J S Docherty
@jsdocherty.bsky.social
Funny stuff, occasionally on here, occasionally on other sites, sometimes on the Telly and Radio, including The Skewer.
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/james-docherty/
https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/james-docherty/
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My credit on #TheSkewer finally gives me the 'S' on the @britishcomedy.bsky.social 'BDNS' with a credit also on DM's Are Open, Noising Up, and Breaking The News. When I last looked, there were 12 others in that club, I feel in very honoured company. #WritingCommunity
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr. Who”, or “Transformers.”
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr. Who”, or “Transformers.”
As my two-hour train journey enters hour five...
a group of people standing next to each other on a plane .
Alt: Lloyd Bridges looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
As my two-hour train journey enters hour five...
Fuck Harry Potter
Go watch a Zucker Brothers film.
Go watch a Zucker Brothers film.
February 6, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Fuck Harry Potter
Go watch a Zucker Brothers film.
Go watch a Zucker Brothers film.
I did enjoy this. Catch it on BBC Sounds.
The pilot I wrote with the divine David Quantick is on today on R4 at 6.30pm ( available afterwards on BBC sounds )
Its got great reviews and I was beyond excited to get the cast I wanted and please listen to it because everyone is very funny AS IS THE WRITING OBVS.
Its got great reviews and I was beyond excited to get the cast I wanted and please listen to it because everyone is very funny AS IS THE WRITING OBVS.
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
I did enjoy this. Catch it on BBC Sounds.
God I love EDC.
Ever Decreasing Circles (5th February 1984). Martin complains about his heavy burden once too often ....
February 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
God I love EDC.
How long after the car hire company were meant to collect your car until it becomes legally yours?
February 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
How long after the car hire company were meant to collect your car until it becomes legally yours?
What was in last night's episode of #TheSkewer to mean it's still not on BBC Sounds this morning? Are there a lot of compliance officers and lawyers meticulously reviewing a five second piece against slander law?
February 5, 2026 at 11:28 AM
What was in last night's episode of #TheSkewer to mean it's still not on BBC Sounds this morning? Are there a lot of compliance officers and lawyers meticulously reviewing a five second piece against slander law?
A dynamic map of Europe with how borders change throughout history: Maslow's Hierarchy of Cedes
A ranking of all the hire vehicles: Maslow's Hierarchy of Fleets
The encyclopaedia of subfloor coverings: Maslow's Hierarchy of Screeds
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 AM
A dynamic map of Europe with how borders change throughout history: Maslow's Hierarchy of Cedes
Did someone say panel show?
So, the people who like, watch and pay for telly like … narrative comedy shows. There’s a theme developing , here.
Fawlty Towers tops another TV poll
February 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Did someone say panel show?
Despite my two sketches getting trapped in email jail thanks to server issues, delighted something of mine made the January @treasonshow.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
February 2, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Despite my two sketches getting trapped in email jail thanks to server issues, delighted something of mine made the January @treasonshow.bsky.social #WritingCommunity
A TV show you love with 3 seasons or fewer 📺
Always this. Absolutely compelling from beginning to end. Massive cliffhanger at the end of series 2, then nothing.
Always this. Absolutely compelling from beginning to end. Massive cliffhanger at the end of series 2, then nothing.
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A TV show you love with 3 seasons or fewer 📺
Always this. Absolutely compelling from beginning to end. Massive cliffhanger at the end of series 2, then nothing.
Always this. Absolutely compelling from beginning to end. Massive cliffhanger at the end of series 2, then nothing.
Eagle carried a reprint of Charley's War, which should be compulsory reading for GCSE history. I would gladly buy anthologies of things like Survival, Mach One, Doomlord and so many of the others.
The rebooted Eagle comic generally swerved the dystopian darkness of 2000 AD, but not always. SURVIVAL (1987) was possibly its bleakest strip. The Last of Us for kids, it saw a virus wipe out most of humanity, transforming the rest into mutants. One young boy tries to survive this hellish Britain...
February 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Eagle carried a reprint of Charley's War, which should be compulsory reading for GCSE history. I would gladly buy anthologies of things like Survival, Mach One, Doomlord and so many of the others.
Timeline cleansing teenage crush? One of mine.
January 31, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Timeline cleansing teenage crush? One of mine.
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
January 31, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Describe your Bluesky account in a single image
Delighted to get a fifth sketch for the series into #TheSkewer before the deadline, considering my first draft went in the bin late last night and I had an epiphany just before going to sleep that led to a rapid hunt for new material. #WritingCommunity
January 31, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Delighted to get a fifth sketch for the series into #TheSkewer before the deadline, considering my first draft went in the bin late last night and I had an epiphany just before going to sleep that led to a rapid hunt for new material. #WritingCommunity
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on Audiogalaxy
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on LSD Grapevine (disk three).
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on AmIRC.
January 27, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Deleting Signal now that I know it’s compromised. Find me on Audiogalaxy
Looking forward to poring over this #WritingCommunity
January 27, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Looking forward to poring over this #WritingCommunity
Having a nostalgia trip as I head south from Newcastle, drinking coffee and listening to Mr Scruff and other bands of my Oregon Trail Generation late adolescence (still need an English version for this. I am offering up, due to our love of the Sinclair Spectrum, Generation ZX).
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Having a nostalgia trip as I head south from Newcastle, drinking coffee and listening to Mr Scruff and other bands of my Oregon Trail Generation late adolescence (still need an English version for this. I am offering up, due to our love of the Sinclair Spectrum, Generation ZX).
We go live to Suella Braverman
a witch is standing in front of a window and says " fly my pretties "
Alt: a witch is standing in front of a window and says " fly my pretties "
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
We go live to Suella Braverman
Jehovah's Witnesses: it's the self-assessment deadline this week. If you get out and knocking on doors, you're certain to get invited in by a few people as you're more appealing than doing their tax return. They might even offer you biscuits to stay longer.
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Jehovah's Witnesses: it's the self-assessment deadline this week. If you get out and knocking on doors, you're certain to get invited in by a few people as you're more appealing than doing their tax return. They might even offer you biscuits to stay longer.
Two cups of tea and multiple biscuits lead to a sketch heading over to #TheSkewer for episode four #writing #writingcommunity
January 23, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Two cups of tea and multiple biscuits lead to a sketch heading over to #TheSkewer for episode four #writing #writingcommunity
It's a part with many lines.
Sir Lenny Henry to play Latitude
Sir Lenny Henry to play Latitude
Ross Noble, Jen Brister and Jack Dee all return too
dlvr.it
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 AM
It's a part with many lines.