A multi-award winning author, the composer for the Great British Bake Off, an international rugby player and more politicians than even Jeremy Paxman could grill in one night.

This is not the interview cuttings list of a professional journalist, however, but that of a 13-year-old boy from Porthleven with a talent for persuasion and winning over some of the biggest names in arts and politics.

For while most teenage boys are fiddling with their fidget spinners, Toby Berryman is trying to spin his next one-on-one with a high profile figure.

It began last September, when he joined a new radio club that had been set up at his school, Mount Kelly in Tavistock, where he was head boy.

He said: "It was a new club and I thought that it might be a fun thing to do; being an autograph collector, I am quite good at trying to contact famous/important people."

Early interest waned for many members, however, and Toby was left doing around 90 per cent of the interviews himself.

As a result he has amassed an impressive list of names already, from Bake Off composer Tom Howe - who subsequently composed Toby his own theme tune for his radio show - to England rugby play (and Mount Kelly old boy) Phil De Glanville, playwright Ray Cooney and Philip Reeve, author of the Mortal Engines quartet of books, whose sketch of Toby the teenager now uses as his logo.

Other interviewees include two University Challenge contestants (one a winner of the show), Private Eye and Dead Ringers writer Nev Fountain, art historian Bendor Grosvenor, accomplished South African journalist Fiona Lloyd, four past and present MPs - including former British Foreign Secretary Lord Owen - and the Honorary Alexandra Shackleton, granddaughter of polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton.

He also presented a special episode of his show with Bridge Farm Primary School, when a Banksy artwork appeared on their wall.

Future interviews lined up include Dr Liam Fox, current International Secretary of State for Trade in Theresa May’s cabinet.

"When I want to interview somebody, I look online, mainly on their website or social media. I then e-mail them or message them on social media to invite them to an interview - usually I find the best way to do these interviews is over Skype or on the phone, but every so often when it is somebody local, they come to do the interview in person.

"Some people have found it hard to believe that I am actually 13; I regularly have to send people contact details for my teachers," said Toby.

Toby's main show, 20 Questions, features him asking his guests ten questions about their profession/subject and ten set questions, although he also regularly does special episodes where all the questions are focused on a person's profession. He then edits the interviews before they are aired to the school and is also in the process of uploading them to YouTube.

Toby added: "I would love a career in politics, but I also love journalism and making these radio interviews."

He hopes to continue his interviews when he begins attending Eton in the new school year.