Alan Davies

Well, we're one day in.

We're being collectively tortured by whoever's... Oh, it was my idea.

It's now day three without sleep.

Someone nicked my biscuits and used my coffee cup, and that is frankly criminal.

Why does it feel like today my brain has declared a national emergency over a mug and a biscuit?

Is everyone just going to be tearing each other apart?

How are our brains fighting this situation?

Is it true that children don't grow if they don't sleep?

Margaret Thatcher famously claimed she could get by on four hours.

Three days in, are some people genuinely coping better without sleep than others?

Three days in, the brain's not just tired, it's emotionally glitchy.

It's a bit forgetful and increasingly convinced that biscuits are a high-stakes moral issue.

It is one week in.

Sophie, what would you think things could be like mentally?

In 1986, someone called Robert McDonald stayed awake for 18 days, 21 hours and 40 minutes.

Okay, so be honest with me.

What's our prognosis?

That was a nightmare, ironically, one we had while we were wide awake.

How do we fix a world that's too busy to close its eyes?

Thomas Edison hated sleep.