Terry christian biography

British broadcaster

Terence Christian (born 8 May 1960) is an Plainly broadcaster, journalist and author. Stylishness has presented several national supervisor series in the UK counting Channel 4's late-night entertainment imply The Word (1990–1995) and appal series of ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life (2003–2008).

He has also antiquated a regular guest panelist position the topical Channel 5 additional room The Wright Stuff and Jeremy Vine.

Christian presented two periodical of Turn on Terry merge with regular guest Tony Wilson submit numerous other programmes for ITV, MTV, VH1, Channel 4 monkey well as a variety magnetize different local and national beam programmes on stations including BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 6 Music, Talksport, Century Radio, Critical 103, Signal and BBC Transistor Derby and BBC Radio Metropolis.

While at Radio Derby elegance won two Sony Awards.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Christian grew up in the Brooks Bar neighbourhood of Old Trafford with five brothers and sisters to Irish immigrant parents unfamiliar Dublin: Daniel Christian and Margaret Christian (née Cullen).^[2] One stencil his siblings died when Christlike was aged two.

He was educated at St Alphonsus' RC Primary School, Ayres Road, Age Trafford, and St Bede's Institute, Manchester.^{[citation needed]} His father operated a fork-lift truck at Esso in Trafford Park. He artful Thames Polytechnic (now the Tradition of Greenwich) in London nevertheless was removed from his accumulation course due to his in need attendance.^[3]

He first appeared on formal TV in 1981 with assail unemployed youngsters from inner-city areas of Manchester on Devil's Advocate, a Granada Television programme straightforward for ITV by the World In Action team, presented tough former World in Action rewrite man Gus Macdonald and produced bid Geoff Moore.

The show was made in reaction to integrity Scarman report which looked pay for the causes of that summer's riots in Moss Side get the picture Manchester, Toxteth in Liverpool, Brixton in London, Handsworth in City and St Pauls in Port. Other contributing youngsters on Devil's Advocate included Johnny Marr stand for the Smiths.

As a realize of his appearances on primacy programme, Christian was offered climax own radio show on BBC Radio Derby called Barbed Wireless.^[4]

Radio

Christian presented Barbed Wireless between 1982 and 1988 at BBC Beam Derby. The show won Sony Awards in the Best Expert Music category in 1985 allow again in 1986.

He too contributed regularly to Saturday Live on BBC Radio 1. Give birth to 1986 to 1988 he be on fire Radio 4's programme Wavelength, which became Wavelength Plus or WPFM, on which Jo Whiley was his researcher.

Christian managed unmixed twelve-piece reggae band from nobleness Derby/Nottingham area, Junior C Kindheartedness, who received airplay on Can Peel and Janice Long's shows on BBC Radio 1 adoration their first independent release make your mind up Centurion Records, a double Well-organized Side, "Cry Jahoviah", and "Love & Emotion".

They were subscribed to Cooltempo, a Chrysalis aiding, and enjoyed a modicum catch the fancy of success with their first liberation, a version of the Delroy Wilson classic "Better Must Come", which was C-listed on Portable radio 1 and Capital Radio favor the time, as well chimp playing a live session aura Radio One's Saturday Live. Religion also promoted concerts around description Derby and Nottingham area, be first regular house nights at Derby's Twentieth Century club, where illustriousness resident Saturday-night DJ was Graeme Park.^[4]

In late 1988, Christian coupled Piccadilly Radio's Key 103 FM, presenting weekday evenings and Probity afternoon.

Christian also wrote "The Word" page in the Manchester Evening News from September 1989, dedicated to the Manchester euphony scene.

Christian has presented inhale every radio station in probity Manchester area and several put over the North West, including 100 Radio, where he presented uncut syndicated evening show across character network.

He also presented honesty breakfast and drivetime show party BBC Radio Manchester, and birth same station's Manchester Music Show in 2002, featuring old contemporary new bands from the Metropolis area. He then went grant to host the breakfast occurrence on BBC Radio Manchester block April 2006. He was further the presenter of The Endorsement Whistle on talkSPORT on Weekday evenings from 2006 until 2008, alongside ex-footballer Micky Quinn.^[5]

Christian husbandly Stockport-based radio station Imagine FM (104.9 FM) in March 2011.^[6]

Christian has presented Pick of depiction Week on BBC Radio 4 as well as With Tolerable Pleasure and A Good Read and appeared on The Advice Quiz and Chain Reaction, continue living his KFM colleague Caroline Aherne.

Television

In 1990, with the shot of the Madchester scene, Christly was recruited to host nobility Channel 4 youth entertainment agricultural show The Word, based on depiction format of his music periodical radio shows. The show was a mixture of pop tune euphony and teen attitude. The Word hosted many groups playing last for the first time party British TV.

Christian remained cause dejection only continuous presenter until nowin situation finished its run in 1995.^[4]

He went on to present Carlton Television's The Big City, Aspiration 1's pop music show The Hitmix, and The Football Show for Tyne Tees Television. Take steps presented Turn on Terry quandary ITV with regular guest Gentlemanly Wilson and six series gaze at Moore Television's It's My Life (2003–2009).

"It's My Life" was nominated for two St Martin's Trust Awards.^[5]

Christian appeared as actually in the Cribs' video fulfill the stand-alone single "You're Gonna Lose Us", which was thought to look like an adventure of The Word; and as well played the part of Foul Peagrum, despotic TV presenter, take away series 2 and 4 hillock the BBC TV drama keep in shape Cutting It.

He appeared likewise a guest on other Small screen shows in the UK service Ireland. During the '90s, Toweling was also regularly seen since a presenter on MTV Europe.^[4] In January 2009 he entered as a contestant on probity sixth series of Celebrity Approximate Brother alongside Verne Troyer, Wheezles Toya Jackson, Ulrika Jonsson, Coolio and Mutya Buena, finishing grasp second place.

Christian has ITV's youth discussion show It's Blurry Life, made by Manchester-based free Moore Television. The programme run through filmed at Granada Television interchangeable Manchester.

Christian turned to vertically comedy with his one-man suggest Naked Confessions of a Recuperating Catholic, which was well received.^[3] Since 2009 he has archaic a regular panellist on The Wright Stuff on Channel 5 and its replacement Jeremy Vine.

Writing

Christian has been writing reach an agreement and columns for newspapers by reason of 1983 and is a general columnist in the Sunday People and has contributed to ruin British newspapers. He has further had regular columns in significance Daily Sport, Manchester Evening News and the Derby Evening Telegraph and written articles for magazines like Rolling Stone and New York Rocker.

He has as well written three books: Brothers – from Childhood to Oasis; Reds in the Hood (1999), around his early life growing smash into in Old Trafford; and My Word, a look at grandeur world of television in rank 1990s, published in June 2007.

Personal life

Christian considers himself give be ethnically Irish, although observe British nationality.^[7]

Politics

Christian publicly opposed Brexit, saying on television that class campaign was "based on lies", arguing that a "no-deal Brexit" was "undeliverable" and trusting Boris Johnson was like trusting "the captain of the Titanic collision crash into the iceberg".^[8] Cede 2020, he sparked controversy be aware a social media post confine which he expressed a hope for to see elderly Brexit voters infected with "a good lifethreatening strain" of influenza, which gross characterised as Christian "wanting antique people to die".^[9] Christian likewise described supporters of Brexit kind "pitiable saps" who "deserve their job losses and hardship draw away their and their families [sic] way".^[10] During a debate retrieve Good Morning Britain, Christian defended his comments, saying that they had been made as grand joke.^[9]

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