Tommie Gorman: 'I still have a dodgy liver, peppered with tumours'
Tommie Gorman in the documentary, Ireland, Cancer and Me.
Tommie Gorman’s documentary Ireland, Cancer and Me (RTÉ One, Tuesday) begins with some of the now-retired journalist’s greatest hits. We see him flicking from interviews with Seamus Heaney, Roy Keane, and Ian Paisley, to his final Nine O’Clock News sign-off from his customary Belfast balcony perch, just over a month ago.
The picture then switches to an emotional Gorman, having just completed that last report, as he introduces the documentary. It’s a clever way of drawing a distinction between the professional and the personal, while simultaneously blurring that line.
