A British television director who was BAFTA nominated in 2002 for his work on talk show Parkinson (1997-2007). McDonald worked on a variety of shows, including The Apprentice: You’re Fired (2008-2012), Pointless (2011-2013), Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two (2006-2012) and Robot Wars (1998-2003) – for the first seven series of the latter he served as the voice as well as director. In 2002, he directed two BAFTA Tributes, one on James Bond and one on Judi Dench.