The pair said they were 'beyond excited' to bring back the series, which ran from 1989 to 2006.
The programme - to be simply called Byker - will be aimed "at a primetime audience" and "engage with a new generation of teenagers navigating the different challenges faced by young adults today", production company Fulwell 73 said.
It has not been announced if the show - which also launched the careers of Donna Air, Jill Halfpenny and Andrew Hayden-Smith - will be broadcast on the BBC or when filming will begin.Donnelly said it would "help shine a spotlight on the North East and the talent the region has to offer both in front of the camera and behind it".
"Byker Grove will always be very special to us as the show which gave us our break, so we are beyond excited," he said. "We are looking forward to bringing this fresh incarnation to a whole new generation as well as those who remember it as fondly as we do.
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