Culture That Made Me: Manchán Magan on Deadwood, Dervla Murphy and Star Trek 

The broadcaster/author also includes the likes of Tim Severin, Cormac Begley and Buffy the Vampire Slayer among his touchstones

Manchán Magan's latest book is Listen to the Land Speak. Picture: Aisling Rogerson 

Born in 1970, Manchán Magan grew up in Donnybrook, Dublin. He came to national attention in the 1990s with his global travel programmes for TG4. 

Along with travel, his other wide-ranging interests are captured in books, plays, novels, documentaries and podcasts. They include the Irish language, etymology, immigration and most recently the Irish bog.