http://disqus.com/by/davebatchelor/enWed, 21 Feb 2018 12:26:02 -0000https://www.scotsman.com/1-4693068#comment-3769336788<p>“There is no Corbyn Stasi file”. The Stasi</p>davebatchelorWed, 21 Feb 2018 12:26:02 -0000http://themediavore.com/mediavore/2009/07/30/remembering-ian-docherty/#comment-14513741<p>Ian and I worked together on the Usual Suspects - his first broadcasting job in fact - and then we shared an attic office in BBC Edinburgh's Queen street building for a number of years till he left for Boston.</p><p>The serious radio man has been celebrated but he was also someone who loved mischief particularly in the pursuit of a serious purpose.</p><p>Though he sounded as if he came from the heart of the home counties he was a committed if a little ironic nationalist. In the weeks following the result of the devolution referendum he took great delight in answering phone calls from his BBC masters in London by singing them a few bars of 'flo'or o' Sco'lan' as a live ringtone before replying in his fruitiest Received Pronounciation.</p><p>He was also instrumental in forming Radio Scotland In Exile, a response to BBC Scotland's failure to appoint a head of Radio Scotland, leaving the station to the tender and occasional mercies of television. RSIE had the greater part of it's existence in the pub, a place which Ian regarded as having a vital role in creative radio.</p><p>Walk straight ahead through the door of the Abbotsford pub in Edinburgh's Rose street, past the first corner of the bar, pause at the second and you stand where Ian held court and where an extraordinary number of good radio programme ideas were generated. Order a pint of Deuchers IPA and drink to an old fashioned programme maker - no higher praise. </p>davebatchelorSun, 09 Aug 2009 10:03:12 -0000