Tracy Beaker Returns

Tracy Beaker Returns
Series intertitle
Genre	Children's Drama
Created by	Jacqueline Wilson, and Tracy Beaker Productions Ltd
Starring	Current Cast
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	39 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Josephine Ward
Producer(s)	Gina Cronk
Running time	28 minutes
Distributor	Universal Pictures UK
Release
Original network	CBBC BBC HD (2013) CBBC HD
Picture format	576i
Original release	8 January 2010 (2010-01-08) – 23 March 2012 (2012-03-23)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Story of Tracy Beaker

Tracy Beaker Returns is a British television programme. Based upon the novels by Jacqueline Wilson, it is the spin-off series to The Story of Tracy Beaker. The series stars Dani Harmer as protagonist Tracy Beaker. The third and final series ended on 23 March 2012. A spin-off entitled The Dumping Ground started airing on 4 January 2013.

When Author Tracy Beaker is arrested for using her Foster Mother, Cam's credit card to publish her autobiography, Tracy seeks refuge at the Dumping Ground, a care home where she used to live as a child. She meets the children who are intrigued by her and her story. Wanting to pay Cam back, Tracy asks The Manager, Mike for a job. As Mike is short-staffed, he agrees to hire her as an assistant care worker since she knows so much about life in care. Tracy then uses her background as a former child in care to become fully involved in the lives of those of whom she is now in charge. She is usually involved with the trouble which follows from the children's actions. She is loved by most kids in their care, Although despised by Elektra (Jessica Revell) and disliked but later friends with Sapphire Fox (Saffron Coomber).

Episode ratings from BARB.

In March 2009, the BBC announced the new 13-part series under the working title Beaker's Back!. The series was filmed in the old La Sagesse school in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne in the summer of 2009, and directed by Neasa Hardiman, Craig Lines and Michael Davies.