Mike McClean

{{Short description|British television presenter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Mike McClean''' is a British stand up comedian, television presenter and actor. He was a roving reporter on ''Richard & Judy'' and ''The Big Breakfast'' and appeared in ''The Office'', ''Shameless'', and ''My Mad Fat Diary''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

== Career == He attended the Arden School of Theatre before going on to study at the Contact Youth Theatre.<ref>[http://www.mikemcclean.co.uk/ Mike McClean]</ref> McClean spent 2 years at drama school and left to pursue his dream of acting and comedy.

McClean started presenting on Nickelodeon. He presented for other children's television shows such as ''It's Not Fair'' and wrote ''Mad for It'' for ITV. He then presented for daytime shows, including ''Richard & Judy''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079814/ "Richard & Judy" Episode dated 2 August 2007 (2007)]</ref> In 2003, McClean appeared in the Christmas special of ''The Office''.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/mike-mcclean/person/57876/summary.html Mike McClean - TV.com]</ref>

McClean hosted the XFM Manchester Breakfast Show between June 2008 and 2009. In 2013 he played Fin's dad in the Channel 4 series ''My Mad Fat Diary''. In 2016, he provided the voice-over for ''Watchdog Test House.'' Mike played Father Tony in ''Shameless''.

He is now a regular in pantomime at the Ipswich Regent Theatre and first made an appearance as Buttons in Cinderella in 2014.

In August 2019 McClean and his co-presenter Nigel Clucas were fired from their role as podcast presenters and match day entertainers at football club Manchester City FC. In the podcast McClean and Clucas made remarks in a stereotypically Chinese accent based on a fictitious character - 'Mr Wong' - in a skit regarding City's late arrival in China for their pre-season tour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-08-10 |title=Man City sack radio hosts for offensive Jackie Chan jokes |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3022271/manchester-city-radio-presenters-sacked-making-offensive-jackie-chan |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.mikemcclean.co.uk/ Official website] *[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Mike_McClean Profile] ukgameshows.com *{{IMDb name|id=1057600|name=Mike McClean}}

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