611170.stm|title=Sony Radio Academy Award nomination for Toby Foster|website=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News)|date=12 April 2010 }} and [Sony](/source/Sony) Speech Broadcaster of the Year in 2012. In 2020 Foster won for Best Speech Breakfast Show, but was unable to attend due to suffering an "[ADHD](/source/Attention_deficit_hyperactivity_disorder) meltdown".{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/people/radio-sheffield-presenter-toby-foster-reveals-massive-adhd-meltdown-made-him-miss-awards-ceremony-win-2091458|title=Radio Sheffield presenter Toby Foster reveals "massive ADHD meltdown" made him miss awards ceremony win"|website=[The Star](/source/Sheffield_Star)|date=5 March 2020 }} Foster was suspended from Radio Sheffield in December 2013 after using an offensive word on his [Twitter](/source/Twitter) account, in reference to a fellow BBC employee.{{cite web |title='Got pretty much sacked', says BBC Radio Sheffield's Toby Foster |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/got-pretty-much-sacked-says-bbc-radio-sheffield-s-toby-foster-1-6310501 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214031652/https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/got-pretty-much-sacked-says-bbc-radio-sheffield-s-toby-foster-1-6310501 |archive-date=14 December 2013 |website=[The Star](/source/Sheffield_Star)}} He returned in January 2014 after making an apology to his colleagues and the public.{{cite web |title=Toby Foster returning to Radio Sheffield |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/out-and-about/toby-foster-returning-to-radio-sheffield-1-6393314 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908075950/https://www.thestar.co.uk/whats-on/out-and-about/toby-foster-returning-to-radio-sheffield-1-6393314 |archive-date=8 September 2016 |website=[The Star](/source/Sheffield_Star)}} Foster now hosts an afternoon show across BBC Local Radio in Yorkshire on [BBC Radio Sheffield](/source/BBC_Radio_Sheffield), [BBC Radio Leeds](/source/BBC_Radio_Leeds) and [BBC Radio York](/source/BBC_Radio_York). ==Film and television== {{BLP unsourced section|date=May 2020}} Foster appeared in Channel 4's ''[Phoenix Nights](/source/Phoenix_Nights)'' as Les Campbell, one half of the club's backing band, Les Alanos. Foster had worked with show creator and star [Peter Kay](/source/Peter_Kay) on ''[That Peter Kay Thing](/source/That_Peter_Kay_Thing)'' and went on to work with him on ''[Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere](/source/Max_and_Paddy's_Road_to_Nowhere)''. He is affectionately referred to as "One-Take" Toby by friend and co-star Peter Kay, because of his belief that he never gets his lines wrong.Peter Kay - Phoenix Nights Series 2 DVD Commentary Foster made a cameo as "Northern Comic" in the 2007 Christmas Special of [BBC Television](/source/BBC_Television) series ''[Extras](/source/Extras_(TV_series))''. His character appeared as a contestant in the reality show ''[Celebrity Big Brother](/source/Celebrity_Big_Brother_(British_TV_series))'', alongside co-writer and star [Gervais](/source/Ricky_Gervais)' Andy Millman, [Lionel Blair](/source/Lionel_Blair), [Lisa Scott-Lee](/source/Lisa_Scott-Lee) and ''[X-Factor](/source/X-Factor)'' contestant [Chico Slimani](/source/Chico_Slimani). In 2008, he worked on the British comedy film ''Snappers'', which was shot on location in [Torbay](/source/Torbay). The film also stars [Joss Stone](/source/Joss_Stone), Matt Milburn, [Tim Healy](/source/Tim_Healy_(actor)), [Suranne Jones](/source/Suranne_Jones), Matt Slack and [John Bowe](/source/John_Bowe_(actor)), amongst others. It remains unreleased.{{cite web|url=https://www.filmtipset.se/film/snappers|title=Snappers >> Filmtipset|website=Filmtipset}} Since 2019, Foster has provided the narration for [Yesterday](/source/Yesterday_(TV_channel))'s ''Bangers and Cash'', a factual entertainment programme following a family-run classic car auction in [Thornton le Dale](/source/Thornton-le-Dale), North Yorkshire. ==Stand-up== In addition to his broadcast work, Foster is also a [stand-up comedian](/source/stand-up_comedian), and continues to promote twice weekly shows at the Last Laugh Comedy Club, held on Friday and Saturday evenings at [Sheffield City Hall](/source/Sheffield_City_Hall). He was a founder member of the M.E.N.@Work team at Manchester's [Comedy Store](/source/The_Comedy_Store_(London)). He also runs his own company, Don't Shoot Productions Ltd., which runs comedy nights in the north of England. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7tv ''Toby Foster on BBC Radio Sheffield''] (BBC Radio Sheffield) * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gm78p9 ''Toby Foster on BBC Radio Leeds''] (BBC Radio Leeds) * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0gm6fqg ''Toby Foster on BBC Radio York''] (BBC Radio York) *{{IMDb name | nm1222921}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Toby}} Category:Comedians from South Yorkshire Category:Male actors from South Yorkshire Category:English male comedians Category:1969 births Category:English radio personalities Category:People educated at Wath Academy Category:People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Category:Living people Category:Actors from Rotherham --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Toby Foster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Foster) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Foster?action=history)). 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