Jamie MacDonald (Scottish comedian)

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Jamie MacDonald is a blind award winning Stand up comedian from Glasgow.

He has written and performed 7 critically acclaimed shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

In 2022 he won the ‘Best Presenter’ Grierson Award [1] for the BBC 2 documentary Blind Ambition. He has appeared on Live at the Apollo [2] , QI, Celebrity MasterChef and three times on Have IGot News for You [3] . He has written and performed 2 series of his radio 4 show Life on the Blink [4] .

Jamie suffers from the degenerative eye condition Retinitis Pigmentosa [5] (RP).

He currently lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire with his wife. He is represented by Hannah Layton from Inter Talent.

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  2. Guide, British Comedy. "Live At The Apollo: Series 19, Episode 2 - Joel Dommett, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Jamie MacDonald". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
  3. Guide, British Comedy. "Jamie MacDonald". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
  4. Bennett, Steve. "BBC commissions new radio comedy-drama from Jamie MacDonald : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
  5. "Connecting with my sight loss led to stand-up stardom | Sight Scotland". sightscotland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-02-09.