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Jack Docherty (born 1962 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish comedian and was born John Docherty. He presented his eponymous chat show, broadcast from Trafalgar Studios in London's West End, on Five shortly after the channel's launch. This programme is chiefly remembered for advancing the career of a guest presenter, Graham Norton. Melinda Messenger was another guest presenter on the show.

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. In 2007 he was involved in the pilot episode of Welcome To Strathmuir starring John Gordon Sinclair which was shown on BBC 2 Scotland.

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.

• Jack Docherty at the Internet Movie Database

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