Byker Grove

Byker Grove

Not only did Byker Grove launch the careers of Ant and Dec, Donna Air and Jill Halfpenny, it gave us some of the most iconic moments in 1990s TV.

PJ paintballing

The paintballing incident

The moment when PJ was blinded by a rogue paintball traumatised every teenager in the country. Fact*.

 

*This is one of Nikki's unreliable facts, not one of Jamie's proper fun facts.

Geoff

Geoff

We all wanted a Geoff in our lives even though his sideburns were ridiculous

Shout out to Spuggy

Spuggy was an icon even though nobody on the programme seemed to like her.

The actress went on to work in Fenwicks in Newcastle and students used to go and stare at her when they had a day off.