I have never been attracted to any kind of violence.

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman.

Having had loving people who brought me up, and then I find another set of people. That really is a double blessing.

On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone ahead, believing in the right to information.

I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.

War zones are dangerous, protests can be violent, also, natural disasters are difficult to cover, so there are going to be risks.

I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.