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Ant and Dec have spoken out against Britain\u2019s TV industry (Picture: ITV\/REX)Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have spoken out against the \u2018London-centric\u2019 nature of the TV industry.
\nThe two lads from Newcastle met on the set of CBBC show, Byker Grove, and became best friends when they were just 13 years old. They have both had illustrious careers since then.
\nHowever, they\u2019ve now claimed that the industry has become a lot less accessible for young people compared to when they were teenagers.
\nThe I\u2019m a Celebrity\u2026 Get Me Out of Here! hosts explained that when they were growing up the idea of making it in the TV business didn\u2019t seem like a wayward dream.
\nAnt told The Telegraph that this was helped by the fact that shows like Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Jossy\u2019s Giants were being filmed up the road from where they lived.
\n\u2018You read the stories of the bands going up from London on the train, getting absolutely trolleyed, and giving some of the best performances. It felt like TV was an accessible place for two lads from Newcastle. These days that seems to have gone by the wayside,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n
Ant and Dec believe being on TV used to be more of an accessible dream (Picture: ITV\/REX)Dec added: \u2018TV got very London-centric in the 1990s\/early Noughties. The energy it brings to a city if you\u2019ve got a good media hub \u2013 when we were growing up it was all around us. I think that stopped and we\u2019d like to try and bring a bit of that back.\u2019
\nAnt and Dec have teamed up with the Prince\u2019s Trust for Making it in Media, a new initiative aimed at giving young people from all walks of life a foothold in the television industry.
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