
Patrick McLennan
Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.
Latest articles by Patrick McLennan

Sleepless X Factor winner Ben Haenow: 'I sat in bed for an hour, thinking 'What just happened?''
By Patrick McLennan published

Louis Walsh claims The X Factor final is a 'three-horse race'
By Patrick McLennan published

Ex Casualty star Gillian Kearney to play Emma Barton in Emmerdale
By Patrick McLennan published

Amanda Holden considers alternative Christmas gifts for her girls
By Patrick McLennan published

Ex New Tricks star Alun Armstrong joins Downton for Christmas special
By Patrick McLennan published

Feast your eyes on this! The EastEnders strip off for their Children in Need calendar
By Patrick McLennan published

One Direction to perform from Albert Square during Children in Need night
By Patrick McLennan published

Tom Branson to leave Downton at Christmas in pursuit of American dream
By Patrick McLennan published

Gillian Taylforth and Michelle Collins return to EastEnders for Children in Need
By Patrick McLennan published

X Factor finalist Ella Henderson reaches No 1 with her debut album
By Patrick McLennan published

Diana Vickers: 'I always wanted to be an actress – X Factor took me off track'
By Patrick McLennan published

Neighbours' Sheree Murphy: Now the kids are at school it's my time (VIDEO)
By Patrick McLennan published

Illness cuts short Claire King's stay on Celebrity Big Brother
By Patrick McLennan published

Kelly Brook's bloke David McIntosh first out of Celebrity Big Brother
By Patrick McLennan published

'Wound up' Cowell thought Cheryl had 'lost her confidence' before US X Factor sacking
By Patrick McLennan published

White Dee succeeds in convincing Celeb Big Brother housemates she's royalty
By Patrick McLennan published
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