My Mum Tracy Beaker facts for kids
Quick facts for kids My Mum Tracy Beaker |
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| Written by | Emma Reeves |
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| Ending theme | "Someday" sung by Keisha White |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Spencer Campbell |
| Editor(s) | Conor Meechan |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Children's Productions |
| Distributor | BBC Studios |
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| Original network | CBBC |
| Original release | 12 February 2021 – present |
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My Mum Tracy Beaker is a fun TV show for kids from the UK. It first aired on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on February 12, 2021. This series continues the story of Tracy Beaker, a character many people know and love. It follows on from earlier shows like The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, and The Dumping Ground.
In My Mum Tracy Beaker, Dani Harmer returns to play Tracy Beaker. Other original cast members like Lisa Coleman, Ruth Gemmell, and Montanna Thompson also appear. New actors Emma Davies and Jordan Duvigneau join the cast too.
Meet the Characters
This section introduces the main actors and the characters they play in the series.
- Dani Harmer plays Tracy Beaker, the main character and Jess's mum.
- Emma Maggie Davies plays Jess Beaker, Tracy's daughter.
- Danielle Henry plays Mary Oliver, a teacher.
- Noah Leacock plays Tyrone, a classmate of Jess.
- Jordan Duvigneau plays Sean Godfrey, an ex-footballer.
- Lisa Coleman plays Cam Lawson, Tracy's adoptive mum.
- Christina Tam plays Rosalie.
- Montanna Thompson plays Justine Littlewood, Tracy's old rival.
- Ruth Gemmell plays Carly Beaker, Tracy's birth mum.
- Jim English plays Peter Ingham, a teacher friend.
Episode Guide
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | "The Person I Most Admire" | John McKay | Emma Reeves | 12 February 2021 | 0.95 | |
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Jess has to give a presentation at school. She chooses to talk about her mum, Tracy, as the person she looks up to most. A classmate named Tyrone makes fun of her presentation. This causes an argument, and their teacher, Mary, calls Tracy. Tracy gets upset with Miss Oliver. The teacher suggests Tracy tries kickboxing to help with her anger. At kickboxing, Tracy meets Sean Godfrey. He is an old footballer she knew when she was younger. Jess does not like Sean. She is even more unhappy when he asks them to move in with him. Later, Sean asks Tracy to marry him, but she doesn't give him an answer.
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| 2 | "Like a Family" | John McKay | Emma Reeves | 13 February 2021 | 0.59 | |
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Sean tells Jess that she can decide if he and Tracy get married. Jess eventually agrees that they can. Tracy comes home and finds Justine Littlewood having a business meeting with Sean. Tracy and Justine, who used to be rivals, talk about their past and put their differences aside. Tracy invites her birth mum, Carly, to her engagement party. Carly arrives late and has a disagreement with Tracy's adoptive mum, Cam. Jess finds Sean's second phone. She sees messages from another woman. Jess follows Sean to a restaurant and sees him kissing Justine.
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| 3 | "I Want My Mum Back" | John McKay | Emma Reeves | 14 February 2021 | 0.43 | |
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Jess shows Tracy Sean's phone. Tracy then moves out and leaves her engagement ring at his house. Tracy goes back to working as a waitress. However, she loses her job when she gets into a fight with Justine at the restaurant. Sean asks Tracy to forgive him, but she says they are finished. Carly asks Tracy why she won't get back with Sean. Tracy explains that she needs to put Jess first to be a good mum. She then forgives Carly for her past mistakes as a mother. Cam and Mary get married. Peter Ingham, who used to be called Weedy Peter, attends the wedding as a teacher friend of Mary's. He talks with Tracy and tells her he is now a headteacher. They both laugh about their memories from the past.
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Show Popularity
The show was very popular when it first came out. On February 15, 2021, CBBC announced that My Mum Tracy Beaker was their most successful new show. It had 2.1 million streams on BBC iPlayer in just its first three days. The first episode on February 12 also had a large audience. It attracted about 492,000 viewers aged four and older on the CBBC channel itself. After seven days, the total number of viewers for the first episode rose to 883,000.
