He was, perhaps, the longest running commentator/columnist on any Irish radio programme, having been a regular on Radio Ulster's Talkback from its creation in the mid-1980s until a revamp of the programme in 2009.
In 2008 Delaney and Komedia Entertainment partnered with Graham Linehan and Talkback to create a TV version of the successful radio series.
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Hardie retired in 1994 and joined the media as a sports talkback radio host and commentator with Perth radio station 6PR.
In 2004 Bouchet was hired as the producer of talkback station 4BC 1116am's weekend mornings show – hosted by Madonna King and Tony Johnston.
As of March 2013 McDermott is a football and sports commentator for Adelaide talkback radio station 5AA.
Nathan Rarere, Ian Smith and Jeff Wilson present the network's breakfast programme, with Richard Loe present morning talk programmes and New Zealand Racing Board commentators present afternoon horse racing commentary and talkback.
In addition to his work on Nine News and SEN 1116, he has also been a commentator during 92.9's Australian Football League (AFL) coverage in the late 1990s, and presented a talkback sports show with Scott Watters on 882 6PR in 2002.
TalkBack became particularly well known for its comedy output, which included such shows as The Day Today (BBC Two, 1994), Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1994), Never Mind the Buzzcocks (BBC Two, 1996–present), I'm Alan Partridge (BBC Two, 1997 and 2002), Smack the Pony (Channel 4, 1999–2003) and Da Ali G Show (Channel 4, 2000).
He has made appearances on local radio, including interviews with William Crawley on BBC Radio Ulster shows TalkBack and Sunday Sequence - here he defended evolution and highlighted the non-scientific nature of creationism.
He became an early talkback radio minister Connections, a three-hour talkback program he devised and hosted on 2CH.
Wendy Austin is a BBC journalist and broadcaster in BBC Northern Ireland, and presenter of BBC Radio Ulster’s current affairs programme Talkback.