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The show proved popular with young teenagers growing up in the nineties and early noughties\"TheThe Grade II-listed Mitre building in Benwell and the former Byker Grove building(Image: newcastle chronicle)<\/p>\n

November will be an exciting month for fans of TV classic Byker Grove<\/a> as the entire series will be able to stream on ITV<\/a> from November 16. All eighteen series of the show will be available for audiences old and present, allowing a whole new generation of people to become fans.<\/p>\n

Byker Grove proved popular with young teenagers growing up in the nineties and early noughties, the series originally launched on BBC<\/a> One in 1989 and quickly became a much-loved staple of after-school viewing.<\/p>\n

ITVX has partnered with Ant & Dec\u2019s production company Mitre Studios, which owns the rights to Byker Grove, to bring the series back into living rooms <\/a>across this nation this autumn.<\/p>\n

Set in the Byker area of Newcastle, the series follows the lives and relationships of a group of young people <\/a>who spend their down time at local youth club, the Grove. Among the issued tackled on the show were drug addiction, child abuse, homophobia and abortion.<\/p>\n

The show propelled Ant & Dec on their way to stardom<\/a>, their characters of PJ & Duncan, were two of the show\u2019s most popular and they even went on to enjoy chart success with eight top 20 singles, including the number one, \u2018Let\u2019s Get Ready to Rhumble\u2019.<\/p>\n

\"AntAnt McPartlin and Declan Donnelly(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

After releasing their debut single as PJ and Duncan, the much loved pair have never looked back<\/a>. With three albums to their name as well as a string of top 20 hits including Eternal Love, U Krazy Katz and, of course Let\u2019s Get Ready To Rhumble.<\/p>\n

Ant and Dec became Saturday morning and prime time TV stars hosting the likes of SMTV Live, Pop Idol, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain\u2019s Got Talent.<\/p>\n

Other successful actors who got their start on Byker Grove include Jill Halfpenny, who appeared in four series between 1989-1992, and Donna Air, who also starred in four series between 1992-1995.<\/p>\n

\"AnthonyAnthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, aka PJ & Duncan in 1993(Image: Mirrorpix)<\/p>\n

Jill’s character Nicola Dobson was a big favourite<\/a> with viewers and the actress remains in-demand and hugely popular with fans decades on.<\/p>\n

Craig Morris, Director of Channels, ITVX & Acquisitions, said: \u201cITV audiences have grown up with Ant & Dec, so we are delighted to whisk viewers all the way back to the moment they first shared the screen together. Enjoy every moment from this iconic coming-of-age series on ITVX this November.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ed Sleeman, MD at Mitre Studios added: \u201cByker Grove on ITVX marks the return of a legendary series which made TV history, launching the careers of Ant & Dec and helping shape a generation of viewers.\u201d<\/p>\n

When their parts were written out of Byker Grove, Dec told Weekend magazine: “We made a pact. We said to each other, ‘Look, whatever happens, I’ll always be there for you and you’re never in this life on your own or against the world \u2013 you’ve always got a mate<\/a> looking out for you.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The show proved popular with young teenagers growing up in the nineties and early noughtiesThe Grade II-listed Mitre…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[37580,96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-199624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ant-dec","tag-entertainment","tag-tv","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}