Turning On, Tuning In

When you’re fifteen and you enter a competition with a friend to sing on the backing track of a youth’s club record, the last thing you’d expect to happen is to be offered a recording contract.

But that’s just what happens to Marilyn Charlton, the newest member of Byker Grove. Soon Charley and Hayley find joy and heartbreak combined when they meet Steve Rottega, local medallion man.

Charley also finds that she’s falling in love with Robert, even though their interests are worlds apart as Robert struggles to walk again after a serious footballing incident.

There’s also the mystery of Spuggie’s strange friend and Duncan’s obsession, and Gill and Julie in love again, and the brooding presence of Carl who casts a dark shadow over the kids of Byker Grove.