Jack Docherty

Jack Docherty
Jack Docherty
Born	John Docherty; 1962 (age 61–62); Edinburgh, Scotland
Occupation(s)	Writer, actor, presenter, producer

John Docherty (born 1962) is a Scottish writer, actor, presenter and producer.

Career

Docherty first performed at the 1980

Aberdeen University where he was studying law, after he and Moray Hunter became staff writers in the BBC radio comedy department contributing to various shows including Radio Active, In One Ear, Week Ending and The News Huddlines. He also recorded one series with The Bodgers for Radio 4 called In Other Words...The Bodgers. For the second series, producer Alan Nixon teamed them with John Sparkes and Morwenna Banks for Bodgers, Banks and Sparkes, forming the cast that would go on to make the sketch show Absolutely for Channel 4

.

In addition to his radio work, he wrote for

BBC2 series The Cup starring Steve Edge. This was an adaptation of the Canadian sitcom The Tournament.^[1] In 2012 he wrote and acted in "Stop / Start", a pilot for BBC Radio 4.^[2] This was then commissioned for a 6-part series which was broadcast on Radio 4 from 6 September 2013 with the title Start/Stop and ran for three series. It was made available as an audio download in October 2019 with the title changed to It's Not Us, It's Them, although the reason for the change is unknown. A TV pilot of the show was broadcast under the name Stop/Start in March 2016 as part of the BBC's Comedy Playhouse series.^[3]

As an actor Docherty is best known for his work on the
Aardman Oscar nominated short Humdrum. In 2013 he appeared regularly in the BBC3 sitcom Badults
.
In 1997 he was part of the launch of
Pete Baikie. He was also an occasional host of Radio 2
's Friday night arts show.
He plays Chief Commissioner Cameron Miekelson in BBC Scotland's comedy Scot Squad.
His work as a producer includes the BBC Scotland film No Holds Bard (2008), and two series (2009 and 2010) of the
BBC1 sitcom The Old Guys
.

Absolutely Productions

Docherty was a co-founder of

The Armstrong and Miller Show, The Strangerers, Stressed Eric, The Jack Docherty Show and Meg and Mog

.

References

^ "Absolutely duo pen football sitcom". Chortle.co.uk. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "Stop/Start – Radio 4 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ "Series 1, Start/Stop - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

External links

Jack Docherty at
IMDb
Biography on Absolutely.biz

[1] "Absolutely duo pen football sitcom". Chortle.co.uk. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[2] "Stop/Start – Radio 4 Sitcom – British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[3] "Series 1, Start/Stop - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

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