Lee MacDonald is a British actor best known for playing the part of Zammo Maguire in the children's TV series Grange Hill

Grange Hill

Grange Hill is a British television drama series originally made by the BBC. The show began in 1978 on BBC1 and was one of the longest running programmes on British television...

 from 1982-1987. Since then he has made cameo appearances on Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather was a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC1 from 1989 until 1998. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.The first episode sees sisters...

, The Bill

The Bill

The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...

 and a TV version of A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...

. He trained as a boxer, but a car crash left him unable to fight anymore. He now runs a Locksmith/key-cutting shop in Wallington, Surrey. He learned this trade while filming Grange Hill, and opened his business around 1999.http://www.grangehillfans.co.uk/schoolreport/zammomaguire.php

He appeared in the Sky One show Cirque de Celebrité

Cirque de Celebrité

Cirque de Celebrité was a celebrity reality TV show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the 2006 series was Grace Adams-Short....

 until he was voted out on the fourth show. He was however invited back when Sophie Anderton

Sophie Anderton

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 left due to injury, but was again voted out on the seventh show of the series.

Lee has recently filmed a pilot for a new series entitled Cabbies. There is no news at present on whether ITV plan to develop this into a full series. Lee can also be seen as a travel correspondent on BroadbandTV.

In October 2008, Lee appeared in BBC Three

BBC Three

BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...

's Celebrity Scissorhands

Celebrity Scissorhands

Celebrity Scissorhands is a reality show that is part of the BBC's Children in Need charity campaign, in which celebrities attempt to cut people's hair to raise money for the campaign while trained and watched by professional hairdresser Lee Stafford...

, where celebrities learn to cut hair and do other beauty treatments, raising money for BBC Children In Need

Children in Need

Children in Need is an annual British charity appeal organised by the BBC. Since 1980 it has raised over £500 million. The highlight of the Children in Need appeal is an annual telethon, held in November. A teddy bear named "Pudsey Bear" fronts the campaign, while Terry Wogan is a long...

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Lee MacDonald is currently filming "Any Minute Now" by Peter Goddard and produced by Blue Eyed Productions.

External links

• Mentor Lock & Safe Co. official web site of Lee's locksmith shop