Education
McCourt was educated at Tapton School, a state comprehensive in the city of Sheffield in South Yorkshire. At Norton College, building on his experience as a volunteer at Sheffield's hospital radio station, he studied audio, video, and print media, receiving the BTEC National Diploma in media production in 1994.
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