Peter Christian

Peter Christian was born on the 14th of August 1947 in Dingle, Liverpool and is best known for his roles on UK Television in 'Emmerdale Farm' (1972), 'Scully' (1984), 'Give Us a Break' (1984), 'Truckers' (1987) and 'Heartbeat' (1992). In 1983 he appeared in the original Liverpool Playhouse production of Willy Russell's 'Blood Brothers' as Sammy, one of the older Johnston brothers. Christian's acting career started when his cousin asked for some help with an amateur dramatics production being staged by the Liverpool-based David Lewis Theatre Group. Although he was there to help construct the sets and paint the scenery, Christian soon got landed with a part and acting immediately caught his imagination and he began to appear regularly in amateur plays round the area. Eventually this enthusiasm led to his first professional part. "I played a gentleman walking across the quayside with a bag. This lad comes up to me and asks to carry my bag. My first professional line, and the only one in that play was 'Go away boy'. That was it," says Christian. "I also had to wear this huge hat. I remember thinking if only my mates from the docks could see me now." After that his acting career blossomed and soon he was appearing in well known theatre productions such as 'Look Back in Anger' and 'Blood Brothers'.

However he is best known for 'Brookside' (1982-83) in which he first appeared in the Channel 4 soap as Frank Blackburne, an associate of Gavin Taylor played by Danny Webb, and then more famously as Frank Rogers from 1987 until the character was killed off in 1993. In this role Peter, as the resident lorry driver of Brookside Close became one of the most famous truckers in Britain.