GMB's Doctor Hilary Jones and his quiet life in Edenbridge with his famous wife
msn.comEdenbridge with his wife, who is famous in her own right. KentLive takes a look back at the nation's favourite TV doctor's rise to fame. READ MORE: How the Wagatha Christie phrase was actually coined in KentDr Hilary didn't always mix medicine with television - in fact, being a GP was almost a part of his genetic make-up.
His father was a GP in the NHS, but back when things were even harder than they are now. He told The Telegraph: “My father was an NHS GP in the days when they worked around the clock and for very little money, so money was always tight.
While food in the cupboards and a roof over your head were always a given, anything else above that was a bit of a luxury. ”But that didn't put him off pursuing a career in medicine himself.
He attended Latymer Upper School on the banks of the River Thames before qualifying as a medical doctor at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead in 1976.
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