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If you are over 30, you likely have fond memories of coming home from school to see Byker Grove
CBBC drama launched 31 years ago today and welcomed British kids for 17 years – until Geordie youth club closed its doors in 2006
Centered around Newcastle’s Byker-District Youth Club with 344 episodes and a fast-growing actor crew, it also spawned the careers of several child actors along the way – not the least of which was star broadcasters Ant and Dec
The Celebrity I Am duo, who played PJ and Duncan on the show, used their characters’ names to launch their pop career, back in the day, with their hit song Let’s Get Ready To Rumble
But while the best friends moved from Rumble to Jungle – where they made millions en route – their co-stars were facing mixed fortunes in the post-Byker decade
With distinctive ginger curls and a bold look, Spuggie was one of Byker Grove’s most famous faces, appearing on the show for six series
But after leaving the show, Lyndian went to study acting at Sunderland College before joining a band called Angel, which flopped.
She told The Sun, « I was beaten until I lost consciousness on the street by three strangers who knew me as Spuggie
« Fortunately, I was not seriously injured, but it was the straw that broke the camel’s back. I decided to leave the show for good. »
Lyndian, now 44, married and had two children, but after separating from her husband Alan in 2012, she worked part-time at a call center
Noddy was a member of Geordie Youth Club for five years from 1990 to 1995, and she definitely made a splash as the first gay teen in a children’s drama
In the lead scenes, he kisses his best mate Gary on the cheek but his lead is rejected, with Gary breaking their friendship
Actor Brett Adams who played Nudi said he received fan mail from children going through similar stages in life.
He told Attitude: “About a month or two after the episode aired, I got a message from a young boy of about 15 or 16 saying he’s going through the same (thing) as Noddy and if he didn’t, watch that episode that day and then it would have continued. » In the belief that he is the only person passing by
« He said he genuinely felt he was committing suicide but after watching the show and the helpline number at the end of the credits he called and got advice and is now happier
“He told his parents and friends who supported him and even managed to find a friend. If my story bothered 10,000 people but helped one person, I see it as a massive success”
Brett started forming the boy band Point Break with co-star David Oliver, playing Marcus
After short-lived success with the songs Stand Tough and Freakytime, he quit Showbiz and worked as a bartender at Haven Holiday Camp in Weymouth
According to Digital Spy, Brett now has four children and works as a manager at Lakeide Bowling Alley in town
Billy played the youth club captain with the mega-mustache for ten years and was almost a part of the furniture by the time he was killed in a gas explosion in 2000
The actor has starred in the hit movie Billy Elliot as Mr. Braithwaite, who plays the piano in the ballet lessons for the boy
Then at the age of 58, Bell passed the postgraduate course at the University of Hull with distinction and has now secured a new teaching role in six prisons across the north of England
He has also appeared in Bantu and had a This Your Life Style clip dedicated to him on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
Legend has it that Charlie Hunnam, son of a scrap metal dealer, got a big break at the show after being spotted by a production manager at a shoe store in Newcastle
His time on the show was short, appearing in only one series, but he launched a successful career in television and cinema
He starred in Russell T Davies’ lead drama, Queer As Folk, in 1999 and then moved to Los Angeles where he starred in a number of films as well as Jackson « Jax » Teller in the drama Sons of Anarchy
He starred in Guy Ritchie’s movie King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, and last year starred in Guy Ritchie’s film The Gentlemen alongside Matthew McConaughey
But he’s probably the most famous character he hasn’t played – after he landed the role of Christian Gray in Fifty Shades Of Gray and then went cold, leaving Jamie Dornan to play the role
As Debbie Dobson in Byker, Nicola managed to date both PJ and Duncan, and broke their hearts, while also dating Ant McPartlin in real life
She starred in 25 episodes between 1990 and 1993 before appearing in an episode of Kavanagh QC in 1995.
But after the TV work dried up, I took to the air to work as an air hostess for Virgin Atlantic
Now a mother of two, her feet are on the ground and she has had a hit as a makeup artist
Jill joined the show in the beginning and was one of the leading characters during most of the 1990s
After leaving the show, her acting career took off, playing Rebecca Hopkins in Corey, before playing Phil Mitchell’s police girlfriend Kate in the 2002 movie EastEnders.
She worked her way to victory in the second series of Strictly Come Dancing before taking her dancing shoes to the West End to star in Chicago,
She has since starred in Waterloo Road, Wild at Heart and Humans, and earlier this year she appeared as an army officer Vanessa in the hit drama Liar
Donna, the daughter of a construction worker, gained fame as Charlie Carlton at the age of 10
She continued singing in the pop duo Crush, after achieving hits in the US and Japan, before becoming a presenter on MTV
She split from the Zoo of millions of millionaires and casino owner Damien Espinal in 2008 after a long-running love story that spawned her daughter Freya, now 17
She has since dated many wealthy people including John Durrence IV, the London-based American heir to Campbell’s soup fortune, Medal of Goldstone, Cheshire-born millionaire
In February 2013, I became involved in a four-year love affair with businessman James Middleton, Kate Middleton’s brother, and has so far followed real estate developer Ben Carrington
Participated in the 2018 series Ice Dance Series and recently starred in BBC One The Split
Andrew got the job at Byker Grove after a producer spotted him while visiting his sister, Keri Hayden, on the set where she worked on the film crew.
Cast as Ben Carter, and made his first appearance in the eighth series of the show in 1995
After he was killed on the show, he became a presenter on kids’ programs like Live & Kicking and CBBC and also a regular on Doctor Who
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