The Story of Tracy Beaker is a British children'sdramamedia franchise that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and theircare workers incare. The franchise began with the publication ofThe Story of Tracy Beaker on 14 February 1991. Since then, the franchise has had six further books, three television series and their spin-offs, a television movie, aChildren In Need special, a musical and two magazine collections.The Story of Tracy Beaker merchandise has also been released.^[1][2]

The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise currently has seven books. The books areThe Story of Tracy Beaker,The Dare Game (reissued in 2018 asI Dare You, Tracy Beaker),Starring Tracy Beaker,My Mum Tracy Beaker,We Are The Beaker Girls,Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart andAsk Tracy Beaker and Friends.^[3][4]

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 the reader would eventually have all five series.^[5]

TheBBC adapted the book for television andThe Story of Tracy Beaker ran for five series on CBBC from 8 January 2002 to 9 December 2005, featuringDani Harmer asTracy Beaker.^[6] In 2009, a sequel series toThe Story of Tracy Beaker was announced, titledBeaker's Back but eventually retitledTracy Beaker Returns. This series aired on CBBC for three series, from 8 January 2010 to 23 March 2012.^{[7][8][9][10]} In 2012, a spin-off series titledThe Dumping Ground was announced, but without Harmer, as the latter chose to quit her role as Tracy.The Dumping Ground has aired on CBBC since 4 January 2013 and is still ongoing; it is currently in its thirteenth series.^[11][12]

On 21 February 2004,Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me aired on CBBC. ForChildren In Need that year, aThe Story of Tracy Beaker special aired on CBBC titledTracy Beaker Parties With Pudsey.^[13]Tracy Beaker Returns aired one spin-off,Tracy Beaker Survival Files, which aired for one series from 16 December 2011 to 6 January 2012.^[14]The Dumping Ground currently has had five spin-off's:The Dumping Ground Survival Files aired for two series from 6 January to 12 December 2014,^[15] awebisodeminiseriesLiam's Story aired from 17 January to 14 March 2018 and the series aired as a full episode on CBBC on 23 March 2014,^[16] a five-part miniseries calledThe Dumping Ground Dish Up aired in November 2015,^[17]The Dumping Ground: I'm..., another webisode series where young people and staff describe living and working in care, aired for two series from 25 January 2016 to 9 February 2017.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]} A five-part mini webisode series,Sasha's Contact Meetings, was released on 6 April 2018.^[28]

In 2006,The Story of Tracy Beaker was adapted into a musical, featuringSarah Churm as Tracy Beaker.^[29][30][31] Suzie McGrath played Justine Littlewood,Jessica Martin played Tracy's mum and Louise, Alice Redmond played Tracy's foster mother Cam, Gemma Page played social worker Elaine, and Andy Steed played Peter.^[30]

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