Biography
Jamie MacDonald is an award-winning blind Glaswegian stand-up comedian writer and voice over artist.
Most recently Jamie has been a contestant on BBC One’s ‘Celebrity Mastermind’. He’s been a panellist on BBC 2’s ‘QI’ and appeared multiple times on BBC One’s ‘Have I Got News for You’. He can be seen as Ronnie Scot in all three series of the hit BBC One Scotland sit-com ‘The Scotts’. In 2022 he won the prestigious Grierson award for ‘Best Presenter’ category for the BBC 2 documentary he fronted called ‘Blind Ambition’.
He’s written and performed two series ‘Life on the Blink’ for Radio 4 and has been a guest on Radio 4’s the Now Show, Museum of Curiosity, Rosy Jones Box Ticker and Fred at the Stand. He also wrote a 30-minute comedy drama ‘Blind Sided’ for Radio 4 Extra starring himself, Pippa Evans and Zoe Lyons.
He’s spoken at the Oxford Student Union, for the Moth podcast and written articles for The Guardian and Evening Times.
He has brought seven critically acclaimed shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and is currently writing his eigth. He appears in comedy festivals and clubs up and down the country.