| Tracy Beaker Returns | |
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| Genre | Children's-drama |
| Created by | Neasa Hardiman |
| Starring | Dani Harmer Connor Byrne Kay Purcell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of episodes | 26 (List of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Josephine Ward, producer, Gina Cronk-face |
| Running time | 28 minutes 50 minute series premieres |
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| Original channel | CBBC BBC HD |
| Original run | 8 January 2010 – Present |
Tracy Beaker Returns is a BAFTA winning British children's television series, which premiered on 8 January 2010 on CBBC and BBC HD. Based upon the novels by Jacqueline Wilson, It is the spin-off series to The Story of Tracy Beaker. Two series have already aired, with a third currently in production and due to broadcast on 6th January 2012.
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When Tracy is arrested for using Cam's credit card to publish her autobiography, Tracy seeks refuge at the Dumping Ground. She meets the children who are intrigued by her and her story. Needing to pay Cam back, Tracy asks Mike for a job. As Mike is short-staffed, he agrees to make her an assistant care worker since she knows so much about life in care. Tracy then sets about getting to know the many children and their cases.
However Lily Kettle is closest to Tracy almost a sister and Tracy looks after her through thick and thin, and tries to sort things out when Lily is taken away from her sisters Poppy and Rosie who Lily had looked after for ages after their Mum had died. She tries to sort it out but when Lily, in the heat of the moment, gets wound up with her foster parents, it doesn't go well. However after some time to think Lily wants to go to her old foster parents' house and live with her sisters, but when it goes wrong Lily runs away from Christie Perry and climbs onto the roof. As Tracy persuades her to go down Lily takes a tumble and falls.
Tracy is also close to 14 year old Liam as they help each other out when things go wrong and she normally relies on his ability to create schemes to help everyone out.
In March 2009, the BBC announced the new 13-part series under the working title Beaker's Back!.[1] The series was filmed in an old La Sagesse school in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in the summer of 2009, with Neasa Hardiman as Lead Director, casting the drama and setting the look. Craig Lines and Michael Davies directed the second and third blocks respectively.[2]
In February 2010, it was announced that Tracy Beaker Returns would be renewed for a second series for the 2011 television schedule.[3] Filming took place throughout summer and autumn of 2010 and premiered on 7 January 2011.
It was announced on 12 March 2011 that a third series has been commissioned to be filmed entirely in the North East.[4] The filming of the third series has ended, and series three of Tracy Beaker Returns will premiere on 6th January 2012 at 5:00pm with an hour long episode, the other episodes will be half an hour. Series 3 will be the last series of Tracy Beaker Returns due to the fact that Dani Harmer no longer wanted to continue with Tracy Beaker.
It won Children's BAFTA on 28 November 2010 for best drama. On the same night, Dani Harmer and Richard Wisker received nominations in the performer category.[5] It was also nominated for a Royal Television Award in 2011, in the Children's Drama Category, but lost out to The Sarah Jane Adventures. The first episode of Series 3 is called Slow Burn.When Burnywood burns down,four new children arrive. But a fire occurs in the attic, so Gus and Tracy have to find the culprit.