• Byker Grove is a British teen drama and coming of age television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 as part of CBBC on BBC One. Set and filmed in...
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    Home to the Byker Wall estate, made famous by TV series Byker Grove, Byker's population was recorded at 12,206 in the 2011 census. Byker is bordered by...
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    upon Tyne. Formed after them meeting as child actors on CBBC's drama Byker Grove, they performed together as pop musicians PJ & Duncan, the names of their...
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    series Byker Grove. Halfpenny secured the role after answering an advertisement in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle. after leaving Byker Grove in 2006...
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    first producer (and later became the executive producer) of the series Byker Grove (1989–1997), and was also made the executive producer of EastEnders (1998–2000)...
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  • comedian. He came to prominence in 1989 as Geoff Keegan, the manager of the Byker Grove youth club featured in the BBC television series of the same name. He...
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    fame in 1989 as the Byker Grove youth club in the BBC children's television series Byker Grove. The final episode of Byker Grove was filmed in August...
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    came to prominence, alongside Donnelly, in the children's drama series Byker Grove, with both of the boys establishing successful careers as television...
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  • older sister, Kerri Hayden, who also worked on Byker Grove as a 2nd AD. While visiting the set of Byker Grove one day, he was spotted by the series' Executive...
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    Asda, and Lenor. Air first appeared as an extra on the CBBC programme Byker Grove at age 10. The producer asked her to audition for a role, and she was...
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    to buy shoes. A production manager for the Newcastle-based teen drama Byker Grove approached Hunnam and he was later cast in his first role as Jason for...
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  • role of Emma Miller in the BBC series Byker Grove. Matthews started her career in the BBC children's drama Byker Grove, portraying the role of Emma Miller...
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  • UKTV, including a number of series such as Inspector Morse for ITV and Byker Grove and Hamish Macbeth for the BBC. Through its subsidiary Blaze Television...
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    came to prominence, alongside McPartlin, in the children's drama series Byker Grove, with both men establishing successful careers as television presenters...
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  • attention playing Nicola Dobson in the coming-of-age BBC drama series Byker Grove (1989–1992). She became more widely known for her roles as Rebecca Hopkins...
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    Annett's father also directed some episodes of children's drama series Byker Grove, in some of which Annett appeared. Her brother, Jamie Annett, has also...
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  • pit community in crisis. She also starred as Sian, a youth worker in Byker Grove. In 1996 Hardwick starred in one episode of Our Friends In The North...
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    television commercials. After graduating, he directed episodes of Quayside, Byker Grove, EastEnders, and Cold Feet on British television. In the 2000s, Hooper...
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  • Byker Grove. Lyndyann Barrass began her career playing Kirsty "Spuggie" Campbell, a character who appears in the CBBC television series Byker Grove....
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  • Newcastle-upon-Tyne, she appeared as 'Sarah Young' in the children's drama series Byker Grove, which was set in the city, from 2001-2005.[citation needed] She was...
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  • for the theme tune of long-running Children's BBC television programme Byker Grove, which launched the careers of Ant & Dec (as PJ & Duncan) and Donna Air...
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  • her career playing Flora in the popular British children’s TV series Byker Grove. After her character's departure from the show, she went on to play Kim...
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  • television series Hustle, Bodies, Shameless, Holby City, Bonekickers, Byker Grove, Tracy Beaker Returns, Inside No. 9, Derek in 2014 Casualty and CBBC...
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  • North and Susie in Steel River Blues. Norton also worked as an extra on Byker Grove before she was cast as Sam, a local journalist. Roles in Angel Cake,...
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    along with work on television series including Casualty, Love Hurts and Byker Grove. In 2007 Johnson instituted The Catherine Johnson Award for Best Play...
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    (1986), following this with roles in the children's television show Byker Grove (1990–1991), A Kind of Living (1988), the Catherine Cookson adaptation...
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    extra in his parents' television shows including Coronation Street, Byker Grove and Waterloo Road. His parents were music fans, introducing him to soul...
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    television scripts include episodes of the long-running children's drama Byker Grove as well as television adaptations of her novels Whizziwig and Pig-Heart...
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  • the first woman to write for the show. She also originated the series Byker Grove (1989–2006), aimed at teenagers. Rose was born in Salford, and raised...
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  • has appeared in numerous British television drama series, including Byker Grove, Distant Shores and Burn Up. Her stage work includes playing Miss Mary...
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