Don Maclean
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- For the American singer see Don McLean; For the former basketball player, see Don MacLean (basketball).
Don Maclean (born 11th March, 1944 in Birmingham) is an English comedian who hosted the BBC television series Crackerjack with Michael Aspel, Peter Glaze, and Jan Hunt in the 1970s.
Maclean usually performed a live routine or routines with Glaze in front of a studio audience of children and a filmed insert with Glaze, in the style of a silent comedy film. Live routines would almost always work in the 'joke' where an exasperated Glaze would exclaim 'Maclean!' to which Maclean would answer 'Yes I am, I had a bath this morning!'.
Early in his career, Maclean was a minstrel in the BBC Television Series The Black and White Minstrel Show. He also appeared in Crossroads and Carry On Columbus. From 1990 to 2006 he presented "Good Morning Sunday", a religious programme on BBC Radio 2, but he has now been replaced on that show by Aled Jones.
