“I just wanted to do the documentary to shine a light on disability in perhaps a …” — Alex Brooker

All my conversations I've ever really had about being a disabled man, I've had on telly. It's a really strange thing, and it makes you feel quite exposed.

When I did 'Sink or Swim,' there was a moment in Lake Windermere where I struggled, and I felt for the first time in as many years as I can remember, that my disability was beating me.

When I applied for Channel 4 I was a sports journalist. I saw it as another sports journalism job, if I'm honest.

It was a moment I've worried about all my life. What if my kids are scared of me? But my daughter was holding my hand and just said: 'Oh, you've got two fingers haven't you and I've got four,' and that was it. It was all done and dusted in five seconds.