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| Capital Radio Breakfast Show Gold 1995 |
In 1984, Tarrant joined London commercial radio station Capital Radio, firstly presenting the weekday lunchtime show, before taking on the breakfast show. His morning show ran for 17 years and became one of the staples of early morning London life, resulting in him winning the coveted Sony Radio Academy Awards, Breakfast Show Gold in 1995. Another notable point was when the young Countess of Wessex was a Public Relations representative at Capital, and was photographed sitting next to Tarrant in a taxi whilst having her top pulled down on an outside broadcast. The photo was later released in 1999 by ex co-host of the breakfast show Kara Noble, by now working at Heart 106.2 in London when the Countess was about to marry Prince Edward. Subsequently The Sun apologised, while Noble was promptly sacked on grounds of bringing the company into disrepute. |
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| In total Tarrant presented 4,425 programmes, with the show ending on the 2 April 2004. After being inducted in the Radio Academy Hall of Fame in December 2003, he was replaced by Johnny Vaughan. Read on > |
| Present Career Tarrant combined his radio day job with many TV projects of varying quality and success, including the early 90s ITV quiz show "Lose A Million"... |
Personal Life After working through the "suppression" of boarding school, Tarrant admitted to a high interest in his early 20's to women, drink and horseracing. At University he had a system under which he took half his grant... |
Charity Work Tarrant's charity work, for which he received an OBE in 2004 includes: being an ambassador for the homeless charity, Centrepoint; Trustee/Patron of The New School at West Heath for disadvantaged children (the school... |
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