Paddy MacDee

Paddy MacDee
Paddy MacDee
Born	Patrick McDermott; 17 May 1950; Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
Spouse	Lyn Spencer
	Career
Show	ITV Tyne Tees, BBC Look North
Station(s)	Previously BBC Tees, BBC Radio Cleveland
Station(s)	BBC Radio Newcastle (until 2020)
Style	Television and radio presenter
Country	United Kingdom

Paddy MacDee is a television presenter, newsreader, radio presenter and compere from North East England.[1] He is best known for his work on ITV Tyne Tees and BBC Radio Newcastle.

Life

MacDee is best known for presenting programmes for BBC Radio Cleveland, BBC Radio Tees and of course BBC Radio Newcastle for over 40 years until 2020.

MacDee was previously a news reader for ITV Tyne Tees and BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria) for many years.[1]

MacDee started out working in a law firm, while having his own mobile disco on the side. In the end, he decided to stop working in law and focus on his popular discos. This then led Paddy to working in radio.[2]

MacDee is married to former television presenter Lyn Spencer in which they have one son together.

References

"Presenter Profile: Paddy MacDee". BBC. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
Barr, Gordon (29 December 2009). "PADDY MacDEE is the North East's longest-serving broadcaster, notching up 35 years in the business". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

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[IMDB-1] "Presenter Profile: Paddy MacDee". BBC. Retrieved 2022-05-14.

[2] Barr, Gordon (29 December 2009). "PADDY MacDEE is the North East's longest-serving broadcaster, notching up 35 years in the business". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 14 May 2022.