Jack Docherty

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Jack Docherty (born 1962 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish comedian and was born John Docherty. He came to public fame with his chat show, "The Jack Docherty Show", which was broadcast on Five from the channel's launch. The show was broadcast every weekday night, although toward the end of its run it was often renamed "Not The Jack Docherty Show" and presented by guest presenters including Graham Norton, whose career was advanced significantly by the show, and Melinda Messenger.

He was a writer on "Spitting Image", Radio Active (under his original name, John Docherty), an actor on the Channel 4 sketch show "Absolutely" and has appeared in panel quizzes such as "Have I Got News For You". He and Moray Hunter wrote and starred in the "Absolutely Productions" sitcom, "Mr. Don and Mr. George", and he has guest-starred in several television shows, including "Red Dwarf". More recently, he starred in the Rob Grant sitcom, "The Strangerers".

In 2000, he was chosen to be the host of the BAFTA awards in London. Notoriously, he began the night by revealing the twist ending to The Sixth Sense, a move that did not go down well with the audience and many of his subsequent jokes fell flat throughout the evening in what was a forgettable night for the presenter.Also in that year he co-starred with comedian Mark Williams in the above mentioned Strangerers a light hearted science fiction TV comedy which has yet to have its long awaited second series.In 2007 he was involved in the pilot episode of Welcome To Strathmuir starring John Gordon Sinclair which was shown on BBC Two Scotland.

He doesn't currently have a regular slot on BBC Radio 2. However he does sometimes appear on a few radio shows.

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Jack and Moray Hunter wrote "In Other Words The Bodgers", a Radio 4 comedy show. It ran for four episodes. They were joined in 1986 by Morwenna Banks and John Sparkes, and the group went on to make six episodes of "Bodgers Banks & Sparkes". Don and George made their first appearance in this radio series.

The team set up "Absolutely Productions" in 1986, which would produce shows such as "Absolutely", "Mr. Don and Mr. George", "Stressed Eric", and "Trigger Happy TV" and radio programs such as "Baggage". Between 1986 and 1989, when "Absolutely" premiered, the team was joined by Gordon Kennedy and musician Peter Baikie.

External links

*imdb name|name=Jack Docherty|id=0229970
* [http://absolutely.biz/biog_jack.html Biography] on [http://absolutely.biz/ Absolutely.biz]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Strangerers&direction=prev&oldid=228315700]