Anstis' first break came when he appeared in The Broom Cupboard on Children's BBC from April 1992 to September 1995. He then hosted The O-Zone music show on BBC Two. Highlights included a first interview with Michael Hutchence and Andrew Farriss of INXS in Rome and an O Zone Special featuring Take That. He completed a world record with Bon Jovi, flying around the UK on the band's private jet, filming with the band as they played live in Glasgow, Cardiff and London in a single day, He hosted a Radiohead special for BBC Two in Vancouver, and a special with Guns N' Roses in Athens, at the Olympic Stadium and on their private yacht. He went on to present on the National Lottery Live, began presenting cricket films for Grandstand and hosted live coverage of Party In The Park and Reading Festival for ITV2. He also hosted 3 series of Fan Tc with Dannii Minogue for BBC!, 5 series of Bright Sparks for BBC1 recorded in Scotland. Then The 11th Hour for BBC1 live every Sunday morning. Plus presented Children In Need for two successive years. Anstis then moved into radio, presenting for the Liberty Radiobreakfast show, and for various programmes on Challenge, before moving to Global's Heart in 2002. In 2004, he appeared in the Living TV reality show, I'm Famous and Frightened!. Anstis co-hosted Children in Need, The National Lottery Live and Grandstand on BBC One, as well as Fan TC with Dannii Minogue and Electric Circus for Live & Kicking, and Bright Sparks. He also presented Trust Me – I'm a Holiday Rep on Channel 5. In November 2006, he took part in the sixth series of the ITV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and was the first person to be voted out of the show, although it was reported the next day in various tabloids including The Sun that there had been a voting error and Dean Gaffney should have gone. In 2007, he was a judge on VH1's Wannabe and featured on The Killer In Me for ITV1 along with Fiona Phillips, footballer John Barnes and political presenter Andrew Neil. In 2009, he featured on Ready Steady Cook and The Alan Titchmarsh Show. In 2011, he appeared on the BBC quiz show Eggheads. He was the first ever honorary 'Loose Man' on ITV Loose Women and made his stage debut as Teen Angel in the West End production of Grease at the Piccadilly Theatre on 25 January 2010.. Made acting appearance on cult hit BBC3 show "Mongrels". Has been regularly involved in Adoption week on This Morning and supports Asthma UK. in 2019 Toby Anstis won "Pointless Celebrity" for the third time with fellow Heart presenter Lilah Parsons. Having won it previously with Jenni Falconer and Kirsten O'Brien After 17 years, Anstis left weekday mid-mornings on Heart on 5 April 2019.It had been officially the UK's most listened to commercial radio show with a peak of 4.1 millions listeners. Being a big fan of dance music and a busy dj, he was very excited to move on to present Heart's Club Classics each Friday evening. On 21 June 2019 Anstis launched a brand new national DAB radio station, Heart Dance, where he presents weekday breakfast. His Heart's Club Classics show is simulcast with the spin-off station. Has a extensive live dj profile: Dj to Sir Elton John on New Years Eve at the 02, 2008. Headline dj at the International Cup Dubai Classic at Royal Ascot to 30,000 audience. Headline dj at the Epsom Derby two years running to 20,000 audience. Support dj to Jess Glynne at Ainwick Castle 2017. Support dj to Demi Lovato at Newmarket Racecourse 2018. Dj sets for Symphonicibiza at Savannahs 2019.
