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Chat => General => Topic started by: smurfboy on May 11, 2006, 08:42:20 pm

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: smurfboy on May 11, 2006, 08:42:20 pm

I must confess I didn't realise this was still being made, but I felt a twinge of sadness when I heard today the BBC were axing it. To anyone much over 30 it probably won't have much resonance (unless you're an Ant and Dec fan), but for my generation it was just as important as Grange Hill - with the added bonus of not being set in a school! It was VERY brave for a kids show in its time; moments like Gill being killed whilst  joyriding, Noddy coming out and Amanda giving away her baby were massive talking points at the time.

RIP Byker Grove.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: Forth Bridges on May 11, 2006, 08:52:30 pm

the thing is it been going down hill! since it moved to more of a kids aducionce not  a teenage one!

at the rate its going there just No teenage programmes now availblie for teenage viewers 

citv got rid for that gedna years ago and now the bbc are going the same way

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: oldspice on May 11, 2006, 09:08:32 pm

Although I am well over 30, Byker Grove is familiar to me as my own children watched both this and Grange Hill and both programmes were often the starting point for debate and discussion on a range of topics. 

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: goldencup on May 11, 2006, 09:22:11 pm

I used to watch it in the early days and I was a BIG Grange Hill fan, back in the times of Tucker and co.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: loulou on May 11, 2006, 10:13:33 pm

I don't live far from Byker.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: chocolate chick on May 12, 2006, 10:03:40 am

I was the same Smurfy. It is sad they are axing it. I remember watching Ant being blinded and I loved gearing the Newcastle accent. Living in London you don't hear it much.

It will be missed.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: goldencup on May 12, 2006, 12:25:40 pm

I remember that one with Ant too - wasn't it a paintball accident?

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: on May 12, 2006, 12:37:15 pm

I seem to remember perving over the girls in Byker grove in my late 20's/30's

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: smurfboy on May 12, 2006, 01:08:41 pm

Yes, well I can't say that surprises me.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: chocolate chick on May 12, 2006, 01:17:37 pm

Me either

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on May 12, 2006, 01:53:54 pm

Quote from: goldencup

I remember that one with Ant too - wasn't it a paintball accident?

Yes PJ (as he was in Byker Grove) took his goggles off early and got a paintball in the eye.

I didn't realise Byker Grove was still going; I did used to watch it when I was younger. There were quite a few careers started in that show, not just PJ and Duncan.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: smurfboy on May 12, 2006, 01:55:35 pm

PJ's blindness was a real biggie. It was the end of series cliffhanger when he got hit by the paintballm and I'm pretty sure most of us thought there would be a few weeks of 'will he see again?' before he did. It was a massive shock when it turned out to be permanent.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: oldspice on May 12, 2006, 04:26:26 pm

Ant and Deck were enormously talented actors. It's a pity that their talent is being so shamefully wasted now.

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: kevvosa on May 12, 2006, 06:07:53 pm

Quote from: loulou

I don't live far from Byker.

Isn't it quite a rough area?

I used to watch Byker Grove sometimes aswell as Grange Hill but it's got something about it that makes it annoying. Grange Hill was annoying because it makes you think of school - the last thing you want to think about when you come home after school!

Title: Byker Grove
Post by: loulou on May 12, 2006, 07:12:58 pm

Yes extremely rough. You wouldn't park your car anywhere there.