The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise)

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The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise)
Created by Jacqueline Wilson
Owner BBC
Print publications
Book(s)
  • The Story of Tracy Beaker (1991)
  • The Dare Game (2000)
  • Starring Tracy Beaker (2006)
  • Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart (2009)
  • Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends (2010)
  • My Mum Tracy Beaker (2018)
  • We are The Beaker Girls (2019)
Magazine(s)Totally Tracy Beaker
The Story of Tracy Beaker: The DVD Collection
Films and television
Television series
Television special(s)Tracy Beaker Parties with Pudsey (2004)
Children's Party at the Palace (2006)
Television film(s) Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me (2004)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(s)Tracy Beaker Gets Real
Official website

The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children's drama media franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. The franchise began with the publication of The Story of Tracy Beaker on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had six further books, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. The Story of Tracy Beaker merchandise has also been released. [1] [2]

Contents

Publications

The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise currently has seven books. The books are The Story of Tracy Beaker , The Dare Game (reissued in 2018 as I Dare You, Tracy Beaker) Starring Tracy Beaker, My Mum Tracy Beaker, We Are The Beaker Girls, Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart and Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends. [3] [4]

The Story of Tracy Beaker also had two magazine collections. Totally Tracy Beaker came with free art and craft supplies, which the reader collected, and the second magazine released, The Story of Tracy Beaker: The DVD collection, came with a DVD with episodes from the series and the reader would eventually have all five series. [5]

Television

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Overview of The Story of Tracy Beaker TV series
SeriesSeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
The Story of Tracy Beaker 1 268 January 2002 (2002-01-08)4 April 2002 (2002-04-04) CBBC
2 267 January 2003 (2003-01-07)3 April 2003 (2003-04-03)
3 2625 September 2003 (2003-09-25)1 April 2004 (2004-04-01)
TV Film 21 February 2004 (2004-02-21)
4 227 October 2004 (2004-10-07)5 April 2005 (2005-04-05)
5 2028 November 2005 (2005-11-28)9 December 2005 (2005-12-09)
Tracy Beaker Returns 1 138 January 2010 (2010-01-08)26 March 2010 (2010-03-26)
2 137 January 2011 (2011-01-07)25 March 2011 (2011-03-25)
3 136 January 2012 (2012-01-06)23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)
The Dumping Ground 1 134 January 2013 (2013-01-04)15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
2 1310 January 2014 (2014-01-10)28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
3 201016 January 2015 (2015-01-16)13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
106 October 2015 (2015-10-06)8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
4 201029 January 2016 (2016-01-29)25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
1030 September 2016 (2016-09-30)2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
5 221220 January 2017 (2017-01-20)31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
1013 October 2017 (2017-10-13)15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
6 241212 January 2018 (2018-01-12)30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)
1221 September 2018 (2018-09-21)7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)
7 24124 January 2019 (2019-01-04)15 March 2019 (2019-03-15)
1227 September 2019 (2019-09-27)6 December 2019 (2019-12-06)
8 241210 January 2020 (2020-01-10)27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)
1225 September 2020 (2020-09-25)5 February 2021 (2021-02-05)
9 201011 June 2021 (2021-06-11)13 August 2021 (2021-08-13)
1021 January 2022 (2022-01-21)25 March 2022 (2022-03-25)
10 201030 September 2022 (2022-09-30)2 December 2022 (2022-12-02)
1021 April 2023 (2023-04-21)23 June 2023 (2023-06-23)
My Mum Tracy Beaker 1312 February 2021 (2021-02-12)14 February 2021 (2021-02-14)
The Beaker Girls 1 513 December 2021 (2021-12-13)17 December 2021 (2021-12-17)
2 1213 January 2023 (2023-01-13)31 March 2023 (2023-03-31)

The BBC adapted the book for television and The Story of Tracy Beaker ran for five series on CBBC from 8 January 2002 to 9 December 2005, featuring Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker. [6] In 2009, a spin-off from The Story of Tracy Beaker, was announced called Beaker's Back, but the show was changed to Tracy Beaker Returns and it aired on CBBC for three series from 8 January 2010 to 23 March 2012. [7] [8] [9] [10] In 2012, a spin-off from Tracy Beaker Returns called The Dumping Ground was announced as Harmer chose to quit her role as Tracy and has aired on CBBC since 4 January 2013; it is currently in its ninth series. [11] [12]

On 21 February 2004, Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me aired on CBBC. For Children In Need that year, a The Story of Tracy Beaker special aired on CBBC titled Tracy Beaker Parties With Pudsey. [13] Tracy Beaker Returns aired one spin-off, Tracy Beaker Survival Files , which aired for one series from 16 December 2011 to 6 January 2012. [14] The Dumping Ground currently has had five spin-off's: The Dumping Ground Survival Files aired for two series from 6 January to 12 December 2014, [15] a webisode miniseries Liam's Story aired from 17 January to 14 March 2018 and the series aired as a full episode on CBBC on 23 March 2014, [16] a five-part miniseries called The Dumping Ground Dish Up aired in November 2015, [17] The Dumping Ground: I'm... , another webisode series where young people and staff describe living and working in care, aired for two series from 25 January 2016 to 9 February 2017. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] A five-part mini webisode series, Sasha's Contact Meetings , was released on 6 April 2018. [28]

Musicals

In 2006, The Story of Tracy Beaker was adapted into a musical, featuring Sarah Churm as Tracy Beaker. [29] [30] [31] Suzie McGrath played Justine Littlewood, Jessica Martin played Tracy's mum and Louise, Alice Redmond played Tracy's foster mother Cam, Gemma Page played social worker Elaine, and Andy Steed played Peter. [30]

Cast

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