Torie Campbell is a presenter, broadcaster and writer who has spent more than two decades making a living asking questions, telling stories and occasionally doing things at slightly alarming speeds.
She’s equally at home interviewing a Formula One driver, presenting live to thousands of people, reporting from a racetrack, getting behind the wheel of a powerboat — or chatting to camera from a helicopter. In short, Torie loves a challenge, a good story and the opportunity to try something she hasn’t done before.
With a career spanning television, radio, live events and digital, Torie has become a familiar face across sport, motoring and entertainment. She has contributed F1 punditry for Love Sport Radio, made guest appearances on BBC 5 Live and BBC Breakfast, fronted One Second in F1 Racing for CNBC, and presented live television for QVC.
Her love of live broadcasting has taken her all over the world. She is a regular at Silverstone, providing live commentary at the Formula One Grand Prix and hosting hospitality stages. She has also presented on the Mercedes-Benz stage at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, launching cars to the world press, interviewing drivers, industry leaders and celebrities, and keeping live audiences entertained. For the past four years, she has presented the track for Chris Evans’ CarFest, combining live motorsport action with the energy and unpredictability of one of the UK’s biggest family festivals.
Her sporting work stretches well beyond Formula One. Torie has fronted Formula4 Stroke for ITV4, the World Powerboat Championships for Sky Sports, launched the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and interviewed some of the biggest names in sport at the Laureus World Sports Awards.
Motoring has become a particular speciality, with Torie writing and presenting for major car manufacturers and motoring publications and reporting from motor shows across the UK, Europe, the USA and China. She has a genuine fascination with the technology, people and stories behind the industry — particularly the race to make the cars we drive more sustainable.
But sport and cars are only part of the story.
Torie’s career began with music. While working as a Redcoat at Butlins, she presented and wrote Pop Box, a music show filmed at the MTV studios in London and broadcast across UK holiday camps. She went on to host the Smash Hits Roadshows and appear in fly-on-the-wall documentary series for ITV, Sky One and Sky Travel, interviewing artists ranging from The Black Eyed Peas to Placebo.
These days, Torie is also a writer and podcaster, exploring the funny, nostalgic and occasionally ridiculous business of being a woman, a mother and a person trying to work out what comes next. Her writing draws on everything from growing up in the 80s and coming of age in the 90s to motherhood, ageing, relationships, beauty and the strange privilege of reaching your forties and realising nobody quite prepared you for it.
Away from work, Torie is happiest at home. She and her husband built their own house, so naturally she has developed a slightly unhealthy interest in interiors, decorating and making a home work beautifully for real life. She loves food, music, books, travel and a good project — and is a trained yoga teacher, which comes in handy when the rest of life gets a little too chaotic.
Whether she’s behind a microphone, in front of a camera, on a live stage or sitting down to write, Torie is at her best when there’s a story to tell.
LET’S WORK TOGETHER…