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Ralph McLean is a Northern Irish TV presenter, radio DJ, arts commentator, radio producer and newspaper columnist.
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Ralph McLean is a Northern Irish TV presenter, radio DJ, arts commentator, radio producer and newspaper columnist.
McLean presents entertainment TV shows such as The Blackstaff Sessions, First Stop, 11th Hour and Belfast Festival At Queens. He has presented The World Pipe Band Championships for BBC Northern Ireland for several years and worked on numerous shows and specials such as Would You Pass The 11+ and The Big Bumper Science Quiz and also presented several productions for BBC Four. He has interviewed celebrities such as Dustin Hoffman, Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Mick Jagger, Dolly Parton and Angelina Jolie [ citation needed ].
McLean presents The Ralph McLean Show from Tuesday to Thursday between 8:00 and 10pm, playing music from classic rock to soul to country and blues
He has presented his own two-hour roots show on Friday nights for many years on BBC Radio Ulster, interviewing many of the biggest names in country music such as Emmylou Harris and Nanci Griffith. He has also produced and presented many shows like Classic Irish Albums and produced numerous acclaimed documentary series such as The Sinéad O'Connor Story, The Tammy Wynette Story and The Loretta Lynn Story for BBC Radio 2.
In 2007 McLean won Specialist Music Broadcaster Of The Year in the PPI Awards. [1]
McLean writes a popular weekly country music column for The Sunday Life and a cult movies page for The Irish News every Friday.
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