Editing Noel Edmonds (section)

==Early life==
Edmonds was born in [[Ilford]], [[Essex]], the son of Dudley Edmonds, a headmaster who worked in [[Hainault, London|Hainault]], [[Chigwell]], and Lydia Edmonds, an art teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BFI Screenonline: Edmonds, Noel (1948-) Biography |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/464608/index.html |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=Screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> He attended Glade Primary School in [[Clayhall]] and [[Brentwood School, Essex|Brentwood School]] in [[Brentwood, Essex]].<ref name="Cooke2006">Rachel Cooke, The Observer, [https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/29/broadcasting.bbc Noel Edmonds talks to Rachel Cooke], 29 January 2006</ref>

He was offered a place at the [[University of Surrey]] but turned it down to focus on his radio career.<ref name=":3" />