Tracy Beaker Survival Files
| Tracy Beaker Survival Files | |
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Title card | |
| Genre |
Children Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Neasa Hardiman |
| Starring | Dani Harmer |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13[1] |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | John Piper |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | CBBC |
| Original run | 16 December 2011 – 6 January 2012 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Dumping Ground Survival Files |
| Related shows |
The Story of Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker Returns The Dumping Ground Young Dracula Files Sarah Jane's Alien Files |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Tracy Beaker Survival Files is a CBBC TV series where Tracy Beaker, portrayed by Dani Harmer, gives advice on falling out with mates, romance, keeping secrets and much more through her video blog. Only clips of series 1 and 2 of Tracy Beaker Returns were shown and various clips from The Story of Tracy Beaker.
The series begins with Tracy's advice on falling out. The kids in the Dumping Ground give their opinions, as well as the care-workers, Mike and Gina, who cast an adult perspective over the situations.
The show was filmed concurrently with Tracy Beaker Returns Series 3. The writer was Emma Reeves and the director was Pip Banyard.
Episodes
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Credited characters
| Character | Portrayed by | Overview |
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| Tracy Beaker | Dani Harmer | She is the presenter and is in every episode. She is also in a lot of the clips. |
| Sapphire | Saffron Coomber | Gives her opinion on some of the things Tracy talks about. She is in episodes 1, 2, 5 and 6. |
| Carmen | Amy-Leigh Hickman | She gives her opinion on some of Tracy's points. She is in episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 12. |
| Tee | Mia McKenna-Bruce | She gives her opinion and answers some of Tracy's questions. She is in episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8. |
| Johnny | Joey Jaimie Maw | He gives his opinion on what Tracy says and answers her questions. He is in episodes 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8. |
| Harry | Philip Graham Scott | He gives his opinion and answers Tracy's questions. He is only in episode 1. |
| Mike | Connor Byrne | Mike gives his view on things Tracy says but he is able to say more as he knew Tracy when she was young and is able to talk about things from her past (The Story of Tracy Beaker). He is in episodes 2, 3, 4 and 5. |
| Gina | Kay Purcell | Gina gives her views from an adult's perspective, which is often very different from the kids' views. She is in episodes 2,3,4,5,6 and 13. |
| Gus | Noah Marullo | Gus gives a very direct view on everything. He is in episodes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. |
| Elektra | Jessica Revell | Elektra can be quite moody so often Tracy doesn't get much out of her. |
| Lily | Jessie Williams | Lily gives her views and answers Tracy's questions, often she includes her two sisters, Poppy and Rosie, in her comments. She is in episodes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 12. |
| Liam | Richard Wisker | Liam, having been in care all his life, gives fairly frank opinions. He is in episodes 2,3,4 and 7. |
| Cam | Lisa Coleman | Cam has known Tracy from when she was 10 and has been through the thick and thin with her so she is able to comment about her past as well as her present and being an adult she has gone through it all herself already. (The Story of Tracy Beaker) She is only in episode 1 and 6. |
| Frank | Chris Slater | Frank is not shown at all apart from in some clips. He is probably not interviewed due to his cerebral palsy (which Chris Slater also suffers from) which may make it hard for viewers to understand him. |
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