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| | BBC axes Byker Grove | Media | MediaGuardian.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Zenith Media, the company which makes the children's drama series Byker Grove, has expressed its "disappointment" with the BBC's decision to axe the show after 17 years. |
 | | Set in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, the show was first broadcast as a pilot back in the autumn of 1989 and commissioned as a series the following year. |
 | | Byker Grove has always prided itself on its ability to tackle thought-provoking and controversial storylines including drug addiction, child abuse, teenage pregnancy and abortion. |
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