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Don Maclean (born 1942/1943)
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, who appeared on the
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'' Crackerjack'' with
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Peter Glaze William George Peter Glaze (17 September 1917 – 20 February 1983) was an English comedian born in London. He appeared in '' Crackerjack!'' with Eamonn Andrews and Leslie Crowther in the 1960s, and with Michael Aspel, Don Maclean and Bernie ...
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in the 1970s. Born in
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, he attended Clifton Road School,
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and St. Philip's School, which was a
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. His first job was as a
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and he was an entertainer in pubs, clubs and holiday camps. Maclean's first television appearance was on the soap opera ''
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Television Series ''
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''. On Crackerjack, 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 had a bath this morning!'. Also notable was that when responding to Glaze's exasperation, Maclean would regularly give an alliterative reply, such as "Don't get your knickers in a knot" or "Don't get your tights in a twist". Maclean also appeared in the film ''
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''. A practising Roman Catholic, from 1990 Maclean presented
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's religious show ''Good Morning Sunday'', until he was replaced by
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in 2006. He hosted the panel games ''The Clever Dick-Athlon'' (1988–90) and ''Are You Sitting Comfortably'' (1993–96), both for Radio 2, and ''
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'' (1993) for BBC1. He also toured in the play ''There's No Place Like a Home'' with
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. In 2009, he claimed that the BBC is keen on programmes which attack churches and that there is a wider secularist campaign to get rid of Christianity."BBC is anti-Christian and pro-Muslim says ex host"
christian.org.uk; accessed 21 May 2015. In 2006 Maclean pleaded guilty to
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and had his licence suspended for twelve months.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maclean, Don 1942 births Living people English male stage actors English male television actors English male comedians English television presenters British radio DJs Blackface minstrel performers BBC Radio 2 presenters Knights of the Order of St. Sylvester Members of the Order of the British Empire People educated at St Philip's School People from Birmingham, West Midlands British Christians English Christians British Roman Catholics