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 British children's television series that premiered on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on 12 February 2021. The series follows on from the events of its predecessors, The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground. My Mum Tracy Beaker saw Dani Harmer reprise her role as Tracy Beaker, and also included original cast members Lisa Coleman, Ruth Gemmell and Montanna Thompson, as well as new cast members Emma Davies and Jordan Duvigneau.
Cast
- Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker
- Emma Maggie Davies as Jess Beaker
- Danielle Henry as Mary Oliver
- Noah Leacock as Tyrone
- Jordan Duvigneau as Sean Godfrey
- Lisa Coleman as Cam Lawson
- Christina Tam as Rosalie
- Montanna Thompson as Justine Littlewood
- Ruth Gemmell as Carly Beaker
- Jim English as Peter Ingham
Episodes
| 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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For a presentation at school, Jess talks about her mother Tracy as the person she most admires. Classmate Tyrone mocks her presentation, and the pair argue, leading teacher Mary to call Tracy. Tracy loses her temper with Miss Oliver, who recommends she attends kickboxing to manage her anger. There, Tracy meets Sean Godfrey, an ex-footballer she knew from her childhood. Jess takes a dislike to Sean and is unhappy when he asks them to move in. Sean later proposes to Tracy, but she does not respond to his proposal.
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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 Tracy and Sean get married, and she eventually says that they can. Tracy arrives home to find Justine Littlewood in a business meeting with Sean, and the pair put their rivalry behind them and discuss their past. Tracy invites her birth mother, Carly, to her engagement party. She arrives late and has a confrontation with Tracy's adoptive mother, Cam. Jess finds Sean's second phone, and sees messages from a woman that is not Tracy. She 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, who then moves out and leaves her engagement ring at his house. Tracy returns to working as a waitress, but is fired when she assaults Justine in the restaurant. Sean begs for Tracy's forgiveness, but she insists that they are over. Carly questions Tracy on why she refuses to reconcile with Sean, who explains that she must put Jess first to be a good mother. She then forgives Carly for her bad mothering skills. Cam and Mary get married, and Weedy Peter attends at the wedding as a teacher friend of Mary's. He talks with Tracy, and informs her that he is a headteacher now, and the pair laugh about their past.
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Ratings
On 15 February 2021, CBBC's announced that the series was their most successful programme launch, with 2.1m streams on BBC iPlayer during the first three days of being made available, and the first episode on 12 February attracting an average figure of 492,000 viewers aged four and above on CBBC itself. Seven-day ratings saw the figure rise to 883,000.
