Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have announced that they will be producing a reboot of the teen drama which made them famous - Byker Grove
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The presenting duo shared a video on Twitter, telling fans they had"exciting news" and that 17 years after the show came off air, they would be rebooting the nineties TV classic"for a whole new audience".- who famously played PJ and Duncan in the original series - will be executive producers and creative consultants on the reboot, which will be called simply Byker.
Like the original show, Byker will be filmed and produced in and around Newcastle and the North East, and the duo will also integrate their Prince's Trust Making It In Media course into the production. The presenters said they"owe a lot" to"the very special show… which gave us our breaks," adding"as proud Geordies, we're looking forward to 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".
They said they would be bringing a"fresh incarnation to a whole new generation", and that the drama would follow a new group of young people and their families"as they try to navigate the challenges they face today in the 2020s".
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