He was a roving reporter on Richard & Judy and The Big Breakfast and appeared in The Office, Shameless, and My Mad Fat Diary.
[1] McClean spent 2 years at drama school and left to pursue his dream of acting and comedy.
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.