Editing Sean Lock (section)

==Early life==
Lock was born in [[Chertsey]], [[Surrey]], on 22 April 1963, the youngest of four children.<ref name="Courier">{{cite web |url=http://www.thecourier.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/theatre/a-word-with-comedian-sean-lock-1.26811 |title=A word with comedian Sean Lock |newspaper=The Courier |date=27 October 2010 |first=Jennifer |last=Cosgrove |access-date=22 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201173204/http://www.thecourier.co.uk/lifestyle/entertainment/theatre/a-word-with-comedian-sean-lock-1.26811|archive-date=1 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="birthday1">{{cite web |title=Sean Lock |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/sean_lock_person_page.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821005519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/sean_lock_person_page.shtml |archive-date=21 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=BBC Comedy}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sean-lock-dead-surrey-comedian-21339430 |title=Sean Lock: Surrey-born comedian dies at the age of 58 |work=Surrey Live |date=18 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818104200/https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/sean-lock-dead-surrey-comedian-21339430 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Telegraph obit"/> His father, Sidney, worked in the [[construction|building industry]]; his mother, Mary (née McCreesh),<ref name="Telegraph obit">{{cite news |date=18 August 2021 |title=Sean Lock, laidback star of television comedy shows including 8 out of 10 Cats who was also an original and confident stage performer – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/08/18/sean-lock-laidback-star-television-comedy-shows-including-8/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818151252/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/08/18/sean-lock-laidback-star-television-comedy-shows-including-8/ |archive-date=18 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref> was from [[Cullaville]], [[County Armagh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barnes |first=Ciaran |date=22 August 2021 |title=Sean Lock made regular trips to visit uncle in Northern Ireland |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/sean-lock-made-regular-trips-to-visit-uncle-in-northern-ireland-40774477.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823165638/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/sean-lock-made-regular-trips-to-visit-uncle-in-northern-ireland-40774477.html |archive-date=23 August 2021 |access-date=23 August 2021 |newspaper=belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Lock was raised in [[Woking]], Surrey, where he attended [[St John the Baptist School, Woking|St John the Baptist School]].

During Lock's teenage years, he watched [[art film|art-house film]]s on [[BBC Two]], and named [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]'s 1979 [[science fiction film|science-fiction film]] ''[[Stalker (1979 film)|Stalker]]'' as one that affected him greatly.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/> In 1981, he left education with a grade E in [[A-level]] [[English studies|English]].<ref name="Telegraph obit"/><ref name="Times obit">{{Cite news |date=18 August 2021 |title=Sean Lock obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sean-lock-obituary-sntrvwbpl |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818231156/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sean-lock-obituary-sntrvwbpl |archive-date=18 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |website=[[The Times]] |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Afterwards, his father got him a job stripping concrete panels off buildings.<ref name="Times obit"/> After spending seven years as a labourer, he travelled, taking on different jobs.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/><ref name="Times obit"/> For six weeks, he worked on a French farm as a [[goatherd|goat herder]] and worked on a [[kibbutz]] in Israel. During this period, he also worked as a toilet cleaner and a [[Department of Health and Social Security]] office worker. During his work as a labourer, he developed [[skin cancer]].<ref name="Telegraph obit"/><ref name="Guardian obit"/>

He then decided to pursue acting and enrolled at the [[Drama Centre London]], though he soon realised he had made an error.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/> He quit and returned to being a labourer.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/><ref name="Times obit"/> After Lock saw comedians like [[Alexei Sayle]] and [[Paul Merton]] performing in comedy clubs, he decided to pursue comedy.<ref name="Times obit"/> Throughout this time, he visited comedy shows in London pubs and started doing open-mic spots as a hobby. In 1988, Lock had his first official gig at a pub in [[Stoke Newington]], London.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/> After being paid £15 for his 20{{nbsp}}minutes, he realised he could pursue being a comedian as a career.<ref name="Telegraph obit"/>