Love Island Narrator Iain Stirling Works Until 2:30 A.M. Every Night to Keep Up With Daily UK and USA Episodes

The 37-year-old Scottish comedian breaks down his 14-hour schedule for PEOPLE — and reveals where his 4-year-old daughter fits in

Summer is the exact opposite of a holiday for Iain Stirling.

The Scottish comedian has been the narrator for Love Island UK since its premiere in 2015, satirizing some of the crazier behavior from every summer’s singles and establishing himself as an unforgettable piece of the Love Island experience.

In 2022, Stirling, 37, began narrating Love Island USA too, doubling his summer workload — and things haven’t died down since. “It’s pretty full-on,” he tells PEOPLE of his demanding recording schedule, which is necessary to keep up with five new episodes a week on both UK and USA, which air simultaneously each summer.

Stirling’s day starts with recording for Love Island UK and finishes 14 hours later with USA.

“I do the UK one [from] 12:00 till about 5:00, roughly speaking, but there might be changes after that,” the comedian explains of his daily schedule.

After that, it’s “dad duties.” Stirling shares 4-year-old daughter Stevie with his wife, Laura Whitmore.

“So it’s like bath time, dinner time, bedtime,” he says, referring to his daughter’s schedule. “That’s until 7:30, and then I have dinner.”

“We have to start early [on USA], otherwise I’d be up till 7:30 in the morning and I would literally never sleep.”

Stirling is not in it alone, though — he has a team of “great” writers working with him on both UK and USA.

He says he’s “very lucky” to have such a “great team” behind him as he embarks on the seemingly impossible task of trying to keep up with the drama happening in both villas every summer.

On Love Island UK, he writes with Mark, who he says is “great and he’s been doing it for 10 years,” and on Love Island USA, “I write with an amazing New York comic called Caroline Hanes and then a British comic called Steve Bugeja.”

“I’ve got a team around me, which is great because, the first couple of weeks, everyone just has to tell me who everyone’s names are, because I’ve got two shows worth of people in my head.”

The girls pose the bigger challenge. “All the girls are very similar, so it’s really hard to tell the girls apart,” he says, whereas “the American guys and the UK guys have different vibes.”

New episodes of Love Island USA drop every day except Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock and Stirling is taking his stand-up comedy show, Iain Stirling Live, to L.A. on Oct. 22 and New York City on Oct. 29. Tickets are available at iaindoesjokes.com.