McLean was a weather presenter for GMTV between 1997 and 2008, and is a co-presenter on ITV’s daytime chat show Loose Women . McLean started her career in 1993 as a freelance travel writer. She joined Central Press Features in May 1994 and was promoted to Production Editor in 1995. In June 1996, McLean joined The Weather Channel , and worked as a weather reporter for Talk Radio . In 1997, she worked on Channel 5 ‘s daily talk show Espresso as one of the programme’s panellists.