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Terry ChristianAward winning television and radio presenter Terry Christian was born and raised a twenty minute walk from Manchester United’s football ground, one street away from where Joy Division’s Ian Curtis was born and he went to school with John Maher, the drummer with Manchester’s premier punk band The Buzzcocks. In 1981, having gained an HND in Applied Biology, Terry was asked to participate in a studio debate show for ITV called Devil’s Advocate. It was here that he was spotted by a couple of BBC execs who offered him his own radio show on BBC Radio Derby. The show was called Barbed Wireless (1982-1988) and won two Sony Radio Awards for the Best Specialist Music Show. During this time, Terry also worked on Saturday Live (BBC Radio 1 - 1986-1988) and presented WPFM (BBC Radio 4). In 1988 Terry returned to Manchester to present the evening show on Piccadilly Key 103. This soon became a showcase for the new wave of key Manchester bands and it helped launch the career of The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, 808 State, A Guy Called Gerald and The Charlatans. He also wrote a weekly column called The Word for the Manchester Evening News which ran for six years. |
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At the height of what became known as Madchester, Terry was asked to help format and present a brand new show for Channel 4. The show was called The Word. The Word first appeared on our screens in August 1990 and for the next five years became the most controversial and talked about show on British television. True to style, the show involved cutting edge stories, new music - giving television firsts for bands including Oasis, Nirvana, Rage Against The Machine, Jamiraquai, The Manic Street Preachers, EMF, Mary J Blige and Snoop Dogg, plus he interviewed major Hollywood stars including Tom Hanks, Sharon Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Halle Berry, Leonardo De Caprio and the late greats, Patrick Swayze and River Phoenix. Terry’s straight talking approachability, opinions, sharp wit and vast knowledge of both music and football have made him a tremendously good presenter of shows including The Final Whistle (Talksport), The Hitmix & Backchat (Sky1), The Football Show (TyneTees), The Big City, Hothouse, Unsigned In The City & The G Spot, plus six series of Turn on Terry (nominated for two RTS Awards) and It’s My Life (nominated for two RTS and a St Martin’s Trust Awards) for ITV. In 2009 and winning a new army of fans, Terry was runner up on Celebrity Big Brother. He is a regular panellist on debate show The Wright Stuff (five) and he brings his expertise to The Culture Show (BBC2) and consumer show Watchdog (BBC1). Terry’s Northern tones have been heard narrating programmes such as Asbo Teen to Beauty Queen (five) and also several documentaries for the Discovery Channels. He has also voiced a number of music specials for VH1 and MTV. He currently presents Sunday Worship (shortlisted for an RTS Northwest Award) and popular football show, The Terry Christian Big Interview (MUTV). Terry has written three books - Brothers from Childhood To Oasis (Virgin 1996), Reds in the Hood (Andrew Deutsch 1999) and My Word (Orion 2007). He is a freelance journalist for The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The Daily Mirror, The Express and writes stand-in columns for Jeremy Clarkson, Kelvin Mackenzie and John Gaunt for The Sun. |
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Terry is represented by Sue Rider Management and AAA Media |