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Last year marked the 20th anniversary of the beloved CBBC show Raven, and for many of us, that realisation brought a sense of nostalgia and the undeniable feeling of getting older.The children's adventure series, led by presenter James Mackenzie, took viewers on thrilling journeys as a team of daring warriors tackled a variety of challenges.The show made its debut in December 2002 and spanned 10 seasons with James Mackenzie as the host. Aisha Toussaint took over for the second iteration of the show from 2017 to 2018. Each series of Raven featured three groups of six warriors, who faced a series of challenging trials.

Byker Grove is making a triumphant comeback 17 years after it last aired in 2006. Two of the beloved CBBC drama's stars, Ant and Dec, revealed in July that production is currently in its early stages – meaning fans should expect the revival some time in 2024.

Australian soaps have undeniably produced some international superstars over the years.Two of the biggest successes are clearly Neighbours alumni Kylie Minogue (who played Charlene) – the highest-selling Australian recording artist of all time, with more than 80 million albums sold worldwide – and Margot Robbie (Donna), star of the runaway movie success Barbie, that's broken 17 box office records to date. But other notable stars who've gone from Aussie soapland to bigger things include Home and Away's Ryan Kwanten (who played Vinnie), Isla Fisher (Shannon) and Chris Hemsworth (Kim) as well as Neighbours' Jason Donovan (Scott), Guy Pearce (Mike) and Jesse Spencer (Billy).

Do you remember the mischievous charm of Zack Morris, the beloved troublemaker from the iconic series Saved By The Bell? Mark-Paul Gosselaar, the actor behind this fresh-faced character, recently stepped out looking unrecognisable 30 years on from the hit 90s show’s finale Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who starred as the young heartthrob for four years, rocked up to the recent 90s Con festival in Connecticut sporting dark locks and glasses – a far cry from his character Zack’s iconic blonde ‘do. Mark-Paul was already making waves even before his days in Bayside High.

It's hard to understand why anyone would ever want to marry Neighbours' ruthless, scheming businessman, Paul Robinson. But back in the late 1980s, Gail Lewis did just that – becoming Gail Robinson in the process – when the pair cooked up the plan solely to fool Japanese businessman Mr Udagawa, thereby securing a deal with him for the Daniels Corporation, where they both worked.The backstory was that Gail had worked with Paul when they were both flight attendants, and they had both become ruthless business people, each with a previous marriage behind them.

Philip Olivier, the actor best known for his role as Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary in the Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, continues to exhibit an uncanny resemblance to his former character even after two decades since his departure from the show. After the curtains closed on Brookside in 2003, Philip Olivier embarked on a career that led him to grace both the small and large screens.

Todd Carty has graced our screens for decades, leaving an indelible mark on some of our most beloved TV shows. His most prominent role was that of Mark Fowler in EastEnders, a character he portrayed from 1990 to 2003. Todd's journey in the entertainment industry began as Tucker Jenkins in Grange Hill, a role that garnered so much popularity that it led to his own spin-off series, Tucker's Luck, which aired from 1983 to 1985.

There's only a handful of characters that Neighbours viewers old enough to remember the 1980s can easily recall. Scott and Charlene, Des and Daphne, Madge and Harold, Henry, Paul and Plain Jane Superbrain – they're probably all on the list.

The 90s TV soap flop Eldorado introduced us to hunk Marcus Tandy, played by Jesse Birdsall, who looks completely unrecognisable 30 years later. And the star is now married to an Only Fools and Horses icon.The BBC soap was seen as the UK's answer to Dallas and Dynasty, as it followed a group of Brits living in a mini town in Los Barcos, Spain, navigating their new lives abroad. Eldorado first aired in 1992 and reportedly cost the BBC around £10 million to make.

Wendy Van Der Plank's had quite the transformation- 32 years after she played Wizadora. In the ITV show, viewers followed Wizadora, a trainee wizard who took a while to get used to casting spells with her magic wand and needed a lot of guidance. Her character wore a vast array of quirky costumes, from rainbow-coloured jumpers to a triangle patterned wide-necked jumpsuit.The other cast members wore equally unusual and colourful ensembles while on the show, keeping kids entertained Now, although Wendy's kept her dark hair and fringe, she's grown her locks longer and now sports a pair of glasses.

Drop Dead Fred is a much loved movie that captured the hearts of an entire generation. Released on April 19th 1991, it still retains its original charm and character to this day. Starring Rik Mayall as imaginary friend, Drop Dead Fred, alongside the likes of Marsha Mason, Carrie Fisher, Ron Eldard, Tim Matheson, and Bridget Fonda, it follows Elizabeth as she is haunted by Fred in adulthood.

Picture the scene, it's 2000 and you're in the queue for a very rare McDonald's with your mum. Excitement is building, not only for the six Chicken Nuggets you're about to eat but also as you're about to get your hands on the latest toy. Shiny, plastic, extremely cheap but always the best bit about being a kid, Happy Meal toys have been a staple part of a trip to Maccies since the 80's.

We love nothing more than a bit of nostalgia and looking back at our favourite shows. And we have to say, looking up Kym Valentine recently made us really happy.The actress played Libby Kennedy on Neighbours from 1994-2004, joining the soap at age 17. She had her fair share of dramatic storylines during her time on the show.

Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis, now 34, is best known for playing Neville Longbottom in the hit movie series, based on best-selling books by J.K. Rowling. The actor became a fan favourite, with his character Neville starting out as a geeky young boy and maturing into a confident man who saves the day in the 2011 finale of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Home And Away's Sam Atwell has made quite the transformation since his shock exit from the soap 14 years ago.The actor, 42, played Kane Phillips on the show between 2001 and 2009 and had long blond hair and a baby face on screen. Now, he's looking quite different- with a shaved head and beard. On Home And Away, Kane was embroiled in some big storylines.The most controversial was when the character sexually assaulted Dani (Tammin Sursock), sister of Kirsty Sutherland (Christie Hayes).

Home and Away star Tempany Deckert has revealed she has no regrets about her soap exit.Tempany, who played Selina Cook, left the show 25 years ago to focus on motherhood. Selina was a teen tearaway who lived with Irene (Lynne McGranger) for a time. She was never officially her foster child but Irene took her under her wing.

Anna Carteret was one of the biggest television stars of the 1980s, known to millions as Inspector Kate Longton in the hit BBC TV police drama, Juliet Bravo. Running for five years from 1980 to 1985, Juliet Bravo was ground-breaking in its time.

It has been a decade since Shameless ended and some of the cast have drastically transformed - but none more though than child star Elliott Tittensor who played young tearaway Carl Gallagher.The Channel 4 hit show was a fan favourite from 2004 before ending in 2013 and followed the misadventures and lives of the Gallagher family and their notorious neighbours, based in Manchester. Elliott and his real-life twin brother, Luke, 33, played Carl, the child thug with a thirst for trouble and drama, alongside boozy alcoholic dad Frank Gallagher (David Threlfall), long-suffering older sister and head of the family Fiona (Anne-Marie Duff) and brothers Lip (Jody Latham) and Ian (Gerard Kearns).

Fans of hit BBC TV show Gavin and Stacey will certainly remember Neil the baby from classic episodes of the series, but would they recognise him today? Actor Oscar Hartland is all grown up and has continued to embrace being on screen. Gavin and Stacey viewers will remember that characters Smithy and Nessa had a baby boy together, who was affectionately referred to as Neil the baby almost every time he appeared in a scene. Actors James Corden and Ruth Jones had strong on screen chemistry that captured the hearts of viewers worldwide, turning the show into something of a cult phenomenon.

Jake Thomas shot to fame at the tender age of 11 when he was cast in the hugely popular Disney series Lizzie McGuire.The show saw Lizzie, played by Hilary Duff, navigate life as a middle schooler. Lizzie did her best to handle friendship rivalries, popularity at school and even engaged in a couple of romantic trysts - all with her annoying baby brother getting on her nerves! Jake played the role of Matthew McGuire, who did his best to ruin his big sister’s life through a series of hilarious but sometimes misguided pranks and tricks. Jake, now 33, played the class clown perfectly between 2001 and 2004 but struggled to forge a career in the industry after the show wrapped.

Between 2007 and 2015, actor Oliver Stokes was recognisable for his role as Michael Garvey on hit show Benidorm.Throughout his time on the show, Oliver grew up on our screens and he was just 10 years old - it’s no surprise then that he looks a lot different now. As the youngest son of Mick and Janice Garvey, Oliver’s character Michael was known for his cheekiness and singing You'll Never Walk Alone during karaoke and getting a tattoo after a night of drinking alcohol.

Benidorm viewers will remember teen mum Chantelle ‘Telle’ Garvey from the iconic show, though fans can’t get over how different she looks now. Actress Hannah Hobley-Smith, who played Chantelle from 2007 to 2009, looks dramatically different since leaving the show 14 years ago and is world’s away from her days as the popular character.

Between 2005 and 2008, viewers would have been familiar with actor Paul Butcher for his role on Zoey 101. Alongside the likes of Jamie-Lynn Spears and Victoria Justice, Paul starred in the Nickelodeon show where he played Zoey’s younger brother Dustin. For the four seasons it was on air, Zoey 101 followed Zoey and her friends as they enjoyed life at Pacific Coast Academy – with Paul’s fresh-faced character Dustin being known for depending on his older sister and her tight-knit social circle.

James Marsters, best known for his role as the spunky and punky vampire Spike in the beloved Nineties TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, has left fans pleasantly surprised by his unchanging looks.The California-born actor, now 60 years old, sported a familiar appearance during an interview on the KIIS FM's Kyle and Jackie O Show. Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a comedy-drama supernatural TV show that first aired in 1997, starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as a teenage vampire hunter.

It was the kids' TV catchphrase copied by millions of children in the 1980s, as they excitedly chanted it whenever someone knocked as they came to visit. "There's somebody at the door! There's somebody at the door!" And with it came a larger-than-life green witch, a strange pink windmill full of children and the infamous TV puppet-and-master duo, Rod Hull and Emu.The TV show the catchphrase came from is ITV's Emu's World, while the strange green witch in the cape who we loved to hate is Grotbags – played by actress by Carol Lee Scott. She lived in a castle, Gloomy Fortress, and haplessly tried to use her powers to control the children, also keeping a servant called Croc in line by hitting him with her bazazzer, an umbrella-shaped stick with a pointing finger on the end.

It could be an apparently-simple pub quiz question: who played Scott Robinson in Aussie TV soap Neighbours? Surely the answer is surely blindingly obvious – Jason Donovan. But anyone who thought this was the case would actually be wrong. For back when Neighbours first began on TV in March 1985, the character was played by a different actor, called Darius Perkins.

It's been more than 18 years since parenting guru Jo Frost first introduced us to the naughty step on hit TV show Supernanny. She used her stern Mary Poppins voice and no-nonsense attitude to turn misbehaving kids into angelic little ones - and hundreds of parents across the UK were grateful for her parenting tips and tricks.The iconic show began in 2004 and since then, Jo, who has worked as a nanny for over 30 years, has amassed a whopping fortune - approximately £8m.

Former EastEnders actor Joe Absolom looks so different 23 years after leaving the soap. Joe had a massive storyline during his time in the soap in which his character, Matthew Rose, was wrongly jailed for the murder of Saskia Duncan (Deborah Sheridan-Taylor) in 1999. Saskia was bludgeoned to death with an ashtray by her boyfriend Steve Owen (Martin Kemp), and though he didn’t kill her, Matthew did help Steve hide her body.

Former child actor Morgan York looks so different now, years after she left Hollywood to pursue a career as an author. Morgan, who is now 30, starred in the 2003 hit family blockbuster Cheaper By the Dozen in which she played the family's mischievous ninth child, Kim Baker who pulled frequent pranks on her twin sister Jessica (Liliana Mumy). She also returned for the film’s sequel two years later which saw the family go on holiday and get up to their usual antics.

ZZZap was a children’s TV show than ran for ten series between 1993 and 2001, entertaining a generation of kids. It was a sketch show that saw a giant, 18ft comic book be brought to life that created iconic characters including Daisy Dares You and the hands.The short but exciting episodes saw viewers wait with baited breath to find out what was behind each window of the magazine.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Liam Hess, who played Peter Dyer on hit 2008 film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, is pretty much unrecognisable as he lives a very different life to when he was a younger actor. Fans of the film will remember Liam's character Peter Dyer who was known in the film for being the one who gave girls lessons on how to kiss.The 2008 film featured the story of 14-year-old Georgia who keeps a diary about the trials and tribulations of being a teenager and all the difficulties that come with growing up.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Nicolle Dickson, best known for her role as the rebellious Bobby Simpson in Home and Away, left a lasting impact on viewers during her five-year tenure on the show. Her portrayal of the troubled teen garnered her immense popularity, making her the nation's sweetheart at the time. After tackling a series of dramatic storylines, including homelessness, the loss of her mother, a teen pregnancy, and a tumultuous marriage to her foster brother, Nicolle made the difficult decision to leave the show.

Katrina Leeder first shot to fame back in 1999, after appearing on the reality TV show, Airline.The ITV show ran from 1998 to 2007 and followed the daily life of passengers, ground workers and flight crew of both Britannia Airways and EasyJet. Check-in staff member Katrina was many customers’ first point of call when they came to the airport. Katrina starred alongside supervisor Leo Jones and trouble-shooter Jane Boulton, among a number of other airline workers.

Mara Wilson stole hearts with her charming performances in iconic films like Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire. However, behind the glittering facade the former child star has opened up about a number of challenges and regrets during the course of her career. Mara Wilson's ascent to stardom started at the tender age of six when she secured her first-ever film audition for the role of Natalie 'Nattie' Hillard in Mrs.

Leanne Cheung first shot to fame back in 1999, after appearing on the reality TV show, Airline.The ITV show ran from 1998 to 2007 and followed the daily life of passengers, ground workers and flight crew of both Britannia Airways and EasyJet. But after her stint on the show, by all accounts, she hasn't been on TV since.

If you were one of those kids who raced home from school just to catch CBBC, then there's no doubt you'll remember Victoria Shalet as Harmony Parker in The Queen's Nose.The BBC series, adapted from the novel by Dick King Smith, hooked young viewers in the 90s and early 2000s with its magical premise and memorable characters.The show followed Victoria as Harmony Parker, a young girl who receives a special 50p coin from her uncle Ginger, unaware of its magical properties. When she rubs the coin, it grants her ten wishes, setting off a series of often hilarious adventures.The show originally aired for three successful series from 1995 to 1998 and received a reboot in 2000, running for an additional four series until 2003. Victoria Shalet, who played Harmony Parker, captivated audiences with her performance and was a regular on kids shows also featuring in Chucklevision.