She starred as Lucy in Radio 4's Double Income, No Kids Yet, which was written by David Spicer and also stars David Tennant, Meera Syal and Tony Gardner. The series was originally broadcast in 2001.
On 9 August 2009, it was announced that Carling was due to tour the UK from the end of August in a theatre production of Absurd Person Singular.
As of February 2010, she starred in the theatre production of I Ought to Be in Pictures. In 2016, she narrated the second series of Bear Grylls: Mission Survive on ITV. Carling also appeared on "Our Girl" on BBC1 on 7 September 2016.
