Toby Amies born 27th June 1967 in Birmingham, UK is an outsider television personality and photographer, best known for his work on MTV UK's Alternative Nation, Film Four and now as the host of Lonely Planet's Six Degrees. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... See also Birmingham, USA, and other places called Birmingham. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Film Four is a British film production company owned by Channel 4. ...

Toby was brought up in Worcestershire and went to University of Exeter in Cornwall and Lawrence, Kansas, where he was awarded a scholarship in Art History which he declined in favour of work in music tv in the UK. He started djing in art college in Cheltenham (he was in the same class as British artist Tim Noble) and after leaving the UK he worked behind the decks in Arizona at top 40 radio station KRQ. He later worked at MCA Records in Los Angeles and then moved to work in the news department at MTV Europe partly thanks to work/appearances with Quentin Tarantino and Traci Lords at MCA. Worcestershire (pronounced /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃə/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃiːɜː/ or /ˈwÊŠstÉ™.təʃaɪə/; abbreviated Worcs) is a county, located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... The University of Exeter in Cornwall is the Tremough campus of the University of Exeter. ... Lawrence is a city located in Douglas County, Kansas. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... The centre of Cheltenham. ... State nickname: The Grand Canyon State, The Copper State Other U.S. States Capital Phoenix Largest city Phoenix Governor Janet Napolitano (D) Official languages English Only State Area 295,254 km² (6th)  - Land 294,312 km²  - Water 942 km² (0. ... The Music Corporation of America, commonly known as MCA, is a United States based corporation in the music business. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... Quentin Tarantino, playing Mr. ... Nora Louise Kuzma (born May 7, 1968), also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Traci Lords, is an American actress. ...

Whilst at MTV UK he worked on the programmes Alternative Nation, Weekend Edition, The Big Picture and was the co creator of the programme MTV Hot which later featured Paul Tonkinson, Sarah Cox and the German actor Christian Uhlmann as hosts.

Toby moved to MTV USA to host MTV Live with Carson Daly. This show later became TRL. in 1999 Toby moved on to form the band Genius Steals with New York photographer Brooke Williams, working with Moby, Romanthony, Darry Logan, Jim Sclavunios and Matt Verta-Ray amongst others. At this time he also hosted the anarchic US Top 20, most famous for the show that attempted to measure the length of Long Island. Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica) is a popular television personality, most known for being a host and VJ on MTVs Total Request Live. ... Total Request Live (commonly known as TRL) is a television program on MTV that features popular music videos. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Moby at NASA Rewind, a 2004 rave on Manhattan Island. ... Romanthony (born Anthony Moore) is an American acid house disc jockey. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ...

In 2001 Toby moved back to the UK where he covered film festivals for the Film Four Channel, worked for Radio 4 and now concentrates on photography and making short films and pop videos. 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A short film (also short or short subject) is a motion picture that is shorter than the average feature film. ... Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ...