Fans of Byker Grove were over the moon on Thursday ... Rebranded BYKER, the new series is being brought to screen by the hosts' Mitre Productions, together with Sunderland's Fulwell73, the ...

A well known Geordie star, famous for being in both Byker Grove and Emmerdale, has been signed up to take part in the last ...

Set in Newcastle, Byker Grove ran between 1989 and 2006 and launched several actors' careers, including PJ and Duncan - now Ant and Dec, as well as Donna Air and Jill Halfpenny.

Adele Rose wrote more than 400 episodes of Coronation Street Coronation Street's longest-serving writer, Adele Rose, who also created the children's series Byker Grove, has died at the age of 87.