Terry Christian
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Terry Christian is a British television and radio presenter whose credits include Channel 4
's late night Youth Entertainment show The Word
and ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life
. He also presented six series of It's My life, two series of 'Turn On Terry and numerous other programmes for ITV, MTV, VH1, Channel 4 as well as a variety of different local and national radio programmes on stations including radio 4, BBC6 Music, Talksport, Century Radio, Key 103, Signal and BBC's Radio Derby and Manchester.
. His father was a shop steward in the TGWU
at Esso In Trafford Park. He attended Thames Polytechnic in London studying Applied Biology and has an HND in that subject specialising in microbiology.
He was spotted in 1981 by Maxine Baker, who booked him along with 99 other unemployed youngsters from the inner City area of Manchester for Devil's Advocate, a programme made by Granada Television
and networked on a Sunday night on ITV about youngsters on the dole
, presented by former World In Action
editor Gus Macdonald. The show was made in reaction to the Scarman Report
which looked into the causes of that summers riots in Moss Side
, Toxteth
, Brixton
, Handsworth
and St Pauls. Amongst the other kids on the dole alongside Christian on Devil's Advocate was Johnny Marr
of The Smiths
. As a result of his appearances on the programme, Christian was offered his own radio show on BBC Radio Derby
called Barbed Wireless.
in the Best specialist music category in 1985 and 1986. and contributed regularly to Saturday Live on BBC Radio 1
.
He managed a twelve-piece Reggae band, from the Nottingham/Derby area, Junior C Reaction, who received airplay on John Peel
and Janice Long
's shows on BBC Radio 1
for their first independent release on Centurion Records, a double A Side, "Cry Jahoviah", and "Love & Emotion". They were signed to Cooltempo, a Chrysalis subsidiary, and enjoyed a modicum of success with their first release, a version of the Delroy Wilson
classic, "'Better Must Come", which was C-listed on Radio One and Capital Radio
at the time as well as playing a live session on Radio One's Saturday live. Terry also promoted regular gigs around the Derby and Nottingham area, promoting concerts by Pop Will Eat Itself
, The Jazz Defektors, Nico
(of Velvet Underground fame) Misty In Roots
, The Naturalites, The Fall, The Beyond
, The Meteors
, UK Subs
, The Cocteau Twins and Hugh Masakela and regular house nights at Derby's Twentieth Century club, where the resident Saturday night DJ was Graeme Park
, who left to join Mike Pickering
at the legendary Hacienda Nude Night
In late 1988, he joined Piccadilly Radio's Key 103 FM, presenting from 6-9pm on weekday evenings, and 2pm-5pm on Sunday afternoon, playing (The Stone Roses
, Happy Mondays
, Inspiral Carpets
, and 808 State
), as well as a mixture of classics by everyone from The Beatles
, Love
, The Doors
, Jimi Hendrix
, classic soul
and funk, plus Manchester favourites like The Buzzcocks, The Smiths
, The Fall, New Order
, and Joy Division
, A Guy Called Garald, The Chameleons
. Christian also wrote The Word
page in the Manchester Evening News
from September 1989, a page dedicated to the Manchester music scene, and gave the first press to a host of Manchester luminaries including The Charlatans, Oasis
, and Doves (then called Sub Sub
), M People
.
Christian has presented on every radio station in the Manchester area and Northwest , including Century radio where he presented a syndicated evening show from 7pm-10pm across the network as well as the breakfast and drive time show on BBc radio manchester , where he also presented and originated 'The manchester Music Show' back in 2002 , featuring new bands from the the greater Manchester area mixed up with manchester classics from every era , a pre-cursor to the BBC Introducing series. He was also the presenter of The Final Whistle on talkSPORT
every Saturday between 5pm and 8pm from 2006 until 2008, alongside ex-footballer Micky Quinn
Christian joined Stockport based radio station Imagine FM (104.9 fm) in March 2011. Imagine was formerly known as KFM, and Christian once presented a nightly show on the old station alongside Jon Ronson
, Caroline Aherne
and Craig Cash
; .
scene, was recruited to host the controversial Channel 4
youth show The Word
, named after his column in the Manchester Evening News
, and based on the format of his music magazine radio shows. The show was a mixture of pop music and teen attitude, and attracted up to a 49% audience share in its Friday night slot. The Word hosted many bands playing live for the first time on British TV, including Oasis
, Nirvana
, Snoop Dogg
, Public Enemy, and Rage Against The Machine
. Christian remained its only continuous presenter until it finished its run in 1995.
He went on to present Carlton Television
's The Big City, Sky1's pop music show The Hitmix, and The Football Show for Tyne Tees Television
. He presented Turn On Terry for ITV
with regular guest Tony Wilson
and six series of It's My Life
(2003–2009) produced by former World In Action editor and Tony Wilson's So It Goes
Series producer Geoff Moore for ITV, which was nominated for two St. Martin's Trust Awards.
He has starred as himself in The Cribs
' video for the standalone single "You're Gonna Lose Us", which was made to look like an episode of The Word; and also played the part of Ross Peagrum, despotic TV presenter, in series 2 and 4 of the popular BBC TV drama series Cutting It
, as well appearing as a guest on numerous TV shows in the UK and Ireland. During the nineties, Terry was also regularly seen as a presenter on MTV Europe. In January 2009 he entered as a contestant on the celebrity version of the reality TV show Big Brother
alongside Verne Troyer
, Latoya Jackson, Ulrika Jonsson
, Coolio
and Mutya Buena
, finishing in second place. Christian has recently completed hosting series six of ITV's youth discussion show It's My Life, made by Manchester based independent Moore Television. The programme is filmed at Granada Television
in Manchester. Special guests on this series include Hazel Blears
MP, Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Helen Newlove
, widow of Garry Newlove
.
Christian set up his own production company, Gigwise Productions in April 2010 and is working on documentaries about legendary Manchester photographer Harry Goodwin
and Britain's first black footballer Arthur Wharton
.
He is in demand as a host for corporate events and as a guest on numerous TV shows including 'Come Dine With Me
, 8 out of 10 cats
and Would I Lie To You?
. He is a regular guest on a variety of discussion shows on Radio Five
live, Radio Four and BBC2's The Culture Show
As Christian is an avid Manchester United fan he frequently appears on the Manchester United channel MUTV and has his own show, 'Terry Christian's Sunday Worship' and regularly hosts the 'Live From The Red Cafe Show'. He is a regular panellist on topical debate
chat show The Wright Stuff
. He will star in the natural horror flick DeadTime, which is directed by Chilean filmmaker Tony Jopia and is set for an 2011 release., and has also recently played the part of a debauched Catholic priest in the Mad theatre company's production of Angels with Manky Faces, based loosely on the factual book by Andrew Davies, Gangs Of Manchester and has also appeared in recent film selling yourself, April 2011.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
's late night Youth Entertainment show The Word
The Word (TV series)
The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom.-Format:Its presenters included Mancunian radio presenter Terry Christian, comedian Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, Jasmine Dotiwala, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and "Huffty"...
and ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life
It's My Life (TV series)
It's My Life is a late-night youth-discussion programme on ITV , commissioned through its religious programmes department. Presented by Terry Christian, the show is made by Manchester-based independent producer Moore Television. It's My Life features debates on such subjects as sexual behaviour,...
. He also presented six series of It's My life, two series of 'Turn On Terry and numerous other programmes for ITV, MTV, VH1, Channel 4 as well as a variety of different local and national radio programmes on stations including radio 4, BBC6 Music, Talksport, Century Radio, Key 103, Signal and BBC's Radio Derby and Manchester.
Early life
Christian was born in Old Trafford to Irish parents (born in Dublin) on 8 May 1962, and grew up in Brooks Bar Old Trafford with five brothers and sisters. He was educated at St. Alphonsus Primary School, Ayres Road, Old Trafford and St Bede's College, ManchesterSt Bede's College, Manchester
St Bede's College, Manchester is an independent Roman Catholic day school situated on Alexandra Road South in the Whalley Range area of the city, and is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
. His father was a shop steward in the TGWU
Transport and General Workers' Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members...
at Esso In Trafford Park. He attended Thames Polytechnic in London studying Applied Biology and has an HND in that subject specialising in microbiology.
He was spotted in 1981 by Maxine Baker, who booked him along with 99 other unemployed youngsters from the inner City area of Manchester for Devil's Advocate, a programme made by Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
and networked on a Sunday night on ITV about youngsters on the dole
Jobseeker's Allowance
Jobseeker's Allowance is a United Kingdom benefit, colloquially known as the dole . It is a form of unemployment benefit paid by the government to people who are unemployed and seeking work. It is part of the social security benefits system and is intended to cover living expenses while the...
, presented by former World In Action
World in Action
World in Action was a British investigative current affairs programme made by Granada Television from 1963 until 1998. Its campaigning journalism frequently had a major impact on events of the day. Its production teams often took audacious risks and gained a solid reputation for its often...
editor Gus Macdonald. The show was made in reaction to the Scarman Report
Scarman report
The Scarman report was commissioned by the UK Government following the 1981 Brixton riots. Lord Scarman was appointed by then Home Secretary William Whitelaw on 14 April 1981 to hold the enquiry into the riots...
which looked into the causes of that summers riots in Moss Side
Moss Side
Moss Side is an inner-city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England. It lies south of Manchester city centre and has a population of around 17,537...
, Toxteth
Toxteth
Toxteth is an inner city area of Liverpool, England. Located to the south of the city, Toxteth is bordered by Liverpool City Centre, Dingle, Edge Hill, Wavertree and Aigburth.-Description:...
, Brixton
Brixton
Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
, Handsworth
Handsworth, West Midlands
Handsworth is an inner city area of Birmingham in the West Midlands, England. The Local Government Act 1894 divided the ancient Staffordshire parish of Handsworth into two urban districts: Handsworth and Perry Barr. Handsworth was annexed to the county borough of Birmingham in Warwickshire in 1911...
and St Pauls. Amongst the other kids on the dole alongside Christian on Devil's Advocate was Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr
Johnny Marr is an English musician and songwriter. Marr rose to fame in the 1980s as the guitarist in The Smiths, with whom he formed a prolific songwriting partnership with Morrissey. Marr has been a member of Electronic, The The, and Modest Mouse...
of The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
. As a result of his appearances on the programme, Christian was offered his own radio show on BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Derby
BBC Radio Derby is the BBC Local Radio station for the English county of Derbyshire, covering all but the northern tip of the county, and also serves eastern Staffordshire, mainly Uttoxeter and Burton upon Trent. The station broadcasts from its studios in Derby on 104.5, 95.3 and 96.0 FM and 1116...
called Barbed Wireless.
Radio
Christian worked for BBC Radio Derby from 1982-88 presenting Barbed Wireless and also from 86-88 presented WPFM on Radio 4, with his Barbed Wireless programme winning Sony AwardsSony Radio Academy Awards
The Sony Radio Academy Awards , started in 1983, are some of the most prestigious awards in the British radio industry. They are run by ZAFER Associates in association with the Radio Academy...
in the Best specialist music category in 1985 and 1986. and contributed regularly to Saturday Live on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
.
He managed a twelve-piece Reggae band, from the Nottingham/Derby area, Junior C Reaction, who received airplay on John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
and Janice Long
Janice Long
Janice Long is an English radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 02:00. She is the older sister of TV and radio personality Keith Chegwin.-Early career:...
's shows on BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
for their first independent release on Centurion Records, a double A Side, "Cry Jahoviah", and "Love & Emotion". They were signed to Cooltempo, a Chrysalis subsidiary, and enjoyed a modicum of success with their first release, a version of the Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson
Delroy Wilson was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae singer.-Biography:Wilson released his first single "Emy Lou" in 1961 for record producer, Clement "Coxsone" Dodd, at the age of thirteen...
classic, "'Better Must Come", which was C-listed on Radio One and Capital Radio
Capital Radio
Capital London is a London based radio station which launched on 16 October 1973 and is owned by Global Radio. On 3 January 2011 it formed part of the nine station Capital radio network.- Pre-launch :...
at the time as well as playing a live session on Radio One's Saturday live. Terry also promoted regular gigs around the Derby and Nottingham area, promoting concerts by Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band, originally formed in Stourbridge in 1986, with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a Grebo act, their style changed to incorporate sample driven indie and industrial rock...
, The Jazz Defektors, Nico
Nico
Nico was a German singer, lyricist, composer, musician, fashion model, and actress, who initially rose to fame as a Warhol Superstar in the 1960s...
(of Velvet Underground fame) Misty In Roots
Misty in Roots
Misty in Roots began life as a Southall-based British roots reggae band in the early 1970s. Their first album was 1979's Live at the Counter Eurovision, a record full of Biblical Rastafarian songs. It was championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, helping to bring roots reggae to a white audience...
, The Naturalites, The Fall, The Beyond
The Beyond (band)
The Beyond were a progressive metal band from Derby, England. The band performed under this name between1988 and 1993, then under the name Gorilla from 1995 to 1998.-The Beyond :...
, The Meteors
The Meteors
The Meteors are an English psychobilly band formed in 1980. Originally from London, England, they are often credited with giving the psychobilly subgenre—which fuses punk rock with rockabilly—its distinctive sound and style...
, UK Subs
UK Subs
The U.K. Subs are an English punk rock band, among the earliest in the first wave of British punk. Formed in 1976, the mainstay of the band has been vocalist Charlie Harper, originally a singer in Britain's R&B scene. They were also one of the first street punk bands.-Career:The U.K...
, The Cocteau Twins and Hugh Masakela and regular house nights at Derby's Twentieth Century club, where the resident Saturday night DJ was Graeme Park
Graeme Park
Graeme Park is an historic site in Horsham, Montgomery County. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and operated by the non-profit group, The Friends of Graeme Park. It is the only surviving residence of a colonial-era Pennsylvania governor...
, who left to join Mike Pickering
Mike Pickering
Michael "Duncan" Pickering has DJed at The Haçienda's infamous "Nude" and "Hot" nights and later "Shine". He worked for Factory Records where he signed Happy Mondays, To Hell With Burgundy and James amongst others...
at the legendary Hacienda Nude Night
The Haçienda
Fac 51 Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England. It became most famous during the "Madchester" years of the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the 1990s it was labelled the most famous club in the world by Newsweek magazine...
In late 1988, he joined Piccadilly Radio's Key 103 FM, presenting from 6-9pm on weekday evenings, and 2pm-5pm on Sunday afternoon, playing (The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses
The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983. They were one of the pioneering groups of the Madchester movement that was active during the late 1980s and early 1990s...
, Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays
Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
, Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate...
, and 808 State
808 State
808 State are a British electronic music outfit, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and their common state of mind...
), as well as a mixture of classics by everyone from The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Love
Love (band)
Love was an American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were led by singer/songwriter Arthur Lee and lead guitarist Johnny Echols...
, The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
, classic soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and funk, plus Manchester favourites like The Buzzcocks, The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
, The Fall, New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
, and Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, A Guy Called Garald, The Chameleons
The Chameleons
The Chameleons were an English post-punk band that formed in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England in 1981. They consisted of singer and bassist Mark Burgess, guitarist Reg Smithies, guitarist Dave Fielding, and drummer John Lever...
. Christian also wrote The Word
The Word
The Word may mean:in bookstores:*The Word Bookstore, a philosophy and poetry bookstore in Montreal*Word , a Christian bookstore chain in Australiain the Christian faith:*The Bible*Christ the Logos...
page in the Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. It is published every day except Sunday and is owned by Trinity Mirror plc following its sale by Guardian Media Group in early 2010. It has an average daily circulation of 90,973 copies...
from September 1989, a page dedicated to the Manchester music scene, and gave the first press to a host of Manchester luminaries including The Charlatans, Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
, and Doves (then called Sub Sub
Sub Sub
Sub Sub were an English dance act from Wilmslow, Cheshire composed of Jimi Goodwin and twin brothers Andy and Jez Williams.The threesome met at school in 1985 and became regulars at The Haçienda while composing their own material together...
), M People
M People
M People are a British house music act from Manchester, who formed in 1990 and achieved success throughout most of the 1990s. The name M People is from the initials of Mike Pickering, who formed the group.-Career:...
.
Christian has presented on every radio station in the Manchester area and Northwest , including Century radio where he presented a syndicated evening show from 7pm-10pm across the network as well as the breakfast and drive time show on BBc radio manchester , where he also presented and originated 'The manchester Music Show' back in 2002 , featuring new bands from the the greater Manchester area mixed up with manchester classics from every era , a pre-cursor to the BBC Introducing series. He was also the presenter of The Final Whistle on talkSPORT
TalkSPORT
Talksport , owned by UTV radio, is one of the United Kingdom's three terrestrial analogue Independent National Radio broadcasters, offering a sports and talk radio service broadcast from London to the United Kingdom....
every Saturday between 5pm and 8pm from 2006 until 2008, alongside ex-footballer Micky Quinn
Micky Quinn
Michael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...
Christian joined Stockport based radio station Imagine FM (104.9 fm) in March 2011. Imagine was formerly known as KFM, and Christian once presented a nightly show on the old station alongside Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson
Jon Ronson is a Welsh journalist, documentary filmmaker, radio presenter and nonfiction author, whose works include The Men Who Stare At Goats. His journalism and columns have appeared in British publications including The Guardian newspaper, City Life and Time Out magazine...
, Caroline Aherne
Caroline Aherne
Caroline Mary Aherne is an English comedian and BAFTA winning writer and actress, best known for Mrs Merton and The Royle Family.- Background :...
and Craig Cash
Craig Cash
Craig Cash is an English comedy actor, BAFTA award-winning writer and also a director.-Biography:Cash is best known for playing slightly dull and dopey working-class northern men, particularly Dave Best in the hugely successful BBC sitcom The Royle Family, which he co-wrote with Caroline Aherne...
; .
Television
In 1990, Christian with the explosion of the MadchesterMadchester
Madchester was a music scene that developed in Manchester, England, towards the end of the 1980s and into the early 1990s. The music that emerged from the scene mixed alternative rock, psychedelic rock and dance music...
scene, was recruited to host the controversial Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
youth show The Word
The Word (TV series)
The Word was a 1990s Channel 4 television programme in the United Kingdom.-Format:Its presenters included Mancunian radio presenter Terry Christian, comedian Mark Lamarr, Dani Behr, Katie Puckrik, Jasmine Dotiwala, Alan Connor, Amanda de Cadenet and "Huffty"...
, named after his column in the Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
The Manchester Evening News is a regional daily newspaper covering Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom. It is published every day except Sunday and is owned by Trinity Mirror plc following its sale by Guardian Media Group in early 2010. It has an average daily circulation of 90,973 copies...
, and based on the format of his music magazine radio shows. The show was a mixture of pop music and teen attitude, and attracted up to a 49% audience share in its Friday night slot. The Word hosted many bands playing live for the first time on British TV, including Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
, Nirvana
Nirvana (band)
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987...
, Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
, Public Enemy, and Rage Against The Machine
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1991, the group's line-up consists of vocalist Zack de la Rocha, bassist and backing vocalist Tim Commerford, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk...
. Christian remained its only continuous presenter until it finished its run in 1995.
He went on to present Carlton Television
Carlton Television
Carlton Television was the ITV franchise holder for London and the surrounding counties including the cities of Solihull and Coventry of the West Midlands, south Suffolk, middle and east Hampshire, Oxfordshire, south Bedfordshire, south Northamptonshire, parts of Herefordshire & Worcestershire,...
's The Big City, Sky1's pop music show The Hitmix, and The Football Show for Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television
Tyne Tees Television is the ITV television franchise for North East England and parts of North Yorkshire. As of 2009, it forms part of a non-franchise ITV Tyne Tees & Border region, shared with the ITV Border region...
. He presented Turn On Terry for ITV
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
with regular guest Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....
and six series of It's My Life
It's My Life (TV series)
It's My Life is a late-night youth-discussion programme on ITV , commissioned through its religious programmes department. Presented by Terry Christian, the show is made by Manchester-based independent producer Moore Television. It's My Life features debates on such subjects as sexual behaviour,...
(2003–2009) produced by former World In Action editor and Tony Wilson's So It Goes
So It Goes (TV series)
So It Goes was a British TV music show presented by Tony Wilson on Granada Television between 1976 and 1977. It is most famous for showcasing the then burgeoning Punk rock movement...
Series producer Geoff Moore for ITV, which was nominated for two St. Martin's Trust Awards.
He has starred as himself in The Cribs
The Cribs
The Cribs are an English three-piece indie rock band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire. The band consists of twins Gary and Ryan Jarman and their younger brother Ross Jarman. They were subsequently joined by ex-The Smiths and Modest Mouse guitarist Johnny Marr who was made a formal member of the group...
' video for the standalone single "You're Gonna Lose Us", which was made to look like an episode of The Word; and also played the part of Ross Peagrum, despotic TV presenter, in series 2 and 4 of the popular BBC TV drama series Cutting It
Cutting It
Cutting It was a popular BBC television programme set in Manchester, England, which ran for four series between 2002 and 2005.- Series 1 :...
, as well appearing as a guest on numerous TV shows in the UK and Ireland. During the nineties, Terry was also regularly seen as a presenter on MTV Europe. In January 2009 he entered as a contestant on the celebrity version of the reality TV show Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2009 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2009 was the sixth series of Celebrity Big Brother. It began on 2 January 2009 and ran for 22 days until 23 January 2009. It was broadcast on Channel 4. The launch show was watched by approximately 6.4 million people...
alongside Verne Troyer
Verne Troyer
Verne J. Troyer is an American stand-up comedian, actor, stuntman and performer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers series...
, Latoya Jackson, Ulrika Jonsson
Ulrika Jonsson
Eva Ulrika Jonsson is a Swedish television presenter in the UK, who became famous as a TV-am weather presenter and moved on to present Gladiators and became a team captain of the show Shooting Stars.-Early life:...
, Coolio
Coolio
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. , better known by the stage name Coolio, is an American musician, rapper, actor and record producer.-Late 80s:He recorded two singles in the late 80s, titled "Watcha Gonna Do" and "You're Gonna Miss Me"...
and Mutya Buena
Mutya Buena
Rosa Isabel Mutya Buena is an English recording artist who rose to fame as a member of girl group the Sugababes. With the Sugababes, Buena had four UK number one singles, an additional six top-ten hits and three multi-platinum albums. After leaving the group in December 2005, she released her...
, finishing in second place. Christian has recently completed hosting series six of ITV's youth discussion show It's My Life, made by Manchester based independent Moore Television. The programme is filmed at Granada Television
Granada Television
Granada Television is the ITV contractor for North West England. Based in Manchester since its inception, it is the only surviving original ITA franchisee from 1954 and is ITV's most successful....
in Manchester. Special guests on this series include Hazel Blears
Hazel Blears
Hazel Anne Blears is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Salford and Eccles since 2010 and was previously the MP for Salford since 1997...
MP, Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Helen Newlove
Helen Newlove
Helen Margaret Newlove, Baroness Newlove is a Warrington-based community reform campaigner. Helen Newlove came to prominence after her husband, Garry Newlove was murdered by three youths in 2007. After his death she set up a number of foundations that aimed to tackle the UK drinking culture as...
, widow of Garry Newlove
Garry Newlove
Garry Newlove was an English man beaten to death in August 2007 in the UK. His murder launched an upset in the UK over the two offenders who had been drinking underage. Former Chief Constable Peter Fahy called for the legal age of buying alcohol to increase to the age of 21 as a result of the...
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Christian set up his own production company, Gigwise Productions in April 2010 and is working on documentaries about legendary Manchester photographer Harry Goodwin
Harry Goodwin
Harry Goodwin is a British photographer, known for his photographs of pop musicians and sports personalities. He was the resident photographer of the BBC Television programme Top of the Pops from its inception in 1964 until 1973.-Career:...
and Britain's first black footballer Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton
Arthur Wharton is widely considered to be the first black professional association football player in the world...
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He is in demand as a host for corporate events and as a guest on numerous TV shows including 'Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me
Come Dine With Me is a popular Channel 4 television programme shown in the United Kingdom, produced by Granada Television and first broadcast in January 2005. The show has either four or five amateur chefs competing against each other hosting a dinner party for the other contestants...
, 8 out of 10 cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by...
and Would I Lie To You?
Would I Lie To You? (TV series)
Would I Lie to You? is a comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for BBC One. It was first broadcast on 16 June 2007.-Format:The show was presented by Angus Deayton in 2007 and 2008, and by Rob Brydon from 2009 onwards...
. He is a regular guest on a variety of discussion shows on Radio Five
BBC Radio 5 Live
BBC Radio 5 Live is the BBC's national radio service that specialises in live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries...
live, Radio Four and BBC2's The Culture Show
The Culture Show
The Culture Show is a weekly BBC Two Arts magazine programme. It is broadcast in the UK on Thursday nights at 7pm, focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture, music, visual fashion and the performing arts...
As Christian is an avid Manchester United fan he frequently appears on the Manchester United channel MUTV and has his own show, 'Terry Christian's Sunday Worship' and regularly hosts the 'Live From The Red Cafe Show'. He is a regular panellist on topical debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
chat show The Wright Stuff
The Wright Stuff
The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Channel 5 each weekday morning from 9:15 to 11:10am....
. He will star in the natural horror flick DeadTime, which is directed by Chilean filmmaker Tony Jopia and is set for an 2011 release., and has also recently played the part of a debauched Catholic priest in the Mad theatre company's production of Angels with Manky Faces, based loosely on the factual book by Andrew Davies, Gangs Of Manchester and has also appeared in recent film selling yourself, April 2011.