So, with season 10 kicking off on Monday 5th June, we thought who better to speak to than the man himself who has been at the helm for eight whole years.<\/p>\n
After being put on a short hold, Iain\u2019s publicist connects us to the comedian, who has just returned from a trip to Scotland.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s weird not being out there [Mallorca],\u201d says Iain, as we fill him in on our recent press visit to the villa.<\/p>\n
Asked whether he\u2019ll be making a trip overseas for season 10 to record part of his voiceover, he continues: \u201cPossibly, I don\u2019t really know. I\u2019ll have to look at family commitments and diary and stuff. I used to go out all the time, but with COVID it obviously became vey apparent that working from home is very much an option. In many ways, it\u2019s the easier option to not have to uproot your life for two months, but then I do miss the team and everyone. I\u2019ve lived in Spain for over a year of my life so to speak and don\u2019t know a lick of Spanish!\u201d<\/p>\n
After practising the only Spanish phrase he knows: \u201cDos Cervesa, por favour\u201d which translates to \u201cTwo beers, please\u201d, talk turns to the upcoming season, which you might be surprised to hear Iain knows very little about.<\/p>\n
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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\u201cNormally, the week, maybe even two weeks leading up to it, I\u2019d be getting stuff ready. Now, I\u2019ll start thinking about it on Sunday. Me and Mark [who Iain co-writes with] deliberately never do any prep. But the thinking behind that has always been that we want to watch the first episode like a member of the public watches,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
That means the comedian hasn\u2019t had a chance to look a this year\u2019s line-up, which includes model Molly Marsh,<\/a> who is the daughter of Coronation Street actress Janet Marsh, business development executive George Fensom<\/a>, and Tyrique Hyde<\/a> \u2013 footballer and friend of former contestant Toby Aromolaran.<\/p>\n Despite this, Iain is feeling the pressure to make sure he lives up to previous performances, admitting he feels a \u201cresponsibility\u201d to the audience.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s obviously a pressure because you want it to be good. And in this day and age, we have the world of social media and stuff, so you just feel pressure to make a TV show that a significant amount of people watch because nowadays people just watch telly in such different ways. And there\u2019s not many shows that people tune into every night at that time,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, I think the pressure is more there. I do feel a genuine responsibility to the audience because it\u2019s got such a following and people sort of structure their summers around it. It sounds a bit extreme, but it\u2019s become the sort of thing you do \u2013 a little talking point for when you get to the office the next day or when you go to school, college, or whatever it is you\u2019re doing so that\u2019s where the pressure comes.\u201d<\/p>\n And the pressure is only increasing, with Love Island now airing two seasons a year \u2013 one in South Africa for winter, and the second in Mallorca.<\/p>\n So, how does Iain feel about all these seasons?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of Love Islands, isn\u2019t it? But, I really like it. I really love working on the show, I love the people that work on the show, and I have a lovely time. And also because I do stand up four months out of the year, it\u2019s just nice that a third of my year involves set times and I can have like breakfast and lunch with my family and then be around in the evenings. It\u2019s so naive, but I like the structure of it, because for 15 years doing stand-up, I never had that! When I was younger, I loved not having that structure but I\u2019ve got to a place now where I crave structure.\u201d<\/p>\n Iain loves the multiple seasons so much, he\u2019d be up for narrating the upcoming middle-aged Love Island<\/a> and potential all-star series<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI also do America, so there\u2019s a lot going on in my life, and they\u2019re doing a sort of spin-off with the best of the best, which could be quite fun. So, why would I say no! I\u2019d be mad to say no,\u201d he says.<\/p> As for who he thinks should host the middle-aged series, which will give mums and dads a second chance at finding love, Iain says former Big Brother host Davina McCall would be \u201cgreat\u201d.<\/p>\n In terms of who he\u2019d like to return for an all-stars version of Love Island, he adds: \u201c\u2018I\u2019ve got a few. I think Kady [McDermott] was really great. She was really brilliant. Obviously Hannah [Elizabeth] back. She\u2019s got a baby now, so I don\u2019t really know what the vibe would be or if she\u2019d even do it. I\u2019d like to see Chris Taylor back. He was really good! It\u2019d be good to see him from the start so he could get into a proper relationship, which would be fun.<\/p>\n I\u2019d like to see the twins from the South Africa one \u2013 they were really fun. And obviously Maura [Higgins]. She\u2019s got to be involved in some way. Even if she\u2019s just like the relationship guru for them all or something. You can\u2019t have an all-stars without Maura Higgins I don\u2019t think.\u201d<\/p>\n Asides from narrating season 10, viewers will also see Iain on our screens for a brand new season of CelebAbility, where he\u2019ll be joined by Scarlett Moffatt, who returns as a team captain for a handful of episodes in this series, with Katherine Ryan, Will Best, Snoochie Shy, Pete Wicks and Donna Preston featuring as celebrity guest team captains in her absence.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have Katherine Ryan on the show a lot and she\u2019s so great. I know Katherine. I\u2019m lucky enough to call her a friend, and she\u2019s just so funny. When we\u2019re talking about the team captains, we\u2019re always just like, \u2018Hi, how are you?\u2019 and she always answers so funny, like most comics would struggle to be funny about nothing, but she\u2019s just so great! I just think comedically she\u2019s just so great and funnier than most comedians I\u2019ve watched.\u201d<\/p>\n As well as this, he\u2019ll be heading on his brand new stand-up comedy tour, Relevant, from March 2024.<\/p>\n He continues: \u201cI always like comics that are just like jokes, fun, a nice night out. Just a talk to the audience. I sort of like the Kevin Bridges, the Lee Mack and the Michael McIntyre types, which is just an hour of funny. I suppose the stuff I\u2019m talking about is me getting to a weird stage where I\u2019m starting to feel like my relevance is waning. There\u2019s social media platforms I don\u2019t really understand and tons of phrases I don\u2019t really get, and trying to keep up with in this world.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a kid now, so I\u2019m trying to stay a little bit informed so I know how the world works for when they\u2019re older and stuff, so it\u2019s basically how the world is sort of madly changing and I\u2019m just trying to desperately keep up. So if you like jokes, you\u2019ll like it, but also if you sort of feel like the world is passing you by and you\u2019re getting more and more confused by the second, then it\u2019s probably the show for you as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Iain is set to embark on his biggest UK & Ireland tour to date with brand-new stand-up show Relevant from 20th March through 28th April 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n Love Island summer 2023 starts on Monday 5th June at 9pm on ITV2 and ITVX. You can watch all previous seasons of Love Island on BritBox \u2013 you can sign up for a\u00a07-day free trial<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take part in\u00a0the Screen Test<\/a>, a project from Radio Times and the Universities of Sussex and Brighton, to explore the role of television and audio in our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n Try Radio Times magazine today and get 12 issues for only \u00a31 with delivery to your home \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>subscribe now<\/strong><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<\/strong>The Radio Times Podcast<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Comedian Iain Stirling speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com as the show returns for season 10, sharing his thoughts on rumoured spin-offs and the upcoming season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33519,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2023\/06\/love-islands-iain-stirling-on-the-pressure-of-narrating-itv2-dating-show-ahead-of-season-10.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Comedian Iain Stirling speaks exclusively to RadioTimes.com as the show returns for season 10, sharing his thoughts on rumoured spin-offs and the upcoming season.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/33518"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""The\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2023\/05\/loveislandsr1001-2e86c10.jpg?quality=90&resize=619%2C413"\" "\\"\"love_island_sr10_01\"\\"\/")
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