Editing Craig Charles (section)

== Early life ==
Craig Joseph Charles was born in [[Liverpool]] on 11 July 1964,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/ccfunkandsoul/status/1282027683405275137 |title=Happy birthday to me from the funk and soul crew |author=Craig Charles @CCfunkandsoul |date=11 July 2020 |publisher=[[Twitter]] |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref> the son of a [[Guyana|Guyanese]] father<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Actor+Craig's+tribute+to+much-loved+father.-a0138994015 "Actor Craig's tribute to much-loved father"], ''Liverpool Echo'', 22 November 2005</ref> and Irish mother.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Holly |date=27 June 2012 |title=My Secret Life: Craig Charles, 47, DJ and actor |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/my-secret-life-craig-charles-47-dj-and-actor-7893368.html |access-date=15 November 2023 |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/craig_charles_person_page.shtml "Craig Charles person page"] bbc.co.uk</ref> He grew up on the [[Cantril Farm]] housing estate<ref name=":0"/> with his older brother, Dean (died 2014), and two other brothers, Jimmy and Emile. He attended [[West Derby Comprehensive School]] followed by [[Childwall]] Hall College of Further Education, studying [[A-levels]] in History, Government & Politics, English Literature and General Studies.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/education-passedfailed-craig-charles-1070071.html "Education: Passed/Failed Craig Charles"], ''The Independent'', 11 February 1999, London</ref> He won a national competition run by ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper for a poem he wrote when he was 12 years old.<ref name="voice"/> Upon leaving school, Charles spent time working in a studio at Central Hall on Renshaw Street in Liverpool.<ref name="voice">{{cite web|title=Merseyside Mirth Makers – Craig Charles|url=http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2019/04/merseyside-mirth-makers-craig-charles.html  |access-date=15 September 2020|website=The Football Voice|date=29 April 2019}}</ref>