Byker Grove was a British television series which aired between 1989 and 2006 and was created by Adele Rose. The show was broadcast at 5.10pm after Newsround on CBBC on BBC One. It was one of the very few television series to air on CBBC that was aimed at an older teenager and young adult audience as it tackled some controversial storylines. The show ran between 1989 and 2006, and was set in a youth club in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Byker Grove was the original idea of late TV executive Andrea Wonfor. In 1987, Andrea approached veteran soap writer Adele Rose.... Together they created a single pilot episode featuring kids aged 8–11 at an out-of-school club . In autumn 1988, Andrea got backing from Anna Home, then Head of drama, BBC TV. Anna gave the green light for a run of a series of six 25-minute episodes on BBC TV. The age of the main characters was raised to 12-16 after support from first producer-director, Matthew Robinson. The first series therefore centred on young teenagers crossing the bridge from childhood to adulthood.
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| On the air: | November 8, 1989-December 10, 2006 |
| Network: | BBC One, The Children's Channel, Carlton Kids |