SQUEAKY BAM TIME

HE MIGHT have started off life in comedy series Scot Squad as the country's most accident prone senior cop.

- BY BRIAN MCIVER

But after breaking out of the police satire with his own spin-off TV series and live tours, comedy legend Jack Docherty has big plans for beloved character Chief Commissioner Miekelson and knows which icon he'd love to put him up against.

As the second series of The Chief launches on BBC Scotland next week, Docherty admits he's been dreaming up possible next steps for the hapless officer, including a talk show where he would love to grill Sir Alex Ferguson - who coined the phrase "Squeaky bum time".

His brilliant character has already done a range of interview specials with Scots political leaders to mark Scottish and UK elections, and he admits he'd like to take it a step further.

The 64-year-old said: "I've often thought that he could do an interview show, and we've been talking about it actually. That's the great thing about him, you can just plonk him in anywhere. There could be a Mrs Merton type thing.

"I'd really like him to interview Sir Alex Ferguson, that would be my dream.