This much I know: Joe Duffy, broadcaster

Before Liveline goes on air each day I wash my hands, look at myself in the mirror, and say two words: ‘Libel’, and ‘entertainment’.

It’s a big animal of a show. It’s pretty relentless. We’ve 75 minutes to fill with speech every day, no music or reports to pad things out, and it is absolutely live.

It is stressful and I have to be on top of my game as I’m the only person on the team who hears every bit of the programme — the producer is trying to juggle phones and so many other things at the same time — so I have to be totally engrossed in what’s being said.