Since 2016, Beckett has been a team captain on the E4 panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats and the narrator of the reality series Celebs Go Dating.

[2] His father (nicknamed "Super Dave") was throughout his career a driver of vans, lorries, oil tankers, and cabs.

[9] He made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2012 with his solo show "Rob Beckett's Summer Holiday".

[16] In February 2017, the second series of Celebs Go Dating began airing with him writing and narrating once again, this time with some overseas celebrities in tow.

In 2018, he presented Wedding Day Winners, with Lorraine Kelly,[17] and All Together Now, with Geri Halliwell, both Saturday-night entertainment series for BBC One.

As of April 2020, Beckett has co-hosted a podcast named Lockdown Parenting Hell, with fellow comedian Josh Widdicombe.

On 20 February 2022, Beckett started his new 5-7pm Sunday Show on BBC Radio 2, a timeslot he shared throughout the year with Paul O'Grady on the Wireless.