"the show on 3 and 4th December 2018. The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series) The Story of Tracy Beaker (also known as Tracy Beaker or TSOTB) is a British television programme adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from 2002 to 2005 and also contained a feature-length episode, ""Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me"", broadcast in 2004, as well as a week of interactive episodes for Children in Need. The theme song was written and performed by Keisha White. Many of the episodes have been released on official DVD"
"much to her upset. Originally introduced in the book ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", to date the character has appeared in two further books, ""The Dare Game"" and ""Starring Tracy Beaker"". She has also appeared in Red Nose Day special called ""Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart"". In 2002, the BBC made a children's series based on the books, ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", starring Dani Harmer as Tracy. The programme ran for five series on CBBC and included a one-off feature-length movie, ""Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me"". Harmer first took on the role at the age of 12 and has maintained"
"as ""playing Little Miss Innocent"" in front of teachers but can be as daring as the protagonist. Mr. Hatherway: The reception class teacher at Tracy's school. He is the opposite of Mrs. Bagley, and Tracy seems to like him, and regrets that he'll never be her teacher. Trevor: A young child whom Tracy meets when Mr. Hatherway has to bring him out of class due to a nosebleed. They become friends at the end of the book. The Dare Game The Dare Game also known as I Dare You, Tracy Beaker is a children's novel written by Jacqueline Wilson and"
"it for 10 years. The character returned for an additional three series of ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", in which an adult Tracy Beaker helps a new generation of kids at the Dumping Ground. The character has also appeared in a stage adaptation of the book, ""Tracy Beaker Gets Real"", starring Sarah Churm as Tracy. It was written by Mary Morris, one of the writers of the TV series. Like the television series, the set used elements of cartoon themes, similar to the illustrations in the books. In 2009, Tracy Beaker became a video game character in """" on Nintendo DS and"
"Jacqueline Wilson Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist who writes for children's literature. As her children's novels frequently feature themes of adoption, divorce, and mental illness, they attract controversy. Four of her books appear in the BBC's The Big Read poll of the 100 most popular books in the UK. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a UK nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014. Wilson is the author of many book series. Her ""Tracy Beaker"" series, inaugurated in 1991 with ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"","
"with her father, a taxi driver, and her mother, a school secretary. Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) 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 four further books and a book to be published in 2018, 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. The Story of"
"on reading lists for schools, so boys will be involved in the classroom. ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" has been UK libraries' most-loaned book between 2000 and 2010. In its description of Tracy, an article for the ""Herald Scotland"" states: ""Though her life is bleak, Tracy is funny, imaginative, articulate and hopeful, like all Wilson's heroines."" A ""Liverpool Echo"" article describes Tracy as ""a heroinea cult character who could be played by any actress."" Winifred Robinson, writing in a ""Daily Mail"" editorial, criticised the character and suggested that behaviour such as her outbursts were influencing children to act in a"
"Cam, Gemma Page played social worker Elaine, and Andy Steed played Peter. The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) 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 four further books and a book to be published in 2018, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, a Children In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections. ""The"
"Abby Rakic-Platt Abby Rakic-Platt (born 3 May 1993) is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" on the children's channel CBBC as Jackie Hopper. She appeared in a 2010 Sainsbury's Christmas advert. She attended Highams Park School and Grey Coat Hospital secondary school, both in London, England, and has four younger siblings, Maddie, Jaime and Eloise Rakic-Platt who are also actresses. Rakic-Platt's maternal grandfather is from Yugoslavia. Rakic-Platt was trained at the Anna Scher Theatre School, attending from the age of 7 or 8 to 18. Rakic-Platt lives in Walthamstow"
"daughter of Ann Beach (1938–2017) and Francis Coleman (1924–2008). Lisa Coleman (actress) Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress and volunteer occupational therapist, known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in ""Casualty"" (1994–97) and Cam Lawson in ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" (2002–05) and ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" (2010–12). Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London and attended Anna Scher Theatre School at age six, going on to complete secondary education and A-levels. Having worked in television at various times since the early 1980s, in the mid-1990s she began a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK"
"family makes Tracy reconsider her relationship with Cam. After recognizing how much Cam cares for her, Tracy decides to continue living with her and begins attending school regularly, though she also continues seeing Football and Alexander. Tracy Beaker: The story's main protagonist and narrator; Tracy is daring, bold and reckless. Her previous home was in a child-care house, which was nicknamed ""The Dumping Ground"" She's currently under the foster care of author Cam Lawson and aspires to be a writer too. She dislikes her school and living under Cam's simple, practical lifestyle and wishes she could wear designer clothes and"
"Tracy Beaker franchise currently has five books, with a sixth book to be released in 2018. The books are The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Dare Game, Starring Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart and Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends. 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 reader would eventually have all five series. The BBC adapted the book for"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 3) The third series of the British children's chtelevision series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 25 September 2003 on CBBC and ended on 1 April 2004. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the 3rd series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker), Montanna Thompson (Justine Littlewood), Nisha Nayar (Elaine Boyak), Clive Rowe (Duke Ellington), Lisa Coleman (Cam Lawson), Ciaran Joyce, Ben"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 1) The first series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 8 January 2002 on CBBC and ended on 4 April 2002. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the first series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer plays the title character, Tracy Beaker, while Montanna Thompson plays her arch-enemy Justine Littlewood. Justine's best friend, Louise Govern, is played"
"were replaced by Dan Anthony, Simon Nicholson, Holly Lyons, Marvin Close and Ariane Sherine. Returning from writing episodes of series 1 and series 2 are Morris, Laura Summers, Othniel Smith and Andy Walker while returning from writing episodes of only series 2 are Gary Parker, Abigal Abben-Mensah and Tracy Brabin. Morris wrote five episodes; Summers and Parker wrote four episodes each; Smith, Anthony, Lyons and Close wrote two episodes each; and Nicholson, Mensah, Walker, Brabin and Sherine wrote one episode each. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 3) The third series of the British children's chtelevision series ""The Story of"
"Lisa Coleman (actress) Lisa Jacqueline Coleman (born 10 July 1970) is an English actress and volunteer occupational therapist, known for her television roles as Jude Korcanik in ""Casualty"" (1994–97) and Cam Lawson in ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" (2002–05) and ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" (2010–12). Coleman was born in Hammersmith, London and attended Anna Scher Theatre School at age six, going on to complete secondary education and A-levels. Having worked in television at various times since the early 1980s, in the mid-1990s she began a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with the UK Open University, leaving ""Casualty"" at the beginning of 1997"
"The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 2) The second series of the British children's television series ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" began broadcasting on 7 January 2003 on CBBC and ended on 3 April 2003. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed by them ""The Dumping Ground"". It consists of twenty-six, fifteen-minute episodes. It is the second series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise. Dani Harmer (Tracy Beaker), Montanna Thompson (Justine Littlewood), Chelsie Padley (Louise Govern), Rochelle Gadd (Adele Azupadi), Nisha Nayar (Elaine Boyak), Clive Rowe (Duke),"
"Liu was introduced as May Li Wang in ""Jody in Wonderland"" and Kasey McKellar joined the cast in Episode 1, ""Kick Off"" as cocky Bailey Wharton. This is the first series in all 10 of the Tracy Beaker franchise to include the care home Ashdene Ridge. Jessie Williams left the series as Lily Kettle in Episode 4, ""The Barbecue"" after moving down South with Shannay and Steve. This series includes a vast majority of plots including Frank becoming homeless and living on the streets, Faith having to deal with her serious injury after being run over by a car, Johnny"
"""Starring Tracy Beaker"", and ""Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart"" (a Red Nose Day Special). ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" was adapted for television by the BBC ran for five series on CBBC from 8 January 2002 to 9 December 2005, featuring Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker. The first series was filmed in London, but from series two, the series moved to Wales due to a suggestion from the producer, Jane Dauncey. 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"
"Kathleen Hart Bibb Kathleen Palmer Hart Bibb Foster (September 6, 1889 – June 30, 1957) was an American concert singer and voice teacher. She was also the model for the character ""Julia Ray"" in the popular Betsy-Tacy book series, written by her younger sister. Kathleen Palmer Hart was born in Mankato, Minnesota, the daughter of Thomas Walden Hart and Stella M. Palmer Hart. Her father owned a shoe store. Her younger sister Maud Hart Lovelace became a successful author, and their childhood home is now a museum about their family and her work. Maud Hart based the character ""Julia Ray"""
"Dani Harmer Danielle Jane Harmer (born 8 February 1989) is a British actress, television presenter and former singer who is best known for her portrayal as Tracy Beaker in the CBBC programmes ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" and ""Tracy Beaker Survival Files"" from 2002 to 2012. She also appeared in the BBC sitcom, ""After You've Gone"". In 2018, Harmer reprised her role as Tracy Beaker in the Dumping Ground - the fourth spinoff series of The Story of Tracy Beaker, which has been airing since 2013. Harmer starred in her own sitcom, ""Dani's House"" from 2008 to"
"her education from Pratt and holds a Master of Fine Arts. Books by Beverly Ceary ""Henry Huggins"" ""Henry and Beezus"" ""Henry and Ribsy"" ""Henry and the Paper Route"" ""Henry and the Clubhouse"" ""Mich and Amy"" ""Muggie Maggie"" ""Socks"" ""Ribsy"" ""Emily's Runaway Imagination"" ""Otis Spofford"" Tracy Dockray Tracy Dockray (born 1962) is an American artist. She illustrated the current Harper Collins editions of Beverly Cleary's children's novels. Tracy Dockray spent her early years growing up on the plains of Texas where she enjoyed reading and a large menagerie of pets. She moved to New York where she attained an MFA from"
"She has a wild imagination and regularly breaks rules. As such, she is considered a bad role model by parents. In ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", she works as a careworker at the Dumping Ground. She is mentioned a number of times in the spin-off ""The Dumping Ground"", before making a guest appearance in two episodes of the sixth series. Tracy is Wilson's most popular character; however she is not Wilson's personal favourite. The ""Tracy Beaker"" books were the most-loaned books from public libraries in the United Kingdom between 2000 and 2010. Tracy returns to the Dumping Ground, after being kicked out"
"Dick Tracy Dick Tracy is an American comic strip featuring Dick Tracy (originally Plainclothes Tracy), a tough and intelligent police detective created by Chester Gould. The strip made its debut on October 14, 1931, in the ""Detroit Mirror"". It was distributed by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate. Gould wrote and drew the strip until 1972. Since that time, various artists and writers have continued the strip, which still runs in newspapers today. Dick Tracy has also been the hero in a number of films, notably one in which Warren Beatty played the crime fighter in 1990. Writer Tom"
"Cara Readle Cara Readle (born 8 January 1991) is a British actress from Swansea, Wales, known mainly for her role as Layla in ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" from series three to five. Readle was born in Swansea, and has cerebral palsy. The characters she played in ""Zig Zag love"" and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" also have this condition. In November 2009 she also had a part in Casualty, playing a patient with cerebral palsy called Serena Wark. The character's sister, Shona Wark, portrayed by Evelyn Hoskins, has reappeared several times as a recurring character, becoming involved in a"
"Christmas special in 2008. Harmer returned to the role of Tracy Beaker in early 2010 in the 13-episode BBC series ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", in which her character had developed into a care worker and had written an autobiography about what life is like for children in care. Three series aired of ""Tracy Beaker Returns"". It concluded on 23 March 2012, due to Harmer deciding to quit her role as Tracy. A spin-off was created called ""The Dumping Ground"" but did not feature her. She then starred in another TV show called ""Dani's Castle"", a spin-off from ""Dani's House"". This aired"
"includes three sequels and has been adapted into four CBBC television series: """"The Story of Tracy Beaker"", ""Tracy Beaker Returns"", ""The Dumping Ground"", and ""The Tracy Beaker Survival Files"". She has written more than a hundred books over the course of her career. Jacqueline Aitken was born in Bath, Somerset, England in 1945. Her father was a civil servant; her mother was an antiques dealer. Jacqueline spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like ""Little Women"" and ""What Katy"
"Peter badge. Nick Sharratt's work has been exhibited in Britain, Italy, Japan and U.S. Nick Sharratt Nick Sharratt (born August 9, 1962) is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Sharratt has illustrated around 250 books, including over 50 books by award-winning author Jacqueline Wilson, among them ""The Lottie Project"", ""Little Darlings"" and ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"" which was the most borrowed library book in the UK for the first decade of this century. The books on which they have collaborated have sold more than"
"Dancing"", in 2012. She was paired up with Vincent Simone and the couple succeeded in reaching the grand final. Dani Harmer Danielle Jane Harmer (born 8 February 1989) is a British actress, television presenter and former singer who is best known for her portrayal as Tracy Beaker in the CBBC programmes ""The Story of Tracy Beaker"", ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" and ""Tracy Beaker Survival Files"" from 2002 to 2012. She also appeared in the BBC sitcom, ""After You've Gone"". In 2018, Harmer reprised her role as Tracy Beaker in the Dumping Ground - the fourth spinoff series of The Story of"
"between 2010 and 2012. The ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" production team won the British Academy Children's Awards for Best Drama in 2010, and earned further nominations in both 2011 and 2012. Hardiman was approached to direct the series by producer Gina Cronk — who like Hardiman, had never worked on the production of a children's drama series. In 2010, discussing how the ""Tracy Beaker Returns"" team approached ""a narrative specifically for children"" Hardiman noted that the production team wanted to take on ""serious subjects [and] make a kind of """"Play for Today"""" for children, leavened with some humour"". Subsequently, Hardiman directed"
"list: Winner of the 2010 Children's BAFTA for Best Drama, Harmer was nominated for her performance as Tracy Beaker in its various incarnations, with the programme attracting a nomination in the Children's Drama Category at the 2011 RTS Awards. Harmer was nominated for a BAFTA Cymru for Best Actress for her performance in ""Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me"". ""Dani's House"", her own hit CBBC show received a 2009 Children's BAFTA nomination. In 2009, Harmer received a Gold ""Blue Peter"" Badge for her role in ""Tracy Beaker"". Harmer competed in the tenth series of the BBC ballroom dancing show, ""Strictly Come"
"Betsy-Tacy The Betsy-Tacy books are a series of semi-autobiographical novels by American novelist and short-story writer Maud Hart Lovelace (1892-1980), which were originally published between 1940 and 1955 by the Thomas Y. Crowell Co. The books are now published by HarperCollins. The first four books were illustrated by Lois Lenski and the remainder by Vera Neville. The series follows the adventures of heroine Betsy Ray, who is based closely on the author, and her friends and family. The first book, ""Betsy-Tacy"", begins in 1897 on the eve of Betsy's fifth birthday, and the last book, ""Betsy's Wedding"", ends in 1917"