- Personal Appearances
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- TV/Radio Presenter
Ant & Dec
As two of the most well known faces on the small screen Ant and Dec will add glamour and the wow factor to any corporate event
How their Friendship Blossomed
The pair grew up in Newcastle Upon Tyne and lived two miles from one another but never met until they joined Byker Grove. Declan was the first of the duo to acquire his place on the BBC children's drama series Byker Grove, playing Duncan. A year later (in 1990) Ant joined the cast playing PJ. Their friendship began when their storylines collided together creating a friendship offscreen as well as on.
Men of Many Talents
After they left the TV series, they turned their hand to pop music, releasing (under their Byker Grove character names "PJ & Duncan") songs such as Why Me? (Is It Justified), Our Radio Rocks and The Monkees cover Stepping Stone. In total, they released and helped write three platinum albums and sixteen singles.
During their music career they also helped present the children's show Gimmie 5. Later, the duo gained their own sketch comedy show (The Ant & Dec Show) on Children's BBC in 1995, as well as an early evening show on Channel 4 (Ant & Dec Unzipped) in 1997.
After presenting various other BBC programmes such as Friends Like These, rivals ITV quickly snapped the pair up in 1998. They enjoyed the success of fronting ITV1's Saturday morning children's programmes SMTV Live and CD:UK alongside Cat Deeley.
They subsequently moved to Saturday evening to present Pop Idol, PokerFace and Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. In 2007, the duo hosted Britain's Got Talent, featuring Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan.
The duo have won a considerable number of awards over the years for their television work, as well as awards for Best New Act during their singing career.
