Winging It: Tiernan gets to the heart of the matter with unscripted interviews

Comedian Tommy Tiernan has hit on a winning talk show formula by not knowing who his guests are in advance, thus leading to wide-ranging and revealing interviews

Tommy Tiernan: his interviews show he clearly believes in the proverb that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar

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Winging It: Twenty-one Extraordinary Interviews from The Tommy Tiernan Show

By Tommy Tiernan

Penguin Sandycove, €19.99

Tommy Tiernan’s first major RTÉ appearance was not a comfortable one. As an up-and-coming comedian in 1996, he went on The Late Late Show and told jokes about a child looking up at Jesus on the cross.

Afterwards he stayed in the hospitality room until 1am, hiding from enraged viewers who had driven out to Montrose so that ...