# Toby Tarrant

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{{Short description|Radio presenter and broadcaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{COI|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Toby Tarrant
| image              = Toby Tarrant in 2025 at Radio X.jpg
| caption            = Toby Tarrant in 2025 at Radio X during his 10am to 1pm Show
| birth_name         = Tobias Charles Tarrant
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1991|10|29|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [Chertsey](/source/Chertsey), [Surrey](/source/Surrey), England
| years_active       = 2014–present
| occupation         = Broadcaster
| father             = [Chris Tarrant](/source/Chris_Tarrant)
| mother             = [Ingrid Dupre](/source/Ingrid_Tarrant)
| partner            = 
| spouse             = {{marriage|Pippa Taylor|16 September 2022}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Video: Pippa shares news of her engagement to Toby Tarrant on The Chris Moyles Show |url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/chris-moyles/video-pippa-taylor-toby-tarrant-engaged/ |website=Radio X |access-date=10 February 2021 |date=20 July 2020}}</ref>
| website            = [https://www.radiox.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/toby-tarrant/ Radio X Profile]
}}

'''Tobias Charles Tarrant''' (born 29 October 1991)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tobias Charles TARRANT personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/6KXOm5Xs_jAOv3tAnZBqIglSqnE/appointments |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/tobytarrant|title=Toby Tarrant (@tobytarrant) - Twitter|website=twitter.com}}</ref> is an English [radio broadcaster](/source/radio_personality) on [Radio X](/source/Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)).

==Early life==
Tarrant is the youngest son of broadcaster [Chris Tarrant](/source/Chris_Tarrant), who previously presented the breakfast show on [Capital FM](/source/Capital_(radio_network)) between 1987 and 2004, and his former wife [Ingrid](/source/Ingrid_Tarrant).

Tarrant attended [Parkside School](/source/Parkside_School%2C_Cobham)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Celebration of Sport Dinner |journal=Parkside School Newsletter |date=29 March 2022 |volume=3 |issue=7 |url=https://mailchi.mp/4bd85d7984e6/test |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> and [Reed's School](/source/Reed's_School) in [Cobham, Surrey](/source/Cobham%2C_Surrey).<ref>{{Cite web |title=OR Hall of Fame - Reed's School |url=https://www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk/701/or-hall-of-fame |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=www.reeds.surrey.sch.uk |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
Tarrant started his national radio broadcasting career on [Capital FM](/source/Capital_(radio_network)), presenting the early breakfast show in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripleamedia.com/talent/toby-tarrant|title=Toby Tarrant|publisher=Triple Media|accessdate=12 April 2018|archive-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043656/https://www.tripleamedia.com/talent/toby-tarrant|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October 2016, he moved to the same time slot on [Radio X](/source/Radio_X_(United_Kingdom)),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tripleamedia.com/news/toby-tarrant-lands-radio-x-show|title=Toby Tarrant Lands Radio X Show|first=Triple A|last=Media|website=Triple A Media|access-date=10 April 2018|archive-date=13 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413043752/https://www.tripleamedia.com/news/toby-tarrant-lands-radio-x-show|url-status=dead}}</ref> presenting from 4am to 6:30am. He also began covering ''[The Chris Moyles Show](/source/The_Chris_Moyles_Show)'' when [Chris Moyles](/source/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](/source/Jack_Saunders_(disc_jockey)).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2018/04/toby-tarrant-takes-over-mornings-at-radio-x/|title=Toby Tarrant takes over mornings at Radio X – RadioToday|website=radiotoday.co.uk|date=6 April 2018}}</ref> The first hour of the show is the request hour.

In October 2018, Tarrant won an episode of the [BBC One](/source/BBC_One) show ''[Pointless](/source/Pointless)'' with fellow Radio X DJ [Johnny Vaughan](/source/Johnny_Vaughan) (who replaced his father on the Breakfast Show at Capital).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bn9d30|title=BBC One - Pointless Celebrities, Series 11, Presenters|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=6 January 2019}}</ref>

In May 2025, Tarrant appeared on an episode of [Katie Piper](/source/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. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-04 |title=Episode 3 - Katie Piper's Weekend Escape (Series 1, Episode 3) - Apple TV (UK) |url=https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/episode-3/umc.cmc.2jwbaaoibf41brxpznbyj3q95?showId=umc.cmc.nkdkzmqvyr3of8qd4iv9gprj |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Apple TV |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tarrant is married to Pippa Taylor, the former executive producer of ''[The Chris Moyles Show](/source/The_Chris_Moyles_Show)''. Taylor announced the pair's engagement on ''The Chris Moyles Show'' on 20 July 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/chris-moyles/video-pippa-taylor-toby-tarrant-engaged/|title=Pippa Taylor announces engagement on Radio X|work=Radio X|access-date=24 July 2020|language=en}}</ref> 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](/source/Leicester_Square) naked if he raised over £30,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://results-2018.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2018/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=9999990F5ECC8E0000298C64&lang=EN_CAP&event=MAS&search%5Bname%5D=tarrant&search%5Bnation%5D=%25&search_sort=name&search_event=MAS|title=Virgin Money London Marathon 2018|website=results-2018.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com|access-date=23 April 2018|archive-date=6 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230906123547/http://results-2018.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2018/?content=detail&fpid=search&pid=search&idp=9999990F5ECC8E0000298C64&lang=EN_CAP&event=MAS&search&#91;name&#93;=tarrant&search&#91;nation&#93;=%&search_sort=name&search_event=MAS|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.radiox.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/toby-tarrant/london-marathon-2018-donation-terms-conditions/|title=Toby Runs The London Marathon 2018|work=Radio X|access-date=15 April 2018|language=en|archive-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416012243/http://www.radiox.co.uk/radio/shows-presenters/toby-tarrant/london-marathon-2018-donation-terms-conditions/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2024, he rode a unicorn [pedalo](/source/pedalo), again for Global's Make Some Noise, this time raising over £250,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tarrant Vs The Thames: raising money for Global's Make Some Noise |url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/charity/tarrant-vs-the-thames-globals-make-some-noise/ |access-date=2025-08-31 |website=Radio X |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|9865124}}

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