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Iain McLean(I)

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  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Iain McLean was a director and assistant director, known for Monty & Co. (2020), Desmond's (1989) and Hope Cafe (2013). He died in 2025.
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Known for

Monty & Co. (2020)
Monty & Co.
7.6
TV Series
  • Director
Desmond's (1989)
Desmond's
7.9
TV Series
  • Additional Crew
Hope Cafe (2013)
Hope Cafe
7.8
  • Producer
  • 2013
The Hoobs (2001)
The Hoobs
6.0
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Additional Crew

  • Stephen Fry, Clive Anderson, Josie Lawrence, Michael McShane, Paul Merton, Greg Proops, John Sessions, Tony Slattery, and Ryan Stiles in Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1988)
    Whose Line Is It Anyway?
    8.2
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1994–1995
  • Desmond's (1989)
    Desmond's
    7.9
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1992
  • Kate Winslet, Michelle Cattini, Carol Harrison, and Ray Winstone in Get Back (1992)
    Get Back
    6.2
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1992
  • Top of the Pops (1964)
    Top of the Pops
    6.9
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1983–1990
  • Hughie Green in Opportunity Knocks (1956)
    Opportunity Knocks
    6.2
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1989
  • Election 1987
    TV Special
    • floor manager
    • 1987
  • Jasper Carrott in Carrott Confidential (1987)
    Carrott Confidential
    7.5
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1987
  • The Time of Your Life (1983)
    The Time of Your Life
    5.0
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1984
  • Falstaff
    TV Movie
    • floor assistant (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Clouds of Witness (1972)
    Clouds of Witness
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • floor assistant (uncredited)
    • 1972
  • Play for Today (1970)
    Play for Today
    7.8
    TV Series
    • floor assistant (uncredited)
    • 1972

Director

  • Planet Cook
    • Director
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2005
  • Monty & Co. (2020)
    Monty & Co.
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • directed by
    • 2020
  • James Bolam and Jay Ruckley in Grandpa in My Pocket (2009)
    Grandpa in My Pocket
    5.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Planet Cook (2004)
    Planet Cook
    6.0
    TV Series
    • episode "Wake up that Yeti"
    • 2004
  • Sooty (2001)
    Sooty
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 2003
  • The Hoobs (2001)
    The Hoobs
    6.0
    TV Series
    • directed by
    • Director
    • 2001–2002
  • Welcome to Orty-Fou (1999)
    Welcome to Orty-Fou
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • co-director (as Ian McLean, as Ian McLean)
    • 2000
  • Mike & Angelo (1989)
    Mike & Angelo
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1998
  • Snap
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997–1999
  • Sanjeev Bhaskar, Craig Charles, Shaun Curry, Roger Griffiths, and Lewis Rae in Captain Butler (1997)
    Captain Butler
    5.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1997
  • Chatterhappy Ponies (1996)
    Chatterhappy Ponies
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Director (1998)
    • 1996–1998
  • Heroes of Comedy (1992)
    Heroes of Comedy
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Desmond's (1989)
    Desmond's
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1993–1994

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Kombi Diaries (2015)
    The Kombi Diaries
    TV Mini Series
    • second unit director
    • 2015
  • Play Your Cards Right (1980)
    Play Your Cards Right
    5.7
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1994
  • Desmond's (1989)
    Desmond's
    7.9
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1993
  • Old Boy Network (1992)
    Old Boy Network
    5.8
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1992
  • Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke, and Linda Robson in Birds of a Feather (1989)
    Birds of a Feather
    6.2
    TV Series
    • first assistant director
    • 1991
  • The Happening (1991)
    The Happening
    TV Movie
    • first assistant director
    • 1991
  • The Les Dawson Show (1978)
    The Les Dawson Show
    7.3
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1989
  • Hughie Green in Opportunity Knocks (1956)
    Opportunity Knocks
    6.2
    TV Series
    • floor manager
    • 1989

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ian McLean
  • Died
    • 2025

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