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Gregor Paton

@gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social
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Comedy Writer. Topical / Sketch. Breaking the News Lead Writer. The Skewer. United Nations of News. Off the Ball. Only an Excuse. DMs Are Open. Noising Up and many, many more

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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It was an absolute joy being Lead Writer for today's #BreakingTheNews Commonwealth Games Special Even more so with the incredible @marknelsoncomic @rialinacom #LiamWithnail #KrystalEvans joining Des. That's a lot of funny people in one room share.google/Plq1xGlO1tyb...
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Breaking the News - Commonwealth Games Special: Mark Nelson, Ria Lina, Krystal Evans and Liam Withnail - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts a special Commonwealth Games edition of Breaking the News!
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Great job guys. Not going to lie, I was totally filled up when they closed the show with Roscoe Mclelland's song
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
🤣 cool as a violin my friend
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
I was at the recording and im fairly sure that one was in the script. If not, something very similar
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
That train journey was worth it. Well done!
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I loved that
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
As someone who regularly gets their name misspelled, I feel your pain Stevphwen
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Yeah, it is a lovely part of the country. The further round the coast you go the better it gets
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Didn't know you had family from up there. We had a weekend in Dunfermline recently and took a drive to Kinlochleven. Hadn't been there since the early 1990s when I was going to watch Clydebank play Raith Rovers and our supporters bus broke down just outside Kinlochleven
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
That was meant to say "a belter", which is Scottish for a thing of beauty. If you dont know him, check out Gerry Cinnamon's She's a Belter to see what I mean
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sorry, I came here to say that gag was a better, then I got distracted
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sometimes gags that get huge laughs in the recording room still dont make the cut. Its often to do with what fits the rest of the round and what the panellists have said. They have 5 or 6 in the script for each round, they are all very different, so the producers have options
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
At our funerals we now have the option of burial, flames or flumes
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Cheers Mike. You're too kind
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Always makes it even better when the guests give your gags a hearty laugh. Well done for today
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I had the privelege of being Lead Writer on today's #BreakingTheNews on bbc Radio Scotland Always a joy to be part of the show with some properly funny people #DesClarke @marknelsoncomic.bsky.social #felicityward #KathleenHughes #JamesGardner share.google/WnRXkHr4KUkF...
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BBC Radio Scotland - Breaking the News
Topical comedy panel show takes a satirical view of the week's headlines.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Always good to see your name in the credits. Good work
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Cheers Scott. You were on top form as usual. Have a great Christmas too
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Great episode of #BreakingTheNews to finish the series, with some of my gags sprinkled about The panel were fantastic along with Des as always @scottagnew.bsky.social @tiffstevenson.bsky.social @vittorioangelone.bsky.social @kathleenwho.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Vittorio Angelone, Kathleen Hughes, Tiffany Stevenson and Scott Agnew - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I had the pleasure of being Lead Writer for today's #BreakingTheNews on BBC Radio Scotland Its always a joy. Remember to watch the TV version on the BBS Scotland channel tonight as well www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Jay Lafferty, Gareth Waugh, Krystal Evans and Daliso Chaponda - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Nice one!
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Nothing below factor 20 for us, so won't quite get to Rodgers level on the chart
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Well done guys. I listened to the radio version on my lounger in Lanzarote and chuckled away to myself. I Player doesn't work outside the UK so I'll have to wait until next Sunday to give the tv version a watch
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
If you're not sure what to do with your extra hour tonight, you could spend half of it watching this week's #BreakingTheNews and laughing at some of my jokes #BtN www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Breaking the News - Series 15 - TV: Episode 2
Des Clarke is joined by Susie McCabe, Amanda Dwyer and Liam Withnail to break down the week’s news and then put it back together again!
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Might start watching Riot Women tonight, the show about 5 menopausal women forming a band. I'll be disappointed if they don't do a cover of Sultans of Mood Swing
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Fantastic show again today. Des and the panel were on fire, and some of my gags were in amongst the fun too #BreakingTheNews #BtN www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Breaking the News - Susie McCabe, Liam Withnail, Amanda Dwyer & Sam Lake - BBC Sounds
Des Clarke hosts Scotland's award-winning satirical news quiz.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Nice one! It was another great show
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Im fully on board with getting carried away. I'm the world champion at that when it comes to Scotland
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Yeah, it would leave us and Denmark on 10pts, Greece 3Pts, Belarus 0Pts. 2 games left. This is some performance by your boys tonight. Could easily have been 3 or 4 by now
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Can somebody at the SFA please make sure Steve Clarke studies a video of this Northern Ireland performance. 2-0 going on 4 or 5. Brilliant, positive, high energy. Surely McGinn, McTominay, Doak, Gilmour, Robertson, Hickey would love to be set up to play like this
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
We need to beat Belarus and hope Denmark beat Greece on Sunday to guarantee top 2 place. If we play like last night I can't see us getting anything from Greece away and Denmark at home in the final 2 games, so hopefully done and dusted this weekend
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Nothing is sacred anymore. It will always be Windsor Park for me. Although after last night, Hampden Park should be renamed Hide Behind the Sofa Park
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I had to Google the exchange rate and also thought it looked really cheap. Im sure you'll have a great time
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Oh boy! That looks amazing. I opened the whisky menu, and it's huge. I've never been to any of the Scandinavian countries, but I'd love to go
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Haha! How little faith you had. Last week I was the same. At 90minutes i was cursing myself for triple captaining Haaland. At 93minutes it was a master stroke
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Thanks Alice
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I think we're all happy with 1 out of 6 then anything else is a bonus
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Delighted to have another couple of sketches on this week's Noising Up. Last of the series, and I managed a full house of something on each episode. Well done to all the cast, crew and writers who contributed to s6. Fingers crossed for a s7 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Noising Up - 03/10/2025 - BBC Sounds
An uproarious mix of topical comedy sketches.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
@mikecooperrp.bsky.social on an afternoon out in Glasgow and we stumbled upon Pipers Whisky Bar. This is a small pic of the huge selection. Immediately thought of your good self when I saw the gantry 🥃
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Another good week for the gang. Great to hear the names in the credits. Well done all
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Makes the busy week worthwhile hearing something you wrote on the radio on a Friday. I've not submitted to the Skewer in a while. I love the show, but sourcing the clips isn't my skill set. Although, one of the credits I'm most proud of was when my son built clips I sourced and we got a joint credit
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Well done. Good to hear your name in the credits again
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Chuffed to hear another few of my bits and pieces on today's Noising Up #NoisingUp #NU www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio Scotland - Noising Up
A riotous mix of satirical sketches, gags, spoofs, and take-offs.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Some more of my stuff made it onto this week's Noising Up. Hear what the team did with it here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Noising Up - 12/09/2025 - BBC Sounds
An uproarious mix of topical comedy sketches.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Well done Lucienne. I think keep they quite often hold things back for another episode if its not 100%topical and more general
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I had some more material on this week's Noising Up. Give it a listen here www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Noising Up - 05/09/2025 - BBC Sounds
An uproarious mix of topical comedy sketches.
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
As a comedy writer and also a driving instructor that is my perfect gag. Hats off to you Athena
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Good work from yourself too Paul
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Hey Mike, it was. I just replied to your other post before seeing this one. Yours made me laugh too. Great gag
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Gregor Paton @gregorpatoncomedy.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Well done Mike, great to see you on the credits again. Mutual appreciation society time, I loved your gag, and that last one you mentioned was mine
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