List of The Story of Tracy Beaker (franchise) spin-offs

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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. This is a list of spin-off's to the trilogy of CBBC children's drama series The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground, which have spanned nineteen years between them.

Spin-offs overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me21 February 2004 (2004-02-21)
Tracy Beaker Survival Files16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)
Jody In Wonderland16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)
The Dumping Ground Survival Files6 January 2014 (2014-01-06)4 December 2020 (2020-12-04)
Liam's Story17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)
23 March 2014 (2014-03-23) (TV)
The Dumping Ground Dish Up16 November 2015 (2015-11-16)20 November 2015 (2015-11-20)
The Dumping Ground: I'm...25 January 2016 (2016-01-25)9 February 2017 (2017-02-09)
Floss The Foundling25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
Dumping Ground Island22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)
Sasha's Contact Meeting6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
After The DG16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)
The Joseph & Taz Files27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)

The Story of Tracy Beaker

Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me

Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me title card

Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me is a

television movie and a spin-off to The Story of Tracy Beaker that broadcast on 22 February 2004 on BBC One, outside of the CBBC programming block. The film was shot in Cardiff, Wales, with scenes at Castell Coch, and London, England.[1] The movie was released on DVD on 25 July 2005.[2]

Originally broadcast part-way through the release of Series 3, the exact placement of this story in the wider continuity of the series is debatable. The Dumping Ground is as it appears in Series 2, with the subtle additions introduced in the third series being absent (notably, the repainting of the living room from beige to blue). After The Movie of Me was finished in January 2004, production moved to Skomer Care Home (Cliffside) in Penarth due to management changes. This suggests that the special was filmed prior to Series 3, despite featuring cast members that would only be introduced in the following episodes. The story presumably took place before Series 4, as Tracy appears to be living with Cam at the start of the fourth series. The story likely does not take place during the events of Series 3, however. A number of cast members from Series 3 are absent from the movie (most notably Bouncer appearing but Lol, Michael and Nathan being absent, although Jackie, Hayley, Crash, Layla, Marco and Shelley, who joined in Series 3, seem to be in this film), suggesting that this story takes place some time after the events of that series. Despite being aired while the third season was still airing, the episode would have to take place in-between the third and fourth season, given that Tracy is still living at the DG at the end of season 3 and is now living with Cam at the start of season 4. This creates a continuity error as Justine is shown to be living at the Dumping Ground in the movie, even thought she left to live with her dad after the episode Good as Gold (the season 3 finale).

Cast

  • Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker
  • Cam Lawson
  • Ruth Gemmell as Carly Beaker
  • Crash
  • Montanna Thompson as
    Justine Littlewood
  • Jack Edwards as
    Marco Maloney
  • Ben Hanson as
    Bouncer Plakova
  • Jackie Hopper
  • Kristal Lau as
    Hayley
  • Layla
  • Nisha Nayar as Elaine Boyak
  • Shelley Appleton
  • Duke Ellington
  • Huw Llyr as PC Mark
  • Katie Hiam as WPC Tina
  • Sara Carver as Gloria
  • Ian Ralph as Delivery Man
  • Noisecandy as Band
  • Huw Garmon as Derek
  • Ieuan Rhys as Police Sergeant
  • Jennie Lucey as Young Mum
  • Peter Turnbull as Train Guard
  • Simon Nehan as Security Guard
  • Keisha White as Film Star's PA
  • Lee Mengo as 1st AD
  • Martin Cole as Director
  • Michelle Luther as Helen
No.
overall
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [3]
TBA"Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me"Joss AgnewMary Morris21 February 2004 (2004-02-21)N/A
Three days prior to her thirteenth birthday, Tracy books two bouncy castles and arranges band auditions, which angers Shelley, who is further annoyed by Tracy when she is unimpressed with a chocolate sponge for her birthday cake and Tracy's large birthday plans. Upon visiting Cam, Tracy storms out when she believes Cam is excluding her, but Cam catches up with her to reveal her birthday surprise for Tracy, which is wanting to be her foster mother. At Tracy's leaving party, Tracy is shocked when her mother, Carly, turns up and Tracy throws fizzy pop at her; Tracy later apologises to Carly and Carly tells Tracy about a potential job on a film and suggests they go to London. Carly is delighted when she lands a film job.

Elaine is furious that Tracy was allowed to go with Carly, that she did not interview Carly or that the time they will be back is unknown. Whilst in London, Carly and Tracy talk about their past and Tracy decides to forgive Carly before heading to a café, run by Carly's friend, Gloria, and Carly tells Tracy about the film. On their way back to The Dumping Ground, Carly leaves Tracy and upon her return, Tracy is questioned by Cam, Elaine and Shelley about her day with Carly and she tells the young people that she is going to live with Carly. Crash tells Cam about Carly planning to take Tracy and upon arriving to collect Tracy, Elaine questions Carly about where she is going with Tracy as it is procedure, angering Carly. As Carly leaves, she meets Cam and finds out about Cam's plans to foster Tracy and Tracy is devastated when Carly leaves without her and Tracy rows with Crash about his interference.

The next morning, Tracy is discovered to be missing from The Dumping Ground and the young people agree to keep quiet about what they know and the police are called; Bouncer falls for the female police officer, Tina. When Tracy goes to see Gloria, Gloria tells Tracy that Carly has gone to Hopeston to work on the film. When the police suggest searching Tracy's room, Hayley handcuffs herself to Mark, the male police officer, whilst some of the others destroy things from Tracy's day in London. Tracy fare-dodges to get on a train to Hopeston and when Tracy contacts them on Justine's mobile, which she took, Tracy exaggerates to Crash, prompting him to join Tracy in Hopeston, and she stops and escapes the train, as well as releasing pigeons, when the conductor asks for tickets.

Later, Tracy calls Cam, who is devastated when Tracy tells Cam she wants to be with Carly all the time, so Cam spends the night at The Dumping Ground and Crash finds Tracy at the train station in Hopeston. The following day, Crash gives Tracy a necklace for her birthday and Justine finds out about the location of the film in Hopeston and Cam scares Justine, when she overhears and demands to know where Tracy is. Shelley, Duke, Jackie, the police and Bouncer follow Cam and Justine to Hopeston. Tracy and Crash sneak onto the film set and when Carly falls off a horse, Tracy confronts the crew about putting Carly in danger, but they reveal Carly is the stunt double and Carly tells her she may have a surprise for her later. Everyone arrives at the film set when filming has finished and are relieved to find out Tracy and Crash are at a nearby motel. Later, Tracy is picked up by a pink limousine and is amazed when the film set has been transformed for a birthday party; Tracy wrongly assumes Carly organised it as the surprise, but it was Cam. Cam agrees to take Tracy to see Carly and Tracy informs Carly it is her thirteenth birthday, which is forgotten by Carly, and she wants Carly's permission to be fostered by Cam. Back at her birthday party, Carly later arrives and Carly allows Cam to foster Tracy.

Mark and his wife, Helen, arrive at The Dumping Ground to see Hayley and invite her out with them.

Tracy Beaker Returns

Tracy Beaker Survival Files

Tracy Beaker Survival Files title card

Tracy Beaker Survival Files is a spin-off to

3, with archive footage from The Story of Tracy Beaker
.

Cast

  • Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker
  • Jack Elton as Jack
  • Saffron Coomber as
    Sapphire Fox
  • Carmen Howle
  • Tee Taylor
  • Joe Maw as
    Johnny Taylor
  • Philip Graham Scott as
    Harry Jones
  • Mike Milligan
  • Gina Conway
  • Gus Carmichael
  • Elektra Perkins
  • Jessie Williams as
    Lily Kettle
  • Liam O'Donovan
  • Cam Lawson
  • Chris Slater as
    Frank Matthews

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Falling Out"TBATBA16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
2"Romance"TBATBA17 December 2011 (2011-12-17)
3"Persuasion"TBATBA18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
4"Anger"TBATBA19 December 2011 (2011-12-19)
5"Fear"TBATBA20 December 2011 (2011-12-20)
6"Rules"TBATBA21 December 2011 (2011-12-21)
7"Doing the Right Thing"TBATBA22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)
8"Siblings"TBATBA23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)
9"Responsibility"TBATBA2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)
10"Lies"TBATBA3 January 2012 (2012-01-03)
11"First Impressions"TBATBA4 January 2012 (2012-01-04)
12"Secrets"TBATBA5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
13"Goodbyes"TBATBA6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)

The Dumping Ground

Jody In Wonderland

Jody In Wonderland is a spin-off to

second series. The episode is sixty minutes in length and is the first The Dumping Ground spin-off.[4]

Cast

  • Mike Milligan
  • Chris Slater as
    Frank Matthews
  • Rick Barber
  • Jessie Williams as
    Lily Kettle
  • Carmen Howle
  • Jody Jackson
  • Tee Taylor
  • Joe Maw as
    Johnny Taylor
  • Miles Butler-Hughton as
    Tyler Lewis
  • Leanne Dunstan as
    Faith Davis
  • Sarah Rayson as
    Floss Guppy
  • Mo Michaels
  • Stacy Liu as
    May-Li Wang
  • Philip Graham Scott as
    Harry Jones
  • Denise Jackson
  • James Bartlett as Luke Jackson
  • David Avery as
    Kingsley Jackson
No.
overall
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [5]
14"Jody in Wonderland"Nigel DouglasElly Brewer16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)0.50
Jody is faced with a terrible dilemma when she's asked to make a witness statement against her brother Kingsley. Jody leaves Mike's office seeing a rabbit. Following the rabbit, she enters a rather unfamiliar world with strangely familiar – yet utterly different – characters.

The Dumping Ground Survival Files

Liam's Story