# Mike McClean

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{{Short description|British television presenter}}
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'''Mike McClean''' is a British [stand up comedian](/source/Stand-up_comedy), [television presenter](/source/television_presenter) and actor. He was a roving reporter on ''[Richard & Judy](/source/Richard_%26_Judy)'' and ''[The Big Breakfast](/source/The_Big_Breakfast)'' and appeared in ''[The Office](/source/The_Office_(British_TV_series))'', ''[Shameless](/source/Shameless_(British_TV_series))'', and ''[My Mad Fat Diary](/source/My_Mad_Fat_Diary)''.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}

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

McClean started presenting on [Nickelodeon](/source/Nickelodeon_UK). He presented for other children's television shows such as ''It's Not Fair'' and wrote ''[Mad for It](/source/Mad_for_It)'' for ITV.  He then presented for daytime shows, including ''[Richard & Judy](/source/Richard_%26_Judy)''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079814/ "Richard & Judy" Episode dated 2 August 2007 (2007)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>  In 2003, McClean appeared in the [Christmas special](/source/The_Office_Christmas_specials) of ''[The Office](/source/The_Office_(UK_TV_series))''.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/mike-mcclean/person/57876/summary.html Mike McClean - TV.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

McClean hosted the [XFM Manchester](/source/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](/source/voice-over) for ''[Watchdog Test House](/source/Watchdog_Test_House).'' Mike played Father Tony in ''Shameless''.

He is now a regular in [pantomime](/source/pantomime) at the [Ipswich Regent Theatre](/source/Regent_Theatre%2C_Ipswich) and first made an appearance as [Buttons](/source/Buttons_(pantomime)) in [Cinderella](/source/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>

==References==
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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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