Dolly Parton completely blew me away. She's an utter pro and a great interview and I couldn't believe she was right beside me. She held my hand while she was talking to me, which was unbelievable.
- Christine Bleakley

From a very young age all my make-believe games revolved around pretend television programmes.
- Christine Bleakley

I asked for a video camera for Christmas one year so I could record my "programmes" and I'm not in any of them. You can just hear me bossing my sister about or whoever else I'd coerced into playing TV with me.
- Christine Bleakley

I know it's boring but I'm madly obsessed with ironing.
- Christine Bleakley

I love long lunches and lost afternoons. When you're live on the telly at 7pm five nights a week, they're a thing of the past.
- Christine Bleakley

I'd like to fly helicopters. Air ambulance or air-sea rescue or something like that.
- Christine Bleakley

The Eagles were a bit tricky, but American guests do come on and look a bit shocked. They don't know the show and they're like, "We've got to talk about butterflies?"
- Christine Bleakley

You have a split second to get tone, questions and all the rest of it right. You can't redo live performances.
- Christine Bleakley