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The Jack Docherty Show
The Jack Docherty Show was a nightly comedy chat show which aired on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom between 30 March 1997 and 23 June 1999. Presented by comedian Jack Docherty the programme was one of the first to air on the channel, doing so as part of its opening night schedule on 30 March 1997. The show was recorded at London's Whitehall Theatre during the early evening and would then be broadcast in a late-night slot. It featured a mixture of chat with celebrity guests,
"Private Eye" suggested was a decision influenced by criticism of Channel 5, which at the time included soft-core pornography in its schedule. In January 2010, "The Guardian"'s Sam Leith wrote that "The Jack Docherty Show" had "died a death", musing: "I'm not sure even Jack Docherty remembers it very well."
In March 1999, Docherty said of his departure that he felt the show had "burned out" and was running out of guests. In a 2008