In December 2024, McCausland won the twenty-second series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, partnered with professional dancer Dianne Buswell.
After a spell as a web developer, deteriorating eyesight prompted a change of direction and he worked in sales for a number of years, during which time he first performed stand-up comedy in 2003.
He has performed all over the world, including across Asia and the Middle East, and regularly travels the UK playing the country's top comedy clubs.
[7] In 2014, McCausland fronted a national television advert for Barclays, promoting the benefits of their new talking cash machines.
Also in 2014, he starred in the Jimmy McGovern drama series Moving On, alongside Anna Crilly and Neil Fitzmaurice.
In 2010, he featured in BBC One's end of year spoof news review, Unwrapped with Miranda Hart.
McCausland scored highly throughout the episode, playing by memory alone, and correctly guessed the difficult end of game "Countdown Conundrum" before the sighted panellists.
During the show, presenter Jimmy Carr produced blindfolds for the other contestants and encouraged them to try playing without sight.
[9] In July 2022, Channel 4 announced McCausland would present a four-part travelogue series, provisionally titled The Wonders of the World I Can't See.
[15] From September 2024 McCausland competed in the twenty-second series of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, where he was partnered by professional dancer Dianne Buswell.
In January 2025, McCausland and his Strictly partner Buswell began a new podcast, called Winning Isn't Everything.