Fans of Byker Groove have received the news that the BBC teen drama is getting a reboot and Loose Women’s Denise Welch has shared her take on the show coming back.

Byker Grove was last on our TV screens 17 years ago starring celebrities such as Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly as well as actress Welch.

Ant and Dec will return to the show as executive producers and creative consultants of the reboot.

The show will come back under a slightly different title, Byker.

Byker Grove will get a reboot and return to TV screens

Speaking on ITV’s Loose Women panel about what she thinks the reboot will be like, Welch said: “Obviously you have to move with the times, there are elements that, you know we’ve become so PC that it’s a little bit more tricky, and I just hope it retains the humour but it was a huge success.

“I’m sure if Ant and Dec have got owt to do with it then it will be a big hit.”

During the show, Welch also recalled the moment McPartlin and Donnelly jokingly revealed to her that she had assisted their career as entertainers.

She said: “When I was in Coronation Street, I was very flattered to do This Is Your Life, remember, This Is Your Life (the biographical TV documentary) where Ant and Dec came on and they said, well the reason that we’ve had to go on and become entertainers is because Denise used to teach us our maths so we failed everything.”

You might have also seen Welch in the teen drama Waterloo Road, which returned to screens this year, after its original run ended in 2015.

Ant and Dec are known for presenting a variety of shows such as Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!

They also had a stint in the music industry and became known for the phrase Let’s Get Ready To Rhumble which was a song they released in 1994 under their Byker Grove character names PJ and Duncan.

Charlie Hunnam, Jill Halfpenny, Charlie Hardwick, Donna Air and Hollyoaks star Andrew Hayden-Smith are among the other actors who also appeared in Byker Grove.