29 Facts About Terry Christian

Terry Christian has presented several national television series in the UK including Channel 4's late night entertainment show The Word and six series of ITV1 moral issues talk show It's My Life.

Terry Christian has been a regular guest panelist on the topical Channel 5 series The Wright Stuff and Jeremy Vine.

One of his siblings died when Terry Christian was aged two.

Terry Christian was educated at St Alphonsus' RC Primary School, Ayres Road, Old Trafford, and St Bede's College, Manchester.

Terry Christian's father operated a fork-lift truck at Esso in Trafford Park.

Terry Christian attended Thames Polytechnic in London but was removed from his biology course due to his poor attendance.

Terry Christian first appeared on national TV in 1981 with other unemployed youngsters from inner-city areas of Manchester on Devil's Advocate, a Granada Television programme made for ITV by the World In Action team, presented by former World in Action editor Gus Macdonald and produced by Geoff Moore.

Terry Christian presented Barbed Wireless between 1982 and 1988 at BBC Radio Derby.

Terry Christian contributed regularly to Saturday Live on BBC Radio 1.

Terry Christian promoted concerts around the Derby and Nottingham area, and regular house nights at Derby's Twentieth Century club, where the resident Saturday-night DJ was Graeme Park.

In late 1988, Terry Christian joined Piccadilly Radio's Key 103 FM, presenting weekday evenings and Sunday afternoon.

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

Terry Christian has presented on every radio station in the Manchester area and several across the North West, including Century Radio, where he presented a syndicated evening show across the network.

Terry Christian presented the breakfast and drivetime show on BBC Radio Manchester, and the same station's Manchester Music Show in 2002, featuring old and new bands from the Manchester area.

Terry Christian then went on to host the breakfast show on BBC Radio Manchester in April 2006.

Terry Christian was the presenter of The Final Whistle on talkSPORT on Saturday evenings from 2006 until 2008, alongside ex-footballer Micky Quinn.

Terry Christian joined Stockport-based radio station Imagine FM in March 2011.

Terry Christian has presented Pick of the Week on BBC Radio 4 as well as With Great Pleasure and A Good Read and appeared on The News Quiz and Chain Reaction, with his KFM colleague Caroline Aherne.

In 1990, with the explosion of the Madchester scene, Terry Christian was recruited to host the Channel 4 youth entertainment show The Word, based on the format of his music magazine radio shows.

Terry Christian remained its only continuous presenter until it finished its run in 1995.

Terry Christian went on to present Carlton Television's The Big City, Sky 1's pop music show The Hitmix, and The Football Show for Tyne Tees Television.

Terry Christian presented Turn on Terry for ITV with regular guest Tony Wilson and six series of Moore Television's It's My Life.

Terry Christian appeared as himself in the Cribs' video for the stand-alone single "You're Gonna Lose Us", which was made to look like an episode of The Word; and played the part of Ross Peagrum, despotic TV presenter, in series 2 and 4 of the BBC TV drama series Cutting It.

Terry Christian appeared as a guest on other TV shows in the UK and Ireland.

Terry Christian has ITV's youth discussion show It's My Life, made by Manchester-based independent Moore Television.

Terry Christian turned to stand-up comedy with his one-man show Naked Confessions of a Recovering Catholic, which was well received.

Terry Christian has been writing articles and columns for newspapers since 1983 and is a regular columnist in the Sunday People and has contributed to other British newspapers.

Terry Christian has had regular columns in the Daily Sport, Manchester Evening News and the Derby Evening Telegraph and written articles for magazines like Rolling Stone and New York Rocker.

Terry Christian considers himself to be ethnically Irish, although of British nationality.