Ant and Dec are "tempted" to make a cameo appearance in the 'Byker Grove' reboot.

Ant and Dec are intrigued by the idea

Ant and Dec are intrigued by the idea

The Geordie duo - who rose to fame as PJ and Duncan in the classic series - are reviving the show for a new generation, and they're have admitted "anything's possible" for 'Byker'.

Teasing that they are "slightly tempted", Dec Donnelly told RadioTimes.com: "We did think when we were first talking about it, 'I wonder what PJ Duncan do now... in their mid-40s.

"'PJ moved away and Duncan went off to university...' I've just made that up!

"It would be interesting to know what those characters are doing and if they ever met up again. Anything's possible."

Their announcement was incredibly well received by fans, which caught the pair - who just won their 22nd National Television Award in a row for best Entertainment Presenter - totally unaware.

Ant McPartlin added: "I suppose a lot of people grew up on that show and it was important to them.

"It touched upon a lot of serious topics back in the day and it was obviously important to people, so we'll treat it with respect – and have a lot of fun shooting it!"

Dec noted the pair "were always going to be really careful" when it came to any kind of revival, because it's so special to them as friends and performers.

He said: "That's the thing, it's a show really close to our hearts. It's where we started, it gave us our break. We were always going to be really careful about bringing it back and what we would do with it.

"But seeing the reaction from everyone online and the reaction when we announced it makes you think, 'Oh God, we've got to be really careful what we do for everybody!'

"It's not just our show, it's everybody's show. Everybody's invested in it and everybody watched it."