Tommy Tiernan Show recap: Last episode of the series — with Kathy Burke, Peter Claffey, and Dr Tony Bates

Topics covered by Tommy Tiernan's guests on Saturday night included the usefulness of Siobhan McSweeney's agonising broken leg; hedge knights; and childhood trauma...

Tommy Tiernan Show: Tommy Tiernan with guests Peter Claffey; Kathy Burke; and Dr Tony Bates

It's the last episode of this series of The Tommy Tiernan Show and it definitely featured his classic quirky mix of humour, swearing — a lot of swearing — and an in-depth discussion of feelings.

His first guest was actress and comedian Kathy Burke. She was born in Britain to Irish parents — Paddy from Galway and Bridget from Cork. Tiernan straightway noted her very difficult childhood: her mother died of cancer when Burke was two years old and she lived with her father who was an alcoholic.