Huge star looks very different as an adorable kid in his first ever TV role
DECLAN Donnelly is barely recognisable as an adorable 12-year-old in a clip from Byker Grove.
It cropped up tonight in Ant & Dec’s 30 Greatest Moments as Channel 5 celebrated the Geordie Duo’s impressive career.
The Saturday Night Takeaway star, 46, was seen as a fresh faced youngster in the nostalgic ‘best bits’ show which aired incredible moments from TV’s biggest partnership.
Dec was just 12 when he won a role in hit children’s show Byker Grove, where he met Ant McPartlin in 1990.
The pair played PJ (Ant) and Duncan (Dec) and their friendship began when they shared storylines on the kids’ drama, creating a bond off-screen as well as on.
The duo then went on to launch a pop career in 1994, known as PJ & Duncan – their characters on Byker Grove.
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Their music career didn’t last too long – their record label decided not to renew their contract in 1997.
Having become real-life best friends, their on-screen chemistry proved a winner and they moved into comedy presenting.
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And in real life Ant and Dec are inseparable and even used to live on the same street in Chiswick, West London, before Ant divorced his now ex-wife Lisa Armstrong.
Another cheeky clip was aired during Ant and Dec’s 30 Greatest Moments tonight.
Dec ‘collapsed’ on live telly in the resurfaced clip from his SM:TV Live days.
The Geordie telly host, 46, was performing a dance with his co-stars Ant McPartlin and Cat Deeley when he suddenly appeared unwell.
He was performing a dance with his co-stars Ant and Cat Deeley when he suddenly appeared unwell.