So Tickled by His Audiences ; Audiences Have Nothing to Fear From Dara O'briain ... He Doesn't Like to Mock the Weak - and They've Still Given Him Enough Material to Write a Book. Hannah Stephenson Finds Out More.

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WHEN appearing on television, BBC Two's Dara O Briain looks to his Mock The Week co-stars for laughs. But the Irish comedian says that when he's on the road doing stand-up, his audience provides the fodder for most of the gags.

Indeed, those have crossed his comic path while on the road have provided O Briain with such a wealth of comedy gold that he's written a book, Tickling The English.

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So Tickled by His Audiences ; Audiences Have Nothing to Fear From Dara O'briain ... He Doesn't Like to Mock the Weak - and They've Still Given Him Enough Material to Write a Book. Hannah Stephenson Finds Out More.

After every gig O Briain explains that he wrote pages of notes for future reference and the resulting book charts some of his hilarious experiences with audiences and hecklers.

His stage show, for anyone who hasn't seen it, requires some audience participation. O Briain will ask individuals what they do for a l...

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