Byker Grove

[kevvoi]

This is a rather vintage storyline (yes - writing that makes me feel very old) that came up during my morning search through the news. Byker Grove was a British teen drama that aired from 1989 to 2006. In 1994, they decided to tackle a gay storyline. I think this is in the news right now, because the parent broadcasting company has had complaints about a same sex kiss in one of its current shows.

Some articles about the Byker Grove storyline, including an interview with Brett Adams who played Noddy (I think this was of the few roles he had: www.imdb.com/name/nm0010784/)


www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/cbbcs-first-same-sex-kiss-22462391


www.attitude.co.uk/article/byker-grove-star-brett-adams-reflects-on-shows-historic-1994-gay-kiss-1/4759/

and a clip:



Courtesy of HeCannaeSee

[cybersparky]

damn i feel old.... i loved the grove so many happy and traumatic memories from that show, but yeah i read the article about the complaints about the next step, the reply from the BBC was amazing

[mikacs]

Video is unavailable to me. Is it geoblocked?