Editing Col Needham (section)

==Early life==
Needham was born on 26 January 1967 in [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton, Lancashire]].{{efn|Denton was in Lancashire until it was moved to the newly formed [[Greater Manchester]] in 1974.}}<ref name="nyt 1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/28/business/yourmoney/28frenzy.html|title=From a Small Stream, a Gusher of Movie Facts|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Richard|last=Siklos|date=28 May 2006|accessdate=19 October 2009}}</ref> He attended [[Audenshaw School]] and [[Clarendon Sixth Form College]] in [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde, Cheshire]],{{efn|Hyde was in Cheshire until it was moved to the newly formed [[Greater Manchester]] in 1974.}} and graduated from the [[University of Leeds]] with a [[Bachelor of Science|BSc (Hons)]] in [[computer science]] in 1988.<ref name="MM uk 1">{{cite web |last=Glendinning |first=Amy |date=11 January 2011 |title=I am IMDb: The millionaire film geek from Denton behind the world's top movie website |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/i-am-imdb-the-millionaire-film-geek-851365 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112170758/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1404888_i_am_imdb_the_millionaire_film_geek_from_denton_behind_the_worlds_top_movie_website |archive-date=12 November 2012 |accessdate=20 November 2024 |website=[[Manchester Evening News]]}}</ref>