Editing Jonathan Ross (section)

==Early life and education==
Jonathan Stephen Ross was born on 17 November 1960<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/7-things-you-never-knew-245887 |title=7 things you never knew about Jonathan Ross |first=Roz |last=Laws |newspaper=Birmingham Mail |date=21 February 2010 |access-date=14 February 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214012546/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/7-things-you-never-knew-245887 |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[St Pancras, London|St Pancras]], north London<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsletter.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/have-laugh-jonathans-comedy-club-2966969 |title=Have a laugh with Jonathan's Comedy Club! |newspaper=The News Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 September 2020 |access-date=14 February 2021 |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214015834/https://www.newsletter.co.uk/arts-and-culture/film-and-tv/have-laugh-jonathans-comedy-club-2966969 |url-status=live }}</ref> and raised in [[Leytonstone]], east London.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-ross-chattering-class-359391.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-ross-chattering-class-359391.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jonathan Ross: Chattering class |first=Ian |last=Burrell |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=6 July 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021}}</ref> The son of John and actress [[Martha Ross]], he has four brothers and one sister.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Simpson|first=Neil|title=Jonathan Ross: The Unauthorised Biography|publisher=John Blake Publishing Ltd|year=2007|isbn=978-1844544325}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He is the younger brother of journalist, television editor, and media personality [[Paul Ross]].<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-03-06|title=Paul Ross: My life in media - Media, News - The Independent|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/paul-ross-my-life-in-media-454503.html|access-date=2021-09-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306195856/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/paul-ross-my-life-in-media-454503.html|archive-date=6 March 2009}}</ref>

Their mother put all of her children forward for roles in television advertisements.<ref>{{cite news |first=James |last=Sturcke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/29/jonathan-ross-profile |title=Jonathan Ross: Profile |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 October 2008 |access-date=11 March 2013 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306163355/http://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/29/jonathan-ross-profile |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Independent 2003">{{cite news|last=Millar|first=Iain|title=Jonathan Ross: The likely lad|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-ross-the-likely-lad-588797.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090914024522/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/jonathan-ross-the-likely-lad-588797.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 September 2009|access-date=22 December 2010|newspaper=The Independent|date=3 August 2003|location=London}}</ref> Ross first appeared in a television advertisement for the [[breakfast cereal]] Kellogg's [[Rice Krispies]] in 1970, when he was 10 years old.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3452116/Rice-Krispies-celebrate-80th-birthday.html | title = Rice Krispies celebrate 80th birthday | date = 13 November 2008 | access-date = 27 January 2012 | archive-date = 13 March 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110313100826/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3452116/Rice-Krispies-celebrate-80th-birthday.html | url-status = live }}</ref> He also appeared in an ad for the [[laundry detergent]] [[Persil]].<ref name=":2">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=AICHdUj3AvcC&q=%22jonathan+ross%22+%2Bpersil+%2B%22rice+krispies%22+%2Bmartha&pg=PA101 | title = Jonathan Ross OBE, 'The Prolific TV Presenter' | author = Peter Wynter Bee | year = 2008 | publisher = People of the Day Limited | isbn = 9780954811020 | access-date = 27 January 2012 | archive-date = 7 October 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20231007223801/https://books.google.com/books?id=AICHdUj3AvcC&q=%22jonathan+ross%22+%2Bpersil+%2B%22rice+krispies%22+%2Bmartha&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q=%22jonathan%20ross%22%20%2Bpersil%20%2B%22rice%20krispies%22%20%2Bmartha&f=false | url-status = live }}</ref>

Ross was educated at the [[comprehensive school]]s [[Norlington School for Boys]] and [[Leyton Sixth Form College|Leyton County High School for Boys]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Why do I say these things? |first=Jonathan |last=Ross |year=2009 |page=32 |publisher=Random House |isbn=9780553813494 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vFHKkzb8vPIC&pg=PA32 |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007223801/https://books.google.com/books?id=vFHKkzb8vPIC&pg=PA32 |url-status=live }}</ref> He then studied at the [[Southampton College of Art]]<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.independent.co.uk/student/who-needs-degree-here-are-10-celebrities-who-dropped-out-or-did-badly-who-are-doing-just-fine-8972380.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/student/who-needs-degree-here-are-10-celebrities-who-dropped-out-or-did-badly-who-are-doing-just-fine-8972380.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title= Who needs a degree? Here are 10 celebrities who dropped out or did badly – who are doing just fine | work=The Independent | first=Michael | last=O'Connell-Davidson | date=29 November 2013 | access-date=28 May 2021}}</ref> and took a degree in Modern European History at the [[School of Slavonic and East European Studies]] (SSEES) in London, which today forms part of [[University College London]].<ref name="UCL Fellowships conferred">{{cite web | url = http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0606/06062201 | title = UCL Fellowships conferred | date = 22 June 2006 | access-date = 3 July 2008 | archive-date = 10 February 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090210191247/http://ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0606/06062201 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Ross began his adult career as a researcher on the [[Channel 4]] show ''[[Loose Talk (British TV series)|Loose Talk]]''. After leaving this, he worked on various other shows before beginning another research job on ''Soul Train'', which became ''Solid Soul''. It is believed his first appearance on television was as an extra in the 1981 ''[[It Ain't Half Hot, Mum]]'' episode ''The Last Roll Call''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8446077.stm |title=Jonathan Ross's most memorable moments |date=7 January 2010 |publisher=BBC |access-date=8 January 2010 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007223801/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8446077.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>