Editing Chris Addison (section)

== Early life ==
Addison was born in [[Cardiff]], Wales, to English parents and moved with his parents to [[Worsley]], [[Salford]], England, when he was four.<ref name="chain reaction">{{cite news|title=Chain Reaction – Series 8 – 2. Rebecca Front talks to Chris Addison|publisher=[[BBC Radio 4]]|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l8rbv|access-date=27 March 2014}}</ref> On the [[BBC Radio 4]] programme ''[[Chain Reaction (radio)|Chain Reaction]]'', he stated he considers himself a middle-class Mancunian.<ref name="chain reaction" /> He was educated at [[Manchester Grammar School]], an independent school for boys in Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|title=Drama|url=https://www.mgs.org/185/drama|access-date=15 April 2018|website=Manchester Grammar School|quote="MGS Drama has a long and proud theatrical tradition, as Old Boys including Sir Ben Kingsley, Robert Powell, Sir Nicholas Hytner and Chris Addison can confirm."}}</ref> At MGS rather than playing cricket he played the game [[podex]].<ref>BBC (2021) Test Match Special, BBC Radio 5, 4th Sep.</ref> This was followed by the [[University of Birmingham]], where he studied English Literature with the original intent of becoming a theatre director.<ref name="Indy">{{cite news|last=Hall|first=Julian|date=10 July 2008|title=Chris Addison: Swapping satire for sitcom|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|location=London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/chris-addison-swapping-satire-for-sitcom-863788.html|url-status=dead|access-date=14 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520023501/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/chris-addison-swapping-satire-for-sitcom-863788.html|archive-date=20 May 2010}}</ref> After his directing plans did not work out, he drifted into comedy as an alternative creative outlet.<ref name="chain reaction" />