Wake up to Popular Mechanics

Says editor Alan Duggan, "Being part of the Expresso gang from the very first broadcast was a privilege, and working with professionals such as Michael Mol, Liezel van der Westhuizen, Katlego Maboe and Ewan Strydom is always a treat. The studio is friendly and flexible - much like the people who run it - and we're enjoying the ride."

Not that the ride has been entirely free of bumps. In a recent show, Duggan recalls, he brought a remote-controlled searchlight into the studio and launched into an impassioned description of its qualities, only to discover that the remote's batteries were flat, which meant the light wouldn't work (three seconds after the cameras moved off, it blazed into life).