Radio Winton started
DJing in clubs in
Richmond in 1972, where he met
Steve Allen, the
LBC radio presenter. The two remained friends thereafter, and lived together for a period as well as going on holiday together. From there he had a selection of jobs including selling
timeshares. In 1982, Winton moved to London and began his entertainment career on the London club circuit, where he DJ'd at weekends. This led him to the
United Biscuits Radio Network where he did a variety of jobs working for
Adrian Love, before getting his own morning show. From here he joined
Radio Trent in
Nottingham, where he presented a weekend show, moving to the weekday mid-morning show, before leaving in 1985, and going on to work at a number of other local radio stations including
Chiltern Radio,
Beacon Radio (in
Wolverhampton, for 3 years) as well as
Blue Danube Radio in
Vienna,
Austria. In 2000, Winton took over from
Alan Freeman to present
Pick of the Pops on
BBC Radio 2, and hosted the show until 30 October 2010, when
Tony Blackburn replaced him. Winton sat in for
Steve Wright and
Liza Tarbuck on BBC Radio 2, covering the latter's Saturday show in September 2013 and November–December 2016.
Television Winton began his television career in 1986 on
Pet Watch, before working for
Channel 4,
Lifestyle Channel and
ITV. From 1993 to 2000, he hosted
Supermarket Sweep during the
daytime TV period on ITV. In 2007,
Supermarket Sweep was revived after a -year absence. Winton portrayed himself as an irritating game show presenter in
Danny Boyle's 1996 film
Trainspotting. In 1995–96, Winton presented BBC's Saturday night game show
Pets Win Prizes. In 1997, he presented the final of
The Great British Song Contest, the national selection for the
Eurovision Song Contest, due to a tie-in with the lottery programme. Between that year and 2002, he also presented a dating show called
The Other Half. In 1999, he appeared on the sitcom
Gimme Gimme Gimme with
Kathy Burke in the episode
Do They Take Sugar? In 2000, he presented
Barbara Windsor – Hall Of Fame 2000 TV Special, the induction of
Barbara Windsor as the first artist to be inducted into the new BBC Hall of Fame. In 2001, he presented
Channel 5's endurance show
Touch the Truck. In 2002, Winton began presenting the
National Lottery game show
In It to Win It. In 2003, he appeared in the
BBC Three mockumentary, ''Dale's Wedding'', in which he supposedly married the UK celebrity
Nell McAndrew. From 2003 to 2004, he hosted two series of
Stars Reunited where the casts of popular British television series were reunited after many years. Between 2004 and 2006, he presented three series of the
celebrity weight loss "
boot camp" programme,
Celebrity Fit Club on ITV. Winton presented BBC One's Saturday night entertainment programme
Hole In The Wall in 2008, based on the
Japanese original, where contestants in skin-tight
lycra costumes contorted themselves to fit through oddly-shaped holes in a moving wall. The show returned for a second series in 2009 but
Anton Du Beke replaced Winton as host. Winton began appearing in television advertisements for cashmygold.co.uk in 2010. Winton appeared on
Matt Lucas and
David Walliams' BBC comedy series
Come Fly With Me. He appeared in the last episode of the series, playing himself. ==Personal life==