Frank, a lorry driver, had been promised a desk-job but failed to gain the promotion. The breakdown of their marriage deeply effects their youngest daughterKatie Rogers. Burke told the Liverpool Echo'sPeter Grant that "as the youngest daughter of Frank and Chrissy Rogers, had a lot on her plate." Frank later enters a relationship with Lyn McLoughlin. He has to fight off unwanted advances from Lyn's sister Bev McLoughlin. Frank's departure storyline saw him killed in a car crash caused by a "drug-crazed" Jimmy Corkhill. The accident happens as Frank tries to make it to his wedding reception to Lyn McLoughlin. Frank dies just after reaching hospital, and his other passenger Tony Dixon is in a coma for three months before dying in hospital.
Storylines
Frank, originally a guest character, came to Brookside Close in November 1982 as a friend of Gavin and Petra Taylor, and helped them move into Number 10. Following Gavin's death from a brain aneurysm, Frank and Barry Grant helped Petra cope with Gavin's death. After Petra's suicide in 1983 Frank was written out of the soap and left on the after Petra's funeral. Four years later, Frank returns as a permanent character with his wife Chrissy and children, renting No.7 from Harry Cross. Frank is promised a desk job at his lorry firm but they do not offer him the position. He travels to London to sort the problem out, but his lorry is stolen and he faces disciplinary action. Frank decides to upscale and buys the more spacious No.5 in 1989, following its repossession from Sheila Grant. Frank later attends a funeral where he meets Lyn McLoughlin. The pair form a close bond and begin a relationship, following the end of his marriage to Chrissy in 1991. Frank and Chrissy's children continue living at the house with him, although Sammy moves out in 1992. After Lyn becomes pregnant, the pair marry in November 1993. Frank drives to his wedding reception with Tony Dixon as a passenger - Frank offered Tony a lift to get him away from his feuding parents, Ron and DD. Jimmy Corkhill is also driving, but while under the influence of cocaine. He causes Frank to swerve off the road and crash into a wall. Lyn, who was sitting in the back of the Rolls Royce car, escapes uninjured, but Frank and Tony took the brunt of the impact. Frank dies shortly after reaching the hospital, and Tony is left in a coma. After Frank's funeral, it is revealed that the post-mortem showed him to be above the drink-drive limit. In Frank's will it states No.5, along with his savings, are to be split between his children and new wife. No.5 is eventually sold to Barry Grant in 1994 and the proceeds split between Lyn, Sammy, Geoff and Katie. Tony Dixon dies three months later, having never regained consciousness, and at his funeral, Jimmy confesses that he was the driver of the other car.
Reception
Just before Brookside's demise in 2003, Frances Traynor from the Daily Record named the crash that caused Frank's death one of the show's "most controversial plotlines".
