Ep. 572 - Toby Anstis - From CBBC’s Broom Cupboard to 25 years at Heart Radio
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 842 Ratings
🗓️ 23 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Toby Anstis is one of the UK's best-loved radio and TV presenters, with a showbiz career spanning over 30 years. He began as the last ever presenter in the legendary CBBC "broom cupboard" on BBC1, before going on to host The Ozone, the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party at Wembley Arena, Children in Need, Grandstand, and the National Lottery Live. Since joining Heart Radio in 2001, Toby has built an extraordinary following — his show is now the number one most listened-to commercial radio show in the UK, with 4.1 million listeners. In 2019 he launched Heart Dance, where he hosts the breakfast show every morning and Club Classics every Friday night. Beyond radio, Toby has appeared on Loose Women, This Morning, I'm A Celebrity, and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, trod the boards in the West End production of Grease, and is a regular face in magazines including OK!. He also DJs extensively across the UK and Ibiza, headlining at the Epsom Derby, Ascot, Sandown, and festivals and club nights nationwide.
Toby Anstis is our guests in episode 572 of My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he’d like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to my time capsule. I'm Mike Fenton-Stevens. My Time Capsule is the podcast where people tell me five things from their life they wish they had in a time capsule, |
| 0:22.4 | four things they cherish and one thing they like to bury and forget. We've been going for six |
| 0:27.7 | years now and we have plenty of episodes to listen to. But in this episode, I'm delighted to say my |
| 0:33.2 | guest is the DJ, radio and TV presenter, Toby Anstice. With a showbiz career spanning 30 years, |
| 0:41.4 | Toby is one of the nation's best love radio and TV presenters, with his heart radio show |
| 0:46.3 | becoming the number one most listened to commercial radio show in the UK, with 4.1 million |
| 0:52.5 | listeners. It all started in the legendary C BBC broom cupboard on BBC |
| 0:58.2 | one where Toby was the last ever presenter of the show. He went on to present the ozone for the BBC, |
| 1:04.3 | then smash hits poll winners party at Wembley Arena. This all led to two years co-hosting |
| 1:09.8 | children in need, grandstand and hosting |
| 1:12.5 | the National Lottery Live for the BBC. Toby started broadcasting for Hart in 2001, and in 2019 |
| 1:19.7 | he launched a brand new national radio station, Heart Dance, where he presents the breakfast |
| 1:25.4 | show live every morning, plus club classics every Friday night from 7 to 11pm, simulcast on heart and heart dance. |
| 1:34.3 | Toby's talent has also seen him on the West End stage in Greece, which he talks about in this episode. |
| 1:40.1 | He's often seen in magazines such as OK and regularly appears on TV shows such as loose women, |
| 1:46.3 | Steff's packed lunch, pointless, Richard Osmond's House of Games, this morning, |
| 1:50.6 | and Dex's Saturday night takeaway, and he's even found time to hit the jungle for I'm a celebrity. |
| 1:57.0 | Toby continuously DJs around the UK and Ibiza, headlining many main stages, including the Epsom Darby, Ascot and Sandown, and can be seen regularly playing at festivals and sell-out gigs at club nights, lucky devil. |
| 2:11.3 | So let the lovely Toby Anstis put you in the party mood with his five time capsule choices. |
| 2:20.8 | Hello, hello, how are you? |
| 2:22.8 | Very good. How are you, Mike? |
| 2:24.1 | Yeah, I'm great, actually. It's a beautiful sunny day. I hate the winter. |
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