Editing Harry Hill (section)

==Early life, education and medical career==
Hill was born in [[Woking]], [[Surrey]] on 1 October 1964<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.woking.gov.uk/woking/people/halloffame |title=Woking Borough Council, Hall of Fame |access-date=20 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415164435/http://www.woking.gov.uk/woking/people/halloffame |archive-date=15 April 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and grew up in [[Staplehurst]], Kent, where he attended the local primary school.<ref name=Staplehurst>{{cite news |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7440000/newsid_7446000/7446088.stm |date= 10 June 2008 |title= Harry Hill fights for sports day |work= BBC Newsround |access-date= 16 March 2023 }}</ref><ref name=Guardian>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/17/harry-hill-food-and-drink |title=Harry Hill: 'There's no such thing as healthy eating' |work=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=15 March 2014 |date=16 July 2011 |last1=Hind |first1=John }}</ref> At the age of 14, Hill moved with his family to [[Hong Kong]] for two years and attended [[Island School]] there.<ref name=Guardian/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/harry-hill-mr-gillinghams-words-always-stayed-me |title=Harry Hill: 'Mr Gillingham's words always stayed with me' |date=21 June 2019 |last1=Bloom |first1=Adi}}</ref> He was later educated at [[Angley School]] and then [[Cranbrook School, Kent|Cranbrook School]] in Kent and [[St George's, University of London|St George's Hospital Medical School]]. He received his [[Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery|MBBS]] medical degree from the [[University of London]] in 1988.<ref name="MBBS">{{cite web|url=https://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/3356065|title=GMC Status|access-date=2024-04-18}}</ref> Hill worked as a [[proctologist]]  at [[Doncaster Royal Infirmary]], before quitting the medical profession because he "didn't feel in control of what was happening";<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/7-things-you-never-knew-246121 |title=7 things you never knew about Harry Hill |last=Laws |first=Roz |work=[[Sunday Mercury]] |date=28 February 2010 |access-date=2021-12-31}}</ref> he is still registered on the [[General Medical Council]]'s list of [[Registered Medical Practitioner]]s.<ref name="MBBS" />

In 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom]], Hill nearly returned to work at the temporary [[NHS Nightingale Hospital London]], after filling in the form after "A few drinks". He was asked if he could start immediately due to his last medical specialism being in [[Respiratory System|Respiratory Emergencies]]. However, he turned down the role due to travel issues.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenwick |first1=George |title=Harry Hill reveals he was asked to return to work as a doctor at height of coronavirus pandemic |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/harry-hill-doctor-coronavirus-pandemic-a4527781.html |website=www.standard.co.uk |date=18 August 2020 |publisher=The Standard |access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref>