The hit children's TV drama is set for a return to our screens
The classic children's TV favourite Byker Grove is set to return to our TV screens with a brand new series.
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’s Get Ready To Rumble, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly became Saturday morning and prime time TV stars hosting the likes of SMTV Live, Pop Idol, Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain’s Got Talent.
Other dramas have included Waterloo Road, In The Club and Dark Money - which saw her speak about being put through the emotional wringer - while stage roles have seen her star in Abigail's Party. Donna and Jayni then attempted to ‘do a PJ and Duncan’, launching the double act Crush. Their singles Jellyhead and Luv’d Up didn’t make the Top 40 here, but won them fans in Japan and America.
Andrew Hayden-Smith - Ben After his bad boy character Ben was killed off, Andrew, from Gateshead, landed himself a few presenting gigs on the likes of Live & Kicking and CBBC. In addition to being the most famous mam on children's TV, Anna also starred in Newcastle based crime drama 55 Degrees North, as well as Holby City and hit comedy show The League of Gentlemen. She also had roles in Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
In 2020 she hosted a segment on Channel 5 throwback show Top of the Box, fronting the children's TV highlights from 1989, which saw her in front of the camera both at 'the Grove' - which is actually in Benwell - and on Newcastle Quayside. Brett Adams and David Oliver - Noddy and Marcus The lads, better known to Byker Grove viewers as Noddy and Marcus went onto be in boyband Point Break, who had a top 10 hit with Stand Tough in 2000 and other chart hits with the likes of Freakytime and Do We Rock.
She recently appeared in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, playing the mum of Maxine Minniver, played by her former Corrie co-star Nikki Sanderson and, at the end of this year will play The Queen in Diana the Musical in London. Chelsea Halfpenny - Lucy Another Grover to find fame in ITV hit Emmerdale, Chelsea followed her Auntie Jill into soapland, working closely with Charlie as Amy Wyatt, as well as playing Alicia Munroe in BBC's Casualty.
Dale Meeks Dale played the leader of the Grove's rivals Denton Burn, before going onto achieve more TV fame as Simon Meredith in Emmerdale. Another one of Dale's memorable TV appearances came as he and his Emmerdale co-star Mark Charnock won Celebrity Stars in their Eyes as the Blues Brothers, with Dale also being the frontman of South Tyneside blues act Shake Your Tail Feather.
Holly Matthews - Emma Famous for playing Emma in Byker Grove, Holly had a bit of a re-brand to become Summer Matthews and release single Little Miss Perfect in early 2004. It reached number 32 in the UK charts.
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