Editing Chris Barrie (section)

==Early life and career==
Barrie was born on 28 March 1960 in [[Hanover]], [[Lower Saxony]], [[West Germany]], to a father who was serving in the [[British Army]],{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} and later attended [[Methodist College Belfast|Methodist College]], a boarding school, in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]]. After dropping out of his Combined Studies course at [[University of Brighton|Brighton Polytechnic]], he became a [[Gravedigger|grave filler]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=Chris Barrie Fans|title=Chris Barrie the Terry Wogan Interview|date=2018-01-20|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLVedc8F40o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/eLVedc8F40o| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|access-date=2018-01-21}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He began his television career as a sports personality impersonator on ''[[David Essex|The David Essex Showcase]]'' in 1982.<ref name="essex">{{Cite web|title=BBC Programme Index 31 July 1982 David Essex Showcase|url= https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_one_london/1982-07-31|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk |access-date=14 December 2022|date=31 July 1982}}</ref>

He adopted the surname "Barrie" as there was already an actor named Chris Brown on the Equity UK lists. He was a regular on ''[[Saturday Live (British TV programme)|Saturday Live]]'', amongst performers like [[Fry and Laurie]], [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Ben Elton]]. Barrie provided the voice of [[Ronald Reagan]] in the pop song "[[Two Tribes]]" by [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]],<ref name="jif"/> as well as various vocalizations for other tracks by FGTH and [[Art of Noise]].<ref name="jif"/> He also appeared as an impressionist on the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Carrott's Lib]]''<ref name="jif"/> between 1983 and 1984, and he starred in his own sketch show ''Pushing Up Daisies'' (re-titled ''Coming Next'' for the following series) from 1984 to 1985 alongside [[Hale and Pace]] and [[Carla Mendonça]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Viewer |first1=Telly |title=Pushing Up Daisies / Coming Next |url=http://www.curiousbritishtelly.co.uk/2017/09/pushing-up-daisies-coming-next.html |website=Curious British Telly |access-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> In 1987, he appeared as a French Revolutionary in ''[[Blackadder the Third]]'' (episode "Nob and Nobility") and did various parts in ''The Young Ones'' both as an actor and a voice-over.<ref name="jif"/><ref name="young"/>