MacDee started out working in a law firm as an articled clark, while having his own mobile disco on the side. In the end, he decided to stop working in law and focus on his popular discos. This then led Paddy to working in radio. In 1973, Paddy presented his first radio show, on
BBC Radio Cleveland, his first ever interviewee was
Paul McCartney, who was playing in
Newcastle Upon Tyne. MacDee worked full-time for the
BBC until 1977, before spending eight years at
Metro Radio. He returned to the
BBC in the 1980s. He is best known for presenting programmes for
BBC Radio Cleveland,
BBC Radio Tees and
BBC Radio Newcastle including
The Late Paddy MacDee Show and Solid Gold Sunday for over 40 years until 2020. MacDee was previously a news reader for
ITV Tyne Tees and
BBC Look North (North East and Cumbria) for many years. MacDee is married to former television presenter
Lyn Spencer in which they have one son together. ==References==