List of Tracy Beaker series characters

Mike Milligan

Michael "Mike" Milligan MBE, made his first appearance on 8 January 2002 in series 1 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Tracy Returns to The Dumping Ground and departed in The End!. Mike returned in series 5 during the episode Caring and Sharing as a temporary care worker. He became head care worker in Operation Careworker. Mike appeared in all 3 series of Tracy Beaker Returns and so far, all series of The Dumping Ground. Mike is the longest serving character in the Tracy Beaker Franchise being in the very first episode back in 2002 as well as appearing in the books.

Mike is tall and slim, with grey hair and blue eyes. He is portrayed as a lovable, kind but firm guardian to the children in his care, able to deliver anger and humour to the children in equal doses.

Mike makes his first appearance in the first episode of "The Story of Tracy Beaker"; he is a care worker at Stowey House, and has been for some time – he is already on good terms with Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer), thinking she's a 'good kid on the whole'. He leaves at the end of series 1 after an emergency call in another care home. Mike returns in series 5 as Elm Tree House's new chef. When Head Care Worker, Shelley Appelton (Nicola Reynolds), decides to leave Elm Tree House she holds interviews for possible head care workers, who none of the young people like, so they beg Mike to take up the role, which he does.

The character of Mike returns in "Tracy Beaker Returns", appearing in every episode of the show; it is implied that he never left Elm Tree House and continued to act as Head Care Worker. Mike is first seen with Gina Conway (Kay Purcell) when he is saying that they need more staff. He is then seen collecting Liam O'Donovan (Richard Wisker) from the local police station and meets Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) after she is arrested for fraud. Mike offers her a job at the Dumping Ground because it is short staffed, with only himself and Gina Conway (Kay Purcell) working there. As a result of this, Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) and Mike to get to know each other again and become closer. In the third series of the show, Mike is offered an MBE and accepts it, and later in the series he only just survives when a roof falls on him. Mike continues to appear as Head Care Worker throughout "The Dumping Ground"; in the first episode he leaves to go on holiday, only for chaos to occur at Elm Tree House until he returns at the end of the second episode, although he knows nothing about it as Gina Conway (Kay Purcell) worries he may not take another holiday again In the fourth series on the eighth episode Carmen Howle (Amy-Leigh Hickman) reports Mike to the police, as Mike's car has been broken into, with Carmen Howle (Amy-Leigh Hickman) file inside the car, and it had been stolen. However it is revealed that Ryan Reeves (Lewis Hamilton) took the file as revenge for Mike telling the kids about his history, though he was only protecting Ryan Reeves (Lewis Hamilton). Mike forgives Ryan Reeves (Lewis Hamilton) and agrees not to tell everyone. They end their feud.

Tyler Lewis

Tyler Lewis, portrayed by Miles Butler-Hughton, made his first appearance on 6 January 2012 in series 3 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Slow Burn: Part 1.

In Slow Burn, Carmen recognises him as the young joker whom she blames for nicking her stuff while she was at Burnywood, after he and three other children from Burnywood arrive at Elm Tree House following a fire. They reignite their turbulent relationship, Tyler proves himself to be a prankster, however he reveals his softer side when he breaks down in tears as he sees the burnt remains of the only birthday card his mother ever gave to him.

In series two of "The Dumping Ground", Tyler's mum decides to visit but Tyler then discovers she is not taking her medication for her bipolar disorder, so he gets angry, but eventually they reconcile.

Jody Jackson

Jody Jackson, portrayed by Kia Pegg, made her first appearance on 9 March 2012 in series 3 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Jody Jackson.

During her first appearance, she is portrayed as being like a tramp, having lived in squalor; she is dressed in simple clothes and smells terrible – this means Carmen develops a low opinion of her, before she discovers she is sharing with her. Carmen immediately resents and is unsympathetic to Jody and feels that her presence is intrusive.

When she reveals she is afraid to take a bath, Tracy entices her with bath jelly, which Jody seems to like. Jody tells Tracy that her mother used to scrub her with a scrubbing brush, only when the Social Worker attended. She also reveals that when she was naughty, people used to hold her under the water. Jody borrows a cardigan from Carmen. Elektra responds by locking Jody in the toy cupboard. Jody manages to escape by knocking out one of the wood panels from the door. Jody then disappears and Tracy thinks that Jody might have gone to her old home, where Jody used to live with her mother and Jody's brothers. Mike and Tracy arrive to find the place vacant, with the exception of Jody. Carmen shows compassion towards Jody later on in the episode. Later in the night, Carmen, Gus and Gina discover Jody sleeping under the kitchen table. Jody says that she was scared to sleep in a room with another person. A very sympathetic Gina offers to make up a bed for Jody in the quiet room. The episode concludes with Elektra and Sapphire sharing a room so that Jody is able to have a room of her own.

In Goodbye Tracy Beaker, new careworker Melanie saves Jody's life when Jody goes into anaphylactic shock.

In "Jody in Wonderland", Jody's dilemma over having to give a witness statement against her brother Kingsley propels her into a Wonderland-esque world full of bubbly characters – her experiences in Wonderland eventually make her realise that she needs to testify against her brother.

Floss Guppy

Floss Guppy, portrayed by Sarah Rayson, made her first appearance on 1 February 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode The Real Faith Davis.

Floss is in care because she was abandoned by her mother in a nail salon, when she was 18 months old. Floss Guppy is good friends with Finn McLaine and Toni and Billie Trent although initially she was wary of Harry, even stealing his toy giraffe Jeff, after he scared her with stories of the bad things that happened at Elm Tree House. Floss is seven years old in the third series of The Dumping Ground.

In Be My Girl, Floss meets some prospective parents. She starts to think about her mother and when a little boy in the park questions her 'Where is your mum, haven't you got one?' in an evil way, Floss goes over the tipping point and pushes him and his ice cream to the ground. Floss' potential foster parents shout at Floss causing her to get upset. May-Li reveals that Floss is in care because she was abandoned by her mother in a nail salon, when she was 18 months old; this is why she is so attached to nail varnish. At the foster parents’ house they ask her to remove her nail varnish causing Floss to throw food around. Floss tells all the people at the Dumping Ground that whilst there is a chance her mum might come back she will wait.

Floss is an incredibly bubbly young girl, with short curly Ginger hair and brown eyes.

May-Li Wang

May-Li Wang, portrayed by Stacy Liu, made her first appearance on 16 December 2013 in the Christmas special episode Jody in Wonderland, between series 1 and series 2 of The Dumping Ground.

Jody's mum and brother, Denise (Victoria Alcock) and Luke (David Avery) visit Jody to talk her out of giving a statement against her other brother, Kingsley (James Bartlett). Jody decides to testify against Kingsley with May-Li and Mike's support.

New boy Bailey (Kasey MacKellar) arrives at The Dumping Ground. After Faith (Leanne Dunstan) tries to catch up with Bailey, she is knocked over by a car and Bailey visits her with a letter about the running team. Meanwhile, Serjay (Danny Ashok) tries to pass the responsibility of telling Bailey he will be at The Dumping Ground for longer to May-Li and Mike. May-Li firmly insists that he is to tell Bailey and sends him to the hospital to collect Bailey. Bailey's father, Jimmy (Mark Theodore) turns up at The Dumping Ground and May-Li and Mike prevent him taking Bailey as they are legally in charge of Bailey.

After putting themselves in danger finding Frank (Christopher Slater), May-Li lectures Faith, Rick (Daniel Pearson), Frank and Frank's friend, Kazima (Akuc Bol). Tyler (Miles Butler-Hughton) has a day out with his mum, Sally (Diveen Henry) with May-Li shadowing him, however, Sally runs off with Tyler. Sally gets an ice cream, but she runs off and runs into a Community Police Officer (Shareesa Valentine). May-Li finds Tyler and Sally and pays for the ice creams and after discovering his mum hasn't been taking her bipolar medication, he asks May-Li to go home. Frank ruins Faith and Rick's clothes by adding a red top, turning the other clothes pink. May-Li suggests they have a cake baking competition and the losing team have to wear a pink dress. Faith wins the competition and Rick is forced to wear it.

May-Li asks Mike to get Viv Anderson's autograph when he takes Bailey to his training. When Floss (Sarah Rayson) takes Carmen's nail stuff and glues Carmen to her bedsheet with nail glue, May-Li talks with Floss about how her mum left her as a baby at a nail bar and Carmen's things may bring back memories. Floss gives May-Li a kiss on the forehead, accepting May-Li as a mother figure. Viv later visits Bailey to encourage him not to give up on football and he gives May-Li a football shirt. When Johnny (Joe Maw) considers joining the army, May-Li finds the brochures and she talks with Johnny about it. Mike disagrees with May-Li encouraging Johnny, but May-Li believes a career in the army would be good for Johnny.

May-Li tells Floss that she can be adopted and some adoptive parents have been matched. Doug (Michael Hodgson) and Nerys (Lucy Speed) meet Floss at The Dumping Ground with May-Li supervising. Later, Mo (Reece Buttery) talks to May-Li about adoption and May-Li reassures Mo he won't be adopted as he is only at The Dumping Ground whilst his parents get better. The next day, May-Li accompanies Floss, Doug and Nerys to the park and observes them. Floss runs off when she pushes a boy, Jesse (Alex Humprey) and May-Li finds her. When Floss is supposed to be visiting Doug and Nerys at their house, Floss pretends to be ill and May-Li agrees for Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) to go with Floss. The visit doesn't go well and Floss shows Tee and May-Li her scrapbook full of celebrity images as Floss tries to imagine her mum. May-Li tells Floss she can live at The Dumping Ground.

When an old, homeless man, Mal (Dai Bradley) dies, Bailey feels responsible - as Bailey was the one who pushed him to his demise - so Bailey decides to take Mischief (Sage). Bailey wins Mike and May-Li round when he trains Mischief. May-Li organises a party for Harry (Philip Graham Scott) when he is leaving to get fostered. Floss is taking his departure badly and cuts off Jeff's head. Later, May-Li gives Harry Jeff and Floss gives him another giraffe called Jeff. Later, Harry leaves with his foster father, Adam (Ray Emmet Brown). When a trip to a theme park is arranged, Kazima and Tee decide not to go and are forced to attend a holiday club. However, they go home early and unknown to Kazima, a large amount of cash is in her bag and Maz (Natifa Mai) and Max (Frankie Wilson). Maz and Max are later arrested after Kazima and Tee set them up and everyone arrives home after Mike is told about Kazima and Tee's absence at the club. May-Li and Mike lecture them about what they should have done.

Ryan (Lewis Hamilton) accesses everyones records and he receives a text from Harry, saying "Help!". When May-Li and Mike notice the records open, they believe it is Ryan as his record is closed. Ryan tells Mike and May-Li that things aren't right with his foster family, but with no proof, Mike can't do anything. Ryan takes Harry and Finn (Ruben Reuter) from their foster home and when they arrive at The Dumping Ground, Harry doesn't want to go back. Harry and Finn tell May-Li what their foster home was like. A rabbit is found in the garden and Toni (Nelly Currant) calls it Mr Nibbles. Billie (Gwen Currant) and Finn show May-Li a picture of Toni with her dad and a rabbit, Mr Nibbles, resembling the one they found. Toni and Billie tell May-Li that their dad let Mr Nibbles out of the hutch and they had foxes. May-Li receives a call from the rabbit owner and she breaks the news to Toni. Everyone is shocked when they find the rabbit has had baby rabbits. When May-Li tells Toni she could probably have one of the rabbits, Toni decides she doesn't want another rabbit.

New girl Sasha (Annabelle Davis) arrives at The Dumping Ground. After smashing the minibus lights to prevent the kids seeing Lily (Jessie Williams), Sasha tells May-Li and Mike she is going to apologise. Sasha realises she doesn't want to go to the secure home, so she asks May-Li and Mike and they agree. Sasha goes shopping with May-Li and Kazima and when Sasha sees her brother, Dexter (Alexander Aze), shoplifting, she deliberately knocks a display down and Kazima tells May-Li. May-Li and Mike later find Sasha missing as well as Jody. Jody takes the blame for shoplifting nappies and May-Li collects Jody from the store. Bailey is promised football tickets by his reviewing officer, Abi (Kemi-Bo Jacobs). Believing he won't get the tickets, he gets Faith to look out whilst he changed his records. May-Li finds Bailey tampering with his files and isn't impressed with him or Faith. In his meeting, Abi tells Bailey she is impressed with Bailey's commitment to Mischief. May-Li stops Ani giving Bailey the tickets, informing her of what Bailey did. May-Li receives some expensive cheese from her mother, but she later finds it stolen. Carmen and Kazima question everyone and the culprit is revealed to be Mischief.

Carmen is acting as a bridesmaid at a wedding, so May-Li lends her antique necklace. When Carmen accidentally drops it down the toilet, Carmen thinks about what she should do, which is leaving it or attempting to get it out. When Carmen imagines leaving it, she lies to May-Li, saying the necklace was stolen. However, Ryan finds a text from Carmen's phone to her friend and when Floss gets the blame, Ryan tells May-Li. When Carmen thinks about getting it back, May-Li finds out when Carmen arranges for a plumber (Sam Cassidy) to get the necklace. Carmen decides to tell May-Li the truth. May-Li refuses to let Sasha go to skate night, but she soon agrees to let her as long as Sasha makes dinner. When Sasha leaves Billie and Toni to put the lasagne in the oven, but they end up putting the oven on too high when Ryan messes with the time. May-Li tells Sasha she can't go to skate night. Tee and Sasha plan to go to skate night when they realise May-Li will have finished work and Billie and Toni cover them. May-Li has to work at the last minute, so Billie and Toni lock her in the bathroom. The toaster catches fire when everyone makes toast and May-Li grounds Billie and Toni for what they did. The following day, Tee owns up to going to skate night and May-Li knows Sasha went too, but she refuses to unground Billie and Toni. When Tee goes missing, Mike goes looking for her and Tee buys presents for Kazima, Billie and Toni and she convinces May-Li and Mike to let Sasha stay.

May-Li has a visit from her grandmother, PoPo (Pik-Sen Lim), who she hasn't seen for years. The kids want PoPo to teach them kung fu after impressing them with some and May-Li agrees to let her. When Jody reckons PoPo is the best grandmother and hints that she and PoPo should make up, May-Li talks to Jody about how PoPo doesn't accept her family as her partner is a woman. May-Li and PoPo discuss what would happen if she took over the business and PoPo makes it clear that May-Li's children aren't her family as she didn't give birth to them. After a kung fu contest, May-Li gives PoPo the chance to meet her children. Later, May-Li receives a family heirloom from PoPo, her great-great-grandfather's diary. Kazima has to undergo an age assessment test to prove she is a minor to remain in the UK. Jasna (Dolya Gavanski) gives Kazima the results and they have determined her birth year as 1997, meaning she is 18 and will have to be deported. May-Li comforts Kazima, assuring her they are going to appeal the decision and Carmen arranges for Kazima's appeal to be filmed. Kazima is then reunited with her father, in the twentieth and last episode of season 3, who goes back to Somalia regretfully to find Kazima's brother, who my have died in the war.

Kazima Tako

Kazima Tako, portrayed by Akuc Bol, made her first appearance on 31 January 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Finding Frank.

Frank hasn't been seen or heard of for a while, so Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman), Rick (Daniel Pearson), Bailey (Kasey MacKellar) and Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) try to track him down. They notice Kazima buying Frank's pocket watch, claiming it was her mother's and they find Frank and Kazima at a burger van. It emerges that Kazima and Frank are sleeping rough. Frank and Mike (Connor Byrne) later talk and Frank decides to move back in. Frank later informs Kazima that Mike is sorting things for her through children's services. Carmen reluctantly agrees to share her room with Kazima, however, Carmen is annoyed by Kazima's behaviour and orders Kazima to leave. Kazima sleeps on Frank's bedroom floor and when Mike and May-Li (Stacy Liu) discover this, they tell Kazima boys and girls cannot share rooms for their own protection. Kazima plans to sleep in the garage, but Carmen finds out and makes up with her.

Tee works on an Art project, but Kazima criticizes it and she introduces Tee to her friend, street artist Roscoe (Simeon Zack). When there is a trip to a theme park and not enough tickets, Kazima doesn't mind staying behind. Tee decides to remain behind to allow Toni (Nelly Currant) and Billie (Gwen Currant) to go together. Kazima and Tee are forced to attend a fun day, but they leave early and go home. Unknown to them, money was planted in Kazima's bag by Maz (Natifa Mai) and Max (Frankie Wilson). Maz and Max break into The Dumping Ground and when Kazima checks her bag, she and Tee decide to refuse to hand it back due to the large amount. Kazima and Tee attempt to scare Maz and Max out of The Dumping Ground. They end up locking Max in the attic and trick Maz into the kitchen before tying her up. Maz and Max are arrested and the other residents arrive home the same time after Mike is informed of Kazima and Tee disappearing from the fun day. Mike and May-Li lecture Kazima and Tee on the situation and all the kids are sent to the fun day. When Tyler (Miles Butler-Hughton) learns to play a trombone, Kazima helps him and she reveals her dad and brother were kidnapped for making music.

New girl, Sasha (Annabelle Davis), arrives at The Dumping Ground. After going home to collect her bedroom key, Sasha goes shopping with May-Li and Kazima. Kazima witnesses Sasha knocking down a display so she can speak to her brother, Dexter (Alexander Aze). When May-Li receives some expensive cheese from her mother, she later finds it stolen. Kazima and Carmen question everyone and they later reveal Mischief (Sage) as the culprit. Carmen drops May-Li's antique necklace down the toilet and Carmen thinks about what would happen if she left the necklace or if she tried to get it back. When Carmen thinks about getting it back, she enlists Kazima's help to get it back and they arrange for a plumber to fix the toilet.

As part of her application to stay in the UK, Kazima must prove she is a minor and undergo an age assessment. After finding out about Kazima's situation, Carmen tries to get Kazima to open up about what happened. Kazima explains how her father was captured by the army and her mother died at a Kenyan refugee camp before she fled to England. Kazima gets the results for her age assessment and is informed by Jasna (Dolye Gavanski) that they believe she was born in 1997 and is 18 years old. Kazima decides to runaway and she goes to Frank's, but she runs away when Mike and Carmen go visit. Later, Kazima reunited with her father, Hakim (Richard Pepple) and Kazima's age can be proved by documents. Kazima and Hakim learn that Kazima's brother maybe alive in Somalia and Hakim decides to go to Somalia, leaving Kazima at The Dumping Ground.

Ryan Reeves

Ryan Reeves, portrayed by Lewis Hamilton, made his first appearance on 16 January 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Law & Disorder: Part 2.

He joins Ashdene Ridge in the wake of a disastrous foster party where wallets and purses were reported stolen, and became embroiled in the events, eventually working out the identity of the thief and blackmailing them to keep it a secret. He is aged thirteen with a Liverpudlian accent and short brown hair, and quickly proves himself to be mischievous, deceitful and intelligent. He also becomes friends with Johnny Taylor when Ryan managed to keep Johnny's army dream alive by finding the thief of wallets and purses to clear Johnny's name. In "Mischief" it is revealed that he has cynophobia (fear of dogs). In "Who Are You?" it is found out that he has a sister that got separated from him. During his first episode, Ryan deleted an email sent to Mike concerning both mental health and himself before destroying the computer keyboard.

Ryan and Tee Taylor often have issues, and they always fall out and accuse each other of things, which often becomes quite serious in certain situations.

Toni Trent

Toni Trent, portrayed by Nelly Currant, made her first appearance on 23 January 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Stuck With You.

In "Fake it to Make It", Toni and Billie tried to convince everyone that they were telepathic. However, the plan backfired when Bailey, Mo and Tyler started avoiding the twins because of it.

In "Breaking in" Toni was upset as since there weren't enough tickets she wouldn't be allowed to go to a theme park with Billie and the other dumping ground kids. However, she was allowed to go after all as Tee gave Toni her ticket.

In "Dragon Slayer", Toni found a rabbit in the garden and believed it was a re-incarnation of a rabbit she had owned which had been killed by foxes after her dad left open its hutch to punish her. She was upset when she found out that it had an owner. Eventually May-Li managed to convince Toni that the rabbit wasn't hers as it was female.

In "Better Than You", Toni falls out with Billie, who doesn't like her bossing her about, leading to Floss and Toni stealing Billie's idea of giving tours around Ashdene Ridge.

Billie Trent

Billie Trent, portrayed by Gwen Currant, made her first appearance on 23 January 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Stuck With You.

In "Fake it to Make It", Billie and Toni tried to convince everyone that they were telepathic. However, the plan backfired when Bailey, Mo and Tyler started avoiding the twins because of it.

In "Dragon Slayer", Billie was worried about her sister, Toni, who got upset about a rabbit she found in the garden. Eventually Billie told May-Li that Toni had owned a rabbit when they lived with their parents.

In "Free to Good Home", Floss and Toni try to get Billie to pretend to be a gymnast in order to win a trampoline. However, Billie is unwilling and runs away.

In "Better Than You", Billie starts giving other children tours round the Dumping Ground, getting them to pay. However, when she falls out with Toni, Floss steals her idea, and she and Toni decide to give tours of their own. Billie teams up with Tyler and they plan their own rival tour; however, Faith tells them they shouldn't treat the Dumping Ground like a freak show, and persuades Billie and Tyler to stop giving tours. Billie eventually makes up with Toni.

Finn McLaine

Finn McLaine, portrayed by Ruben Reuter, made his first appearance on 6 March 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Long Way Home.

Finn is first fostered by the same family that Harry was fostered by but when things start to go wrong and Harry sends for help, Finn finally escape the foster home and joins the Dumping Ground and makes a quick friendship with Harry and Ryan. He has Down syndrome.

Sasha Bellman

Sasha Bellman, portrayed by Annabelle Davis, made her first appearance on 6 October 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Three Days.

Sasha is delighted when Kelly announces she is pregnant with Sasha's half-sister, but is left upset when Kelly says it wouldn't work with Sasha being at home. Sasha decides she wants to be fostered and is matched with an adoptive couple, Lou (Warwick Davis) and Ange (Francesca Papagno), but on a trip to the seaside, Sasha realises she's not ready to give up her family and she plants goods from a shop in Ange's bag. Sasha convinces Harry to get to know Lou and Ange.

Dexter Bellman

Dexter Bellman, portrayed by Alexander Aze, made his first appearance on 6 October 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Three Days.

Dexter turns up at The Dumping Ground, however his sister, Sasha (Annabelle Davis) tells him he has to go and she gets him out of The Dumping Ground. Sasha realises Dexter took her room key, so she goes home for it and Dexter needs Sasha's help to get nappies. Sasha ends up going shopping with May-Li (Stacy Liu) and she catches Murphy shoplifting nappies and Dexter tells her he couldn't find any money. After catching Dexter trying to shoplift, Sasha goes home and Murphy (Thomas and Oliver Waldram) is all alone. Dexter turns up unexpectedly, asking for Sasha. Dexter later throws rubbish over the health and safety inspector's (Shameem Ahmed) car in order to be taken into care, but his family are given the support of Social Services. After Sasha is teased by Ryan (Lewis Hamilton) after he discovers her vlog, Sasha goes home and goes to the park with Dexter and his friend, but Sasha believes their mum is rubbish at looking after him. At home after speaking to their mum, Sasha realises Dexter is fine.

When Sasha finds out their stepbrother, Roddy (Alfie Browne-Sykes), is involving Dexter in burglaries, she finds Dexter in a building with stolen things and that Kelly is involved. Dexter is placed under a voluntary care order.

In the episode "Sasha Bellman P.I", a package that was sent to Archie was stolen by Dexter because he was 'curious' and 'never really got any packages from home before', and Sasha has to cover up for him, resulting in the package being found in Jody's room, Tyler being blamed but then proven innocent and the whole house having extra chores - and only Sasha, Jody and Dexter himself knew that it was really Dexter who did it. Dexter promised to Sasha he would never steal other people's things again but he may not be able to keep his promise.

Chloe Reeves

Chloe Reeves, portrayed by Hannah Moncur, made her first appearance on 19 February 2016 in series 4 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Hold the Front Page. Chloe's brother is Ryan, and they are constantly arguing and fighting. In "The Fairytail Princess", Chloe meets Candi-Rose, and wants to make a good impression on her. Both girls end up lying to make themself sound better.

Joseph Stubbs

Joseph Stubbs, portrayed by Yousef Naseer, made his first appearance on 28 November 2016 in series 4 of The Dumping Ground during the episode It Takes Two. Joseph seems to like to do chores. Been as when Mike told Tyler to wash the floor, Joseph insisted he'd do it, while he was sorting out people's shoes. He also loves space, and broke into an observatory with Finn so that he could see the moon more clearly.

Archie Able

Archibald Jeremiah "Archie" Able, portrayed by Jethro Baliba, made his first appearance on 21 November 2016 in series 4 of The Dumping Ground during the episode How to Be Perfect.

Archie is introduced to the young people by May-Li Wang (Stacy Liu). When Kazima Tako (Akuc Bol) asks May-Li to adopt her, Archie is one of the others to compete with Kazima to be adopted. Archie also told Kazima after asking about her dad and brother, that he has no family at all. It has been noted that he sees Bailey Wharton as a brotherly figure, as the two get along well and stick up for each other frequently.

In "Sittin' In A Tree" Archie seems to see May-Li as a mother-like figure, and he expresses his worries out loud to Ryan, who tells him "It's just a phase - and then you get over it."

In "Sasha Bellman P.I." Toni and Billie Trent, both manage to somehow convince Archie that he's aging backwards, because he told them he remembers being in a wheelchair giving talks to students, as well as knowing a really old song, and then concludes he only has 8 years left of his life until he turns into nothing, and so develops a bucket list including things like swim with dolphins, learn to swim (again) and see the Queen. But May-Li quickly puts a stop to this, telling him that he wasn't in a wheelchair, he was in a pushchair, and his dad was giving talks - not him, and the really old song that he knew was his dad's favourite and his dad always put it on, which is how he knew it. That very day, Dexter stole his package but he got it back, it contained books from his father's university and from the way Archie gets extremely emotional, we can assume his dad died.

Candi-Rose

Candi-Rose, portrayed by Carma Hylton, made her first appearance on 3 February 2017 in series 5 of The Dumping Ground during the episode The Fairytale Princess. She tells the other children that she is in care because her dad works for the RAF and her mum is a make-up artist who works on films, however it is suspected that this isn't true, as Candi later on in the episode The Fairytale Princess she says her mum has worked for various singers although she previously said actors/actresses then says her dad works in the navy but earlier she said to Chloe that her dad worked in the RAF. Candi-Rose is introduced when she makes friends with Chloe. She competes with Floss in "Faking It" for a role in a TV advert and sabotages Floss by gluing Floss' shoes to the floor, stopping her clock and stealing a scrapbook of Floss' mum Katherine.

Alex

Alex, portrayed by Connor Lawson, made his first appearance on 3 March 2017 in series 5 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Belief. He is living homeless on the street and frequently gets donations from Kazima, who feels sorry for him since she once lived on the street, but one day runs off with her shopping bags and it is discovered he lives in a squat on his own. He steals the residents of the Dumping Ground's belongings but they get them back at the end of the episode. He refuses help from Ashdene Ridge and Kazima and ultimately stays on his own although he returns in the episode "Free" seeking help from Kazima since George is ill - he manages to hide in the attic.

Tracy Beaker

Tracy Beaker, played by actress Dani Harmer, is the main (and title) character throughout The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns. She made her first appearance during the first episode of The Story of Tracy Beaker, which aired on 8 July 2002, in which she returns to care after an unsuccessful fostering.

After appearing in all five series of "The Story of Tracy Beaker" and continuing to appear in all three series of "Tracy Beaker Returns", Harmer announced that she would not be returning to the series in order to pursue other acting work. Therefore, the character departed the series in the final episode of "Tracy Beaker Returns", aired 23 March 2012.

Tracy Beaker is the main character of the original series, despite taking less prominent roles in the later series of the show. She resided in a care home (first Stowey House and then Elm Tree House), affectionately nicknamed "The Dumping Ground", and was a resident there for some time. Tracy is a tomboy with behavioural problems, probably a consequence of her mother's abandonment of her and failure to show an interest in her. Known for her lies which exaggerate her mother's fame and fortune, she tried to convince herself continually her mother would one day appear. She was often reluctant to show her emotions, attributing tears to hayfever. In later series, writer Cam Lawson (portrayed by Lisa Coleman) and her new husband Gary adopted Tracy. Tracy disliked Gary at first, as she considered him an intruder on her life with Cam, although the series ended with them on good terms.

At the beginning of "Tracy Beaker Returns", Tracy had written and was promoting her new autobiography, "Who Cares", when she was arrested and brought into police custody after it came to light that the book was published by using Cam's credit card without permission. At the police station, she met resident, Liam O’Donovan (Richard Wisker) and head careworker, Mike Milligan (Connor Byrne). Cam withdrew her accusation of fraud and Tracy was cleared of all charges, but was ordered to undergo community service by writing a column for the local newspaper. Finding herself threatened by her adopted mother's angry answerphone messages, she returned to Elm Tree House seeking solace in Mike, who offered her a job as a careworker.

Although her new career did not begin well, she soon began to improve as a careworker, although her actions put her boss Mike's career in jeopardy after a protest she led resulted in Lily Kettle (Jess Williams) falling off the roof. Also, Tracy finds it hard to cope when Cam goes to New York City, and ends up suffering a panic attack. Following this, Tracy continued working at Elm Tree House, using amateur detective skills to unmask new careworker Denis Stockle as a smoker, sustaining minor injuries falling down stairs in panics, and meeting her childhood rival Justine Littlewood (Montana Thompson) again.

The final episode saw Tracy preparing to leave Elm Tree House to leave for work in another care home with better pay, soon after gaining a qualification as a care worker. After causing an accident which resulted in a roof collapsing on Mike, and making sure everybody was alright, she left Elm Tree House for the last time.

Tracy is often mentioned in the spin-off 'The Dumping Ground'. In the Series 4 episode, 'One For Sorrow', Tee is seen giving Sasha Bellman a Peter Pan book with a message from Tracy inside.

Cam Lawson

Camilla "Cam" Lawson is a struggling turned successful author, and Tracy's eventual adoptive mother.

Cam makes her début appearance when she visits Stowey house in series 1. Also an aspiring author, Tracy tries to get her attention by unsuccessfully using Adele's makeup. When Cam reads her stories, she is impressed makes a number of return visits. Having formed a bond with Cam Tracy asked her to use her investigative skills to find her birth mother. Cam initially agrees. However, she abandons her mission having learned from Jenny that her mother has deliberately severed ties with her daughter. Initially upset with Cam, Tracy forgives her. Having been asked by Tracy on numerous occasions to be her foster mother, Cam eventually agrees at the end of series 1.

Unfortunately, the foster placement is short lived when Tracy accidentally sets fire to Cam's kitchen (series 2). With the damages being so severe that Cam can no longer look after her properly, Tracy returns to the dumping ground. Whilst Tracy initially blocks Cam from her life they eventually make up and rekindle their relationship as friends. Whilst they see each other regularly, Cam is hesitant to foster her again. When she learns that Tracy is being fostered by Ben's aunt and uncle, she is deeply upset. However, Tracy eventually decides not to be fostered and remains at the Dumping Ground.

In the third season, Cam leaves for New York for a writing course, but returns after she hears that Tracy is hospitalised for appendicitis. Cam writes a novel about a girl in care whose character is based upon Tracy. Cam falls out with Tracy again after the latter reads the ending and discovers that her inspiring character does not get fostered. They eventually reconcile.

In 'The Movie of Me' (between series 3 and 4), Cam decides to foster Tracy again. However, Tracy's birth mother turns up and initially seems willing to take Tracy back into her care. Tracy goes to find her mum after she leaves, having fallen out with careworkers. Cam is distraught and as soon as she finds out where she is, she pursues her with Justine in tow. When they find her, Cam realises that Tracy's mum does not care for her and eventually fosters Tracy.

In series 4, Cam and Tracy are happily living together again. Tracy often returns to the Dumping Ground to visit her friends.

In series 5, Cam and Tracy are on holiday in Egypt, where Cam develops a relationship with Gary. When they return to England, Tracy angrily returns to the Dumping Ground when Gary moves in. Having shunned Cam once again, they reconcile in and Tracy starts to bond with Gary. This is short lived Cam reveals that she and Gary are getting married. On the day of their wedding, Tracy, having eventually been convinced that Cam and Gary will not neglect her as a married couple, turns up at the wedding to hear them say "I do". Afterwards, Cam and Gary tell Tracy that they are adopting her, before they leave on their honeymoon.

Sometime between the end of the original series and the start of Tracy Beaker Returns, Cam and Gary divorce under unknown circumstances.

At the beginning of the first series ('Tracy Beaker Returns'), Tracy uses Cam's credit card to publish her autobiography, and is arrested. When Cam agrees that she will drop the charges on the condition that Tracy pays her back. To save money, Tracy finds employment as a trainee careworker at the Dumping Ground. In her first week, Tracy discovers that Cam and Mike had kept a letter from her birth mother a secret for years. At this point, there is a continuity error when Tracy exclaims that she has "never seen" her birth mother, in contradiction to flashbacks in series 1 of the original series, and the feature-length movie.

Tracy and Cam fall out, but as usual, they reconcile. In the season 1 finale, when Tracy announces that she has been offered a job in London and will be leaving, Mike asks Cam to foster another child. Cam disagrees, but Johnny overhears a later phone call saying that there is no point fostering again if Tracy is not going to move out, prompting him to decide to be interviewed by Tracy in another scheme to get himself and Tee fostered. When Cam learns of this, she goes to the Dumping Ground to see Johnny and Tee to tell them that it is not definitive that she will foster again.

In the second season, Cam fosters Lily Kettle after she falls off the roof of the Dumping Ground during a protest. In the final episode, Cam travels to New York. Whilst she was initially supposed to go for a few weeks, she announces that she has been given an opportunity to stay for six months, and that she has accepted it.

In the third season, Cam is still in New York and communicates with Tracy via the internet, eventually returning to England.

Cam is also seen in 'The Tracy Beaker Survival Files' where she is interviewed a by Tracy.

Justine Littlewood

Justine Littlewood portrayed by Montanna Thompson, is the rival of Tracy Beaker. She was put into care after her father, Steve Littlewood, couldn't cope after the death of her mother. He visited her occasionally. At Stowey House, she occupied Tracy Beaker's old room, this is until Tracy returns, causing an argument between the pair. In series 4, she moves back in with her Dad and stepmother Carrie. However, in series 5, she returns to The Dumping Ground after her cousin John moves in. Justine returned in the third series of Tracy Beaker Returns for one episode, where she arrives and asks Mike to give her away after her father didn't approve of her fiancé, Charlie. After Charlie is caught out by Justine, with the help of Rick, Cam and Tracy, her and Tracy make a pact, and she leaves.

Elaine Boyak

Elaine Boyak (known as Elaine the Pain) made her first appearance on the 8th January 2002 in series 1 during the episode Dares. Her last appearance was during the episode The Wedding in series 5. It is unknown what happened to Elaine, and she hasn't been mentioned since. She either left Social Work or just ended up no longer being the social worker to residents that were living in the Dumping Ground. Elaine wasn't everyone's favourite person, as everyone nicknamed her Elaine the Pain, even the care workers.

Duke

Duke is a care-worker and also the Dumping Ground's chef and gardener from seasons 1 to 4. In season 5 he took a vacation to the Caribbean to see his family, from which he never returned. He is loved by all the dumping ground residents and careworkers.

Duke has faced some hostility towards his size. However, he is eventually accepted for who he is, and loved by those around.

He shared several emotional moments with Tracy and her friends. Like the rest of the staff, he maintains a disliking aura toward Elaine the Pain, having once locked her in the pantry to hide her from an inspector.

Jenny Edwards

Jenny Ruth Edwards, played by Sharlene Whyte, is the Dumping Ground's head care-worker from series 1 to 2. She is strict, but cares for the young people a lot and secretly despises social worker Elaine "The Pain" Boyak. Jenny leaves at the end of the second series, for a new job.

Louise Goven

Louise Goven, played by Chelsie Padley, made her first appearance in the first episode of series 1. Louise was best friends with Tracy before she was fostered by a couple called Ted and Julie. However, Tracy never contacted Louise whilst she was away, so when Justine Littlewood arrived at the Dumping Ground, she became her new best friend. However, when Tracy returned, she became jealous of Louise and Justine, resulting in arguments and Tracy breaking Justine's clock. Louise leaves after she is fostered by the Morris family, in The Long Goodbye. However she makes guest appearances in series 3 and 4.

Adele Azupadi

Adele Azupadi, played by Rochelle Gadd, made her first appearance in the first episode of series 1. Adele is the eldest resident of the Dumping Ground in the first series and works part-time in a clothing store. Adele usually keeps herself to herself however intervenes if she has to. Adele returns in series 2, and is seen to be living in a bed-sit on her own. This is until, Tracy visits her and she admits that she is lonely living on her own. Adele then returns to live in the Dumping Ground. She is not seen in series 3, as it is thought that she had now moved out.

Ben Batambuze

Ben is Tracy's best friend as he met her in the first episode of TSOTB 'Tracy Returns To The Dumping Ground'. He seems to be living on the streets. However In the episode 'The Truth Comes Out', Tracy finds out that Ben has a mum and dad and is left in Anger, Shock and sadness. Then, in the episode, 'Birthday' he tries to make it up to Tracy by saving her birthday party by being the DJ. He leaves in the Season 2 Finale, 'Home And Hosed' as he gets ready to go to boarding school. Tracy is seen talking to him in the Series 3 Premiere, 'Leavn' on a Jet Plane' on the phone. A picture of him is seen in the S3 episode, 'The Beaker Club'

Luke Youngblood, was supposed to return for 'Tracy Beaker Parties With Pudsey' and the Series 5 episode, 'The Wedding' but somehow, declined plans.

Peter Ingham

Peter first appears in the episode 'Tracy Returns To The DG' and likes to tell everyone that he is Tracy's Best Friend- much to her annoyance. In one episode in Series 1 of TSOTB, Jill and Terry Brown, take Tracy out but they decide that they don't want to foster her, but they want to foster Peter instead. They do so in Series 1 Episode 24, 'Cut The Weed' but Peter comes back to the DG, claiming that he ran away and misses Tracy and the rest of the residents. Tracy and Peter then become friends, and soon Peter, has to go back to Terry and Jill. He returns for the Series 1 Finale, with Mike [Who left in Series 1 Episode 25, 'Miss You']. They are both seen at Tracy's fair-well party.

A picture of him is seen in 'Shelly Rules' Series 3 Episode 2.

Ryan

Ryan is a resident, who lives at the DG, with his non identical Twin Brother, Zac. The two have a passion for football. They are also Tracy's cousin's. The two brothers leave in-between Series 1 and Series 2 as they got fostered by 'two Unlikely Couples'

Maxy King

Maxy is a Sweeet-loving 4-year-old who used to live in the DG. He is best friends, with Tracy, Ben, Peter, Ryan and Zac. He is not friends with Justine Littlewood, or Louise Goven as they try to make a fool out of him in the Series 1 Episode 'The Docsoap'. He's best known line, is 'It Wasn't Me' which was used by his Spin-Off Character, Dolly in Series 2 as she is seen untangling a tape.

Maxy leaves in-between Series 1 and 2. He apparently got Fostered by a black African family.

A snap shot photo of him is seen from the Series 1 episode 'Tracy's Birthday' when Dolly is showing Nathan, Duke's and Jenny's Halloween Costumes, in the episode 'Back And Bad' which is the first episode of Series 2.

Nathan Jones

Nathan is a care worker, who replaces Mike who left in Series 1 as he went to another Care Home. He is described as Lazy, an idiot [By Tracy in Series 3] and last-minute. In the Series 3 episode, 'Crash And Trashed', Nathan shows a loving care to Crash after an annoying Tracy, makes him really angry, making him almost throw a chair on her and almost killing her.

Nathan leaves in-between Series 3 and Series 4, as he is working as a Care worker at another home.

Bouncer Plakova

Bouncer is a loving, funny character who is the brother to Lol. The two are the Spin-Off Characters, of Zac and Ryan Matthews [who left in Series 1]. Like the twins, they are very close. However, in the Series 4 episode, 'Bouncer VS. Lol', Bouncer is angry after finding out that Lol was eavesdropping on him and Sid, leaving their brother friendship tested.

Bouncer's last appearance is in Series 5 Episode 20, 'The Wedding', along with, Crash, Jackie, Layla, Alice, Lol, Justine, Rebecca, Roxy, Rio, Elaine and Wolfie.

Bouncer is now a gormet Chef.

Ben Hanson has made further plans to make a guest appearance in the Fifth Series of The Tracy Beaker Spin-Off, 'The Dumping Ground'.

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Sid Rooney

Sid was a short-lived careworker. He worked alongside Duke but was the polar opposite, having virtually no sense of humour- indeed, this formed the basis of one episode. The kids find Sid very boring, but when he takes a few days' break and leaves the Dumping Ground in the care of a draconian careworker, they realise they are lucky to have him, and welcome him back with open arms.

Chantal Wellard

Chantal Wellard, played by Deepal Parmar, first appeared on 7 October 2004 in the first episode of series 4. She is the eldest of her siblings. Chantal has red and black dip-dyed hair worn mostly in a ponytail. She's gothic like the rest of the Wellards. She likes to wear black clothes and black lipstick. Chantal is rebellious and clashes with other carekids along with Roxy and Rio. She plans to take over The Dumping Ground along with her brother and sister. At beginning of Series 5, she seems a lot more mature, she then moves in with her dad. After that, Rio becomes more open with the other kids and becomes friends with them, much to Roxy's annoyance.

Rio Wellard

Rio Wellard, played by Craig Roberts, first appeared on 7 October 2004 in the first episode of series 4. Rio is feisty but kind. He is close to his half sisters Roxy and Chantal, and is a rebellious bully at first and immediately argues with Crash. In Series 5, Chantal then leaves the Dumping Ground. He then becomes more open with the other care kids and makes friends with Crash. Him and Roxy often dream big. He is a main part in Roxy's schemes. He is very protective over Roxy and cares for her even though they fight at times. |years = 2005

Roxy Wellard

Roxy Wellard, played by Sophie Borja, first appeared on 7 October 2004 in the first episode of series 4. Roxy is the youngest of her siblings but often takes control. Roxy is described as a stereo typical goth. She is always seen wearing black and white, a high ponytail fastened with either a bronze, pink or black feathery flower band and sometimes earrings. However, her face looks innocent but her "bad girl" look makes her intimidating. Her age is unknown but is about 8 or 9 as she looks older than she actually is.

Wolfie

Wolfie, portrayed by Felix Drake, made his first appearance on 30 January 2005 in series 4 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Independence Day. He departed in series 5 during the episode The Wedding.

Rebecca Chalmers

Rebecca Chalmers, portrayed by Georgina Hagen, made her first appearance on 28 November 2005 in series 5 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Caring and Sharing. She departed in series 5 during the episode The Wedding.

Milly

Milly, portrayed by Holly Gibbs, made her first appearance on 30 November 2005 in series 5 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Scary Milly. She departed in series 5 during the episode The Wedding.

Alice

Alice, portrayed by Olivia Grant, made her first appearance on 1 December 2005 in series 5 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Frankelainestein. She departed in series 5 during the episode The Wedding.

Gina Conway

Gina Conway, played by Kay Purcell, is a careworker at Elm Tree House in Tracy Beaker Returns and the first series of The Dumping Ground. She first appeared on 8 January 2010, the start of Tracy Beaker Returns, and continued appearing until 15 March 2013, the final episode in series 1 of The Dumping Ground. It was announced in December 2015 that Gina would return to the series; the following month, it was confirmed her return would be brief.

Gina is of Jamaican descent with black and highlighted hair. She is kind and a great house mother to the children. Gina is very clever towards the children and the residents seem to respect her. She is able to control the children without them resenting her interventions, however the children sometimes see her as loud and brash when she is angry. But sometimes that is the only way to get them to listen too her.

Gina first encounters Tracy Beaker (Dani Harmer) when she opens the door to her after Tracy arrives at the Dumping Ground. Not really understanding who Tracy is, Gina tells Tracy that Mike Milligan (Connor Bryne) has gone out somewhere. Gina is sympathetic and lets Tracy in as it is pouring with rain outside. The kids at the Dumping Ground recognise Tracy from a television broadcast and Tracy gives a copy of her signed autobiography to Gina for 99p less. Gina allows Tracy to tuck all the kids into their beds. When Tracy finally talks to Mike, he accidentally lets slip to Gina that Tracy was arrested for using Cam Lawson (Lisa Coleman)'s credit card. Gina is angry because she let Tracy put the kids to bed. Gina does not warm to Tracy at first, but grows to adore her and usually stand up for her. Gina then encounters trouble with one of the older children, Sapphire Fox (Saffron Coomber) when she doesn't allow her to go with her dad on his tour, but that was for safety reasons. Gina is strict but cares very much about the kids.

Gina appears throughout "The Dumping Ground"'s first series, continuing her role as a care worker, however, at the beginning of series 2, new care worker, May-Li Wang reveals that Gina no longer works at the care home. Head writer (at the time) Elly Brerwer confirmed on Twitter that Gina had been given a bit of a promotion, in order to be able to afford to keep her mum Hattie in a care home. Gina's mum Hattie has Dementia, she made an appearance in the 8th episode of Series 1. Gina has been mentioned two times after her off screen departure, by May-Li in Jody in Wonderland and Mike in Hope (Series 2 episode 12).

Sapphire Fox

Sapphire 'Saph' Fox, (played by Saffron Coomber), was a resident of "Elm Tree House" during all three series of "Tracy Beaker Returns", although due to a busy schedule, the character only appeared on a recurring basis during the third series. Coomber did not return for the Tracy Beaker Returns spin-off, The Dumping Ground. Sapphire is tall and of mixed race. She has long (it is shorter in series 2) dark-brown curly hair and often wears large earrings, and her character is a guide and an older sister to most of the children, notably Harry Jones (Phillip Graham Scott). She attends college as of the third series. She can be motherly and overprotective to Harry, but also hides many secrets. During the third series she gets her own flat, but due to a flood she finds herself moving back to Elm Tree House and sharing with Elektra. She is sixteen on her last appearance.

Sapphire, Elektra, Frank, Johnny and Lily were all seen to appear in the mini-series titled, "The Dumping Ground Dish Up", as they all helped Lily on her new project concluding healthy living for her catering course.

Frank Matthews

Frank Matthews played by Chris Slater, was a resident of Elm Tree House throughout "Tracy Beaker Returns" and the first two series of "The Dumping Ground". He suffers from cerebral palsy, and is 19 years old as of 2014 – he is tall and has blonde hair and brown eyes. He is a kind, caring and often gullible character who supports Manchester United, and enjoys pranking people along with his best friend Liam O'Donovan. During the course of "The Dumping Ground", he becomes a waiter, begins a relationship with another waitress, Jade, and is reunited with his best friend Liam, eventually leaving Ashdene Ridge so they can live together.

Frank was seen to appear in a brand new mini-series titled, "The Dumping Ground Dish Up", with the five appearances of Sapphire, Elektra, Johnny and Lily.

Liam O'Donovan

Liam O'Donovan is a former resident of Elm Tree House played by actor Richard Wisker. He was a resident of Elm Tree House throughout "Tracy Beaker Returns". Liam is of medium-height and has brown hair and eyes. His best friend is Frank. Liam is sarcastic, cunning and sly, but he is kind and loyal to those he considers friends; he enjoys pranking and scamming people.

Liam is living with a foster family at the start of the first series but is sent back to the care home due to his bad behaviour. In the third series of the show, Liam buys counterfeit DVDs at the local market with Elektra's money. When the owners of the stall refuse to give him the money back, he trashes the stall from where he purchased them. The owners of the stall chase Liam. During the pursuit, Liam crashes into a woman, who drops her purse as a result of the collision. When Liam tries to assist her, she comes to the conclusion that he was trying to steal her bag. Meanwhile, Tracy then receives a letter from a person named Jack. It turns out that Jack is actually Liam's brother. Tracy researches more about Jack and Liam's relationship, and it is revealed that Liam was abandoned as a baby after he was born. Jack is a police officer who has been involved in an undercover operation. Although Jack offers Liam the opportunity to live together, Liam is hesitant to accept. He tells Tracy that he likes it at the care home because he is comfortable and has friends there. The episode concludes with Liam and Frank saying good-bye to one another. Liam then leaves the 'Dumping Ground' on the back of his brother's motorbike, waving good-bye to his best friend.

Liam, now 17 years old, returned to The Dumping Ground in the second series as part of an online mini-series titled 'Liam's Story'; his story was resolved as he returned to "The Dumping Ground" in the final episode of the second series, departing from the show. Liam was mentioned in the third series of The Dumping Ground by Frank when he tried to help Kazima.

Lily Kettle

Lily Kettle is the daughter of Steve Kettle (Ben Cartwright) and a resident of Elm Tree House throughout "Tracy Beaker Returns". She appears as a resident on-and-off throughout the show, and throughout the first two series of "The Dumping Ground", before eventually departing for good.

She proves herself quite quickly to be a competent and protective mother figure to her younger sisters, Poppy (Katie Anderson) and Rosie Kettle (Claudia Colling / Millie Redfearn), following their mother's death and father's inability to care for them, eventually challenging their foster parents as she finds it difficult to not be in control.

Lily has a strong friendship with Carmen Howle (Amy-Leigh Hickman) during the first series onwards. Lily and Carmen fall out when Lily accuses Carmen of wanting to take over the motherly role of Lily's younger sisters, Poppy and Rosie. However, the two friends reconcile. Lily and her sisters are fostered in Family Values - Carmen is deeply saddened. Lily returns to the 'Dumping Ground' in Sisters. Despite the protests of her foster parents Matt and Christie, Lily still wanted to have primary control over the care of her sisters. This is because she has been the 'mother figure' to her sisters for a very long time. Tracy's attempts to resolve the matter end in failure.

However, in Fallen, Matt and Christie decide to take her back, against Lily's wishes. A dramatic episode ends in Lily falling from a two storey roof; however, besides minor injuries and a broken leg and arm she makes a full recovery. Cam eventually decides to foster Lily, after expressing her doubts about fostering another child. Lily and Carmen's friendship is tested to the core when Carmen and Sapphire Fox (Saffron Coomber) purposely blame Lily for them and the rest of the children being sent to Burneywood because of the budget cuts. However, Carmen makes up with Lily upon defending her from the other kids who are mean to Lily because of recent events. In Crushed, Tracy soon resents Cam and Lily's relationship and takes a night job at a cafe. She begins to be slightly mean and spiteful to Lily. At the end of the episode, Tracy decides that she would like to act as a proper and caring older sister for Lily.

In The Scare Game, Lily encounters her father Steve during a shopping trip with Tracy. The problem is that Steve has a restraining order against him which precludes him from having contact with his three daughters; however, the issue is resolved as Steve manages to get the restraining order removed so he can be a proper dad to Lily. In Belongings, Lily shows animosity towards the couple who fostered her sisters, Poppy and Rosie. She feels that they should all be together. Lily does not feel as if the foster family can take care of her sisters properly.

In Baby, Steve's girlfriend Shannay, who is moving in, becomes heavily pregnant. At first, Lily is unhappy with the situation, but when Shannay goes into early labour Lily blames herself what has happens and locks herself in the bathroom. When Lily is sleeping, she gets a text from her dad with a picture of her new half-brother, Jonah. She then becomes very fond of him.

In episode 4 of the second series, Lily breaks the news to Carmen that she is leaving to live in Brighton with her dad and Shannay, who have been asked by Shannay's sister to run a local café nearby the sea. Carmen accuses Steve of wanting to make Lily move away with him, but Lily admits to Carmen that she wants to go with her family, to see her brother, Jonah grow up. Lily promises to visit, as her sisters still live in the town, and leaves Ashdene Ridge and goes to Brighton with her family. She sends Carmen a picture of them together via message.

Following a brand new mini-series titled, "The Dumping Ground Dish Up", Lily was seen to be studying a catering course at college, as she is now 16 and hoping to become a professional cook. Four other former characters concluded Sapphire, Frank, Elektra and Johnny as they accompanied Lily's journey in help for her cookery project.

Toby Coleman

Toby Coleman is a resident of Elm Tree House throughout the first two series of "Tracy Beaker Returns", who made his first appearance in the first series of Tracy Beaker Returns. He is played by actor John Bell. He moved into care after his parents died in a car crash. Throughout his stay at the Dumping Ground, he proves to be a loyal friend and is usually a source of calm at the residence. He is best friends with Johnny and gets along with the older residents like Liam, Frank and Elektra.

In Bad Luck Boy, Toby is convinced that his life is jinxed, inspiring Tracy to write a funny column called "Bad Luck Boy" commenting on his bad luck. He becomes the butt of everyone's jokes. When Tracy finds out from Sapphire that Toby's parents died in a car crash, as well as his foster parents, Tracy sets about making amends before he meets another set of prospective foster parents. When Toby sees the new foster parents' car arrive, Toby decides to run away because he is afraid of his bad luck. Tracy eventually finds him in the garden. Toby is upset because he doesn't want foster parents but wants his own parents instead. Toby is worried that his bad luck will strike again. Tracy convinces Toby to go back to the Dumping Ground to meet the foster parents but decides that he does not wish to get fostered.

In Crushed, Toby befriends a girl named Sara at a comic book store. He likes her because he realizes that the two have very much in common but when Toby tells her that his parents are still alive, Sara tells Toby that her mother had died. Toby returns to the Dumping Ground realizing everything he owned had been stolen by the others because they believed he wasn't returning but Liam and Frank decide to help him get his comics back. Toby asks Liam for help about Sara in telling the truth about his parents. Toby gives Sara his old, rare comic book and tells her the truth about his parents, she is hurt by this and runs off home, but when Toby follows her, he discovers that she has been lying all along and that her mother is still alive after which he is frustrated with her but she gives him a kiss on the cheek.

It is mentioned at the beginning of the third series that Toby has been fostered.

Gus Carmichael

Gus Carmichael is played by Noah Marullo, and was a resident of Elm Tree House during "Tracy Beaker Returns" and the first series of "The Dumping Ground". Gus has Asperger's Syndrome, a form of autism, which makes him eager to keep tidy, and so he is a stickler for detail. Gus is tall for his age with black curly hair. He is always seen wearing a black shirt and beige trousers, and enjoys playing the piano, but is socially awkward due to the Asperger's; he despises too much noise, and hates disorder, feeling that everything must be timetabled. During "The Dumping Ground"'s first series, he was fostered by a lesbian couple.

Rosie Kettle

Rosie Kettle, portrayed by Claudia Colling in series 1 and Millie Redfearn in series 2 and 3, made her first appearance on 8 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Full Circle. She departed in series 3 during the episode Belonging.

When Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) moves into Lily's (Jessie Williams) bedroom, Lily is hurt when Carmen takes over with Rosie and Poppy (Katie Anderson). Lily falls out with Carmen she unintentionally upsets Rosie by putting sparkles in her hair, however, they later make up.

Rosie is fostered with Lily and Poppy by Matt (Chris Robson) and Christie (Vicky Hall). When Lily is returned to The Dumping Ground after arguing with Matt and Christie about who is in charge of Rosie and Poppy, Tracy (Dani Harmer) takes Lily back to the Perry's to apologise. However, Rosie and Poppy get upset when Lily argues with Matt and Christie. On a visit to the Perry's, Christie announces to Lily that she can move back in, which pleases Rosie and Poppy, however, Lily doesn't seem enthusiastic.

With Lily living with him, Rosie and Poppy meet their father, Steve (Ben Cartwright), as he is hoping to get them back. However, the meeting doesn't go well and Rosie and Poppy run out crying. Lily decides to organise a meeting between her dad and sisters in the park and she lies to Tracy about the park when she asks her to ask Christie to bring her sisters over. Tracy isn't thrilled when she discovers Lily set up things with her dad and sisters, but Tracy reluctantly agrees for it to go ahead. Poppy is sick after eating too much and Rosie hits Steve with the swing accidentally. Christie is furious with Tracy when she learns Rosie and Poppy met Steve. After realising her sisters are settled with the Perry's, Lily tells her dad he doesn't have to get Rosie and Poppy back.

Poppy Kettle

Poppy Kettle, portrayed by Katie Anderson, made her first appearance on 8 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Full Circle. She departed in series 3 during the episode Belonging.

When Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) moves into Lily's (Jessie Williams) bedroom, Lily is hurt when Carmen takes over with Poppy and Rosie Kettle (Claudia Colling). Lily falls out with Carmen she unintentionally upsets Rosie by putting sparkles in her hair, however, they later make up.

Poppy is fostered with Lily and Rosie by Matt (Chris Robson) and Christie (Vicky Hall). When Lily is returned to The Dumping Ground after arguing with Matt and Christie about who is in charge of Poppy and Rosie, Tracy (Dani Harmer) takes Lily back to the Perry's to apologise. However, Poppy and Rosie get upset when Lily argues with Matt and Christie. On a visit to the Perry's, Christie announces to Lily that she can move back in, which pleases Poppy and Rosie, however, Lily doesn't seem enthusiastic.

With Lily living with him, Poppy and Rosie meet their father, Steve (Ben Cartwright), as he is hoping to get them back. However, the meeting doesn't go well and Poppy and Rosie run out crying. Lily decides to organise a meeting between her dad and sisters in the park and she lies to Tracy about the park when she asks her to ask Christie to bring her sisters over. Tracy isn't thrilled when she discovers Lily set up things with her dad and sisters, but Tracy reluctantly agrees for it to go ahead. Poppy is sick after eating too much and Rosie hits Steve with the swing accidentally. Christie is furious with Tracy when she learns Poppy and Rosie met Steve. After realising her sisters are settled with the Perry's, Lily tells her dad he doesn't have to get Poppy and Rosie back.

Johnny Taylor

Jonathan "Johnny" Taylor, played by Joe Maw throughout all series of "Tracy Beaker Returns" and "The Dumping Ground", is Tee and Hope Taylor's older brother. He is a very tidy person, who is initially overprotective of his sister Tee following a difficult relationship with their stepdad. Johnny is medium-height, with brown hair and dark grey eyes, and gets on well with many residents of the Dumping Ground, forming frienemyships with characters such as Elektra, Liam and later Bailey. He is eleven years old when he is introduced in the series.

In the first series of "Tracy Beaker Returns", he is introduced as an overprotective brother desperate to get both himself and his sister Tee fostered, although he later softens his approach. As the series progresses, he learns not to let his anger get the better of him, although in "The Dumping Ground"'s first series, he is verbally attacked by the other children for displaying homophobic attitudes. At the end of the third series, he leaves to join the army.

Johnny was seen to appear in a mini-series titled, "The Dumping Ground Dish Up", alongside Sapphire, Elektra, Frank and Lily.

In Episode 6 of Series 4 according to the credits of the episode he made an appearance although he was never seen on screen.

Seth Foreman

Seth Forman is played by Ashley Taylor-Rhys and was Toby's social worker, and later Tracy's boyfriend, during "Tracy Beaker Returns"'s second and third series. Seth is tall and mixed race and has brown eyes. He is kind and humorous, and likes Tracy a lot: they eventually begin a turbulent relationship.

When a bag of money is found mysteriously in the garden, Toby immediately points the finger at Seth who is a new social worker. Seth then begins to act strangely towards Toby. Liam and Frank decide to spend their share of the money on a new television but end up running from security. Two police officers arrive at the Dumping Ground to search for the money but after searching the garden, the police officers find no trace of the money. Toby tells Johnny that he thinks that Seth is looking for the money and he wants it back, so Toby decides to follow Seth around and spy on him to get some evidence that he has stolen the money, when Seth leaves the room, Toby steals Seth's phone and Gus tells Tracy to meet Toby in the toy cupboard without telling Seth. Toby tells Tracy that Seth has text messages on his phone regarding to the money and Toby then shows Tracy the money but Tracy then witnesses Seth telling Toby to give his "stolen property" back and she pushes him onto the floor and they lock him in the basement. Carmen and Lily tease Tracy about crushing on Seth. At the end he decides to quit and asks Tracy to tour with him. After Tracy declines this offer, she kisses Seth.

In Justine Littlewood Returns, Tracy tells everyone that Seth is now her boyfriend. When Seth discovers that this was just a ruse to make Justine jealous, he becomes cross with Tracy and tells her that she needs to figure out what she wants. She later finds out that she wants to be with Seth. Seth returns in Goodbye Tracy Beaker to say how proud he is of Tracy.

Elektra Perkins

Mandy "Elektra" Perkins was a difficult and rebellious resident of Elm Tree House during the second and third series of "Tracy Beaker Returns" and the first series of "The Dumping Ground", and was portrayed by Jessica Revell. Elektra presents herself as a tough young lady who is happy to bully and intimidate people. She is quite mean, sarcastic, and cunning, and whilst she does have caring moments, and begins friendships with Toby, Carmen and Johnny, she mainly displays her tough, uncaring and mean side. She shows more of her softer side in The Dumping Ground and has friendships with Faith and Rick.

Elektra arrives in Elektra, during the second series, instantly beginning her stay by fighting Liam, later explaining this as a reflex reaction following several tough experiences in other care homes. She begins to form a gang with the other residents, forcing them to commit thefts for her personal gain to test their loyalty to her.

In "A Day in the Country", Elektra is left jilted after Carmen almost dies falling off a bridge due to her actions; she also saves Harry from an adder.

During "Snake Bite", Elektra is reunited with her old gang, the Cobras, although after they try to rob Toby she realises that what they’re doing is wrong, and she moves on, leaving the gang behind.

Going Home reveals more about Elektra's character and family background. Elektra's sister, Melissa Perkins, arrives at Elm Tree House in order to ask Elektra to be her bridesmaid. The residents find it amusing that Elektra's real name is Mandy. Melissa breaks the news that she is going to get married to a man named Harvey. The two sisters shop for dresses and Elektra observes through Melissa's behaviour that her mother has a strong influence upon every aspect of the wedding. Elektra is emphatic that she not be forced to change her hair, no matter what her controlling mother dictates. Elektra's mother put Elektra in care despite the fact that Elektra did not want to go into care. Melissa convinces Elektra that both of her parents love her and that they would welcome her if she came to lunch. Tracy accompanies Elektra to lunch with her parents. Although they kicked Elektra out of the house, they have made an effort to see her since. Elektra appears to be pleased that her mother took the time to buy a vegetarian lasagne for her. Her mother seems to think that Elektra has severe behavioural problems and wants to focus upon the wedding whereas Elektra's father at first seems to be more concerned about his daughter's welfare and putting the past behind them. History seems to repeat itself when Elektra's mother assumes control by saying that bridesmaids cannot have blue hair. Elektra becomes infuriated when her mother tells her that she must keep the fact that she resides at a care home a secret from Harvey. Mrs Perkins told Harvey that her daughter was away at a boarding school. Elektra rings the wedding planner in order to cancel the wedding by pretending to be her mother. Melissa comes to the Dumping Ground and gives Elektra a gift, a new pair of white boots for the wedding. Melissa is furious when she discovers that Elektra cancelled the wedding. She states that Elektra does not deserve a family. She also showcases her feelings of resentment when she states that she always had to be the good daughter and that she was not able to attend her own prom because her parents were too busy dealing with Elektra's problems with the police.

Many events during the series, like Elektra behaviour during Gus's adoption, have lead viewers to the idea that she is a lesbian. Elektra left Elm Tree House following the conclusion to the first series of "The Dumping Ground".

Elektra was seen to appear alongside Sapphire, Frank, Johnny and Lily in a mini-series titled, "The Dumping Ground Dish Up".

Rick Barber

Rick Barber (played by Daniel Pearson) is a resident of Elm Tree House, and later Ashdene Ridge, during the third series of "Tracy Beaker Returns" and the first two series of "The Dumping Ground"; he went into care when his parents went to prison for fraud. Rick is tall with brown hair and blue eyes. He is nice and intelligent but also hot-headed and moody. He is a very fair character, and has good morals. He finds a friend in Carmen, is naturally protective of Tyler, he plays the guitar and enjoys listening to his parents' old vinyl records, feeling that they are all that is left of the memories he had with them.

Rick expresses a wish for a sibling, but says his parents never had more children as it was impractical in case they needed to pack up and leave suddenly, due to being scammers. When Rick and Carmen become closer, Carmen learns more about Rick's character. He tells Carmen that both of his parents used to con people out of money. Things were good for a while until his parents got sent to prison and Rick ended up in the care home. Rick feels guilty because his parents used to involve him in their scams and this meant that his parents were able to purchase nice things for him. He regrets benefitting from exploiting people.

In Dreamland ("The Dumping Ground" series 1, episode 8), Rick gets a huge shock when he finds his dad, disguised as a boiler man, inside the Dumping Ground. Gerry is on leave from prison for a short amount of time and insists that he's above board now and promises Rick a happy family future, but it quickly becomes clear that Gerry still loves the buzz of a hustle, and Rick is distraught.

Rick leaves Ashdine Ridge/The Dumping Ground in between the second and third series of "The Dumping Ground".

Faith Davis

Faith Davis is a resident of Elmtree House and Ashdene Ridge during the first two series of "The Dumping Ground". She is portrayed by Leanne Dunstan. Faith, who shares a room with Elektra while at Elmtree House, is one of the elder children who tries to be responsible, and proves her capabilities and maturity when she acts as a surrogate careworker in the opening episode of "The Dumping Ground".

In The Real Faith Davis the police call and the young people suspect something is wrong. All of them start spreading rumours about her being a drug dealer; until Faith tells them the truth. She reveals that the police might have found the body of her brother, Razz, who had been missing. Frank uses this as a way to get more sponsors for her charity run. Faith is disgusted and tells Elektra that she was put in care because she told a teacher that she lived alone; which resulted in them calling social services. The police tell her that the body was not a match, she hides in the garden and finds Floss who helps her gain some composure. The next day she completes her charity run with everyone supporting her. I the 2nd series of The Dumping Ground, after Faith got hit by a car and was temporarily in a wheel chair she became increasedly and negative. Which is unlike Faith been as she's very optimistic and ambitions most of the time, but feeling like she was stuck in the wheelchair made her think she'd never run or walk again. She became mean and aggressive towards the younger kids mainly, making Harry and Floss to clean her room for a "prize" and ordered them about. She ended up teasing Harry, treating him like a baby. When Faith wanted to watch a movie, Mo, Floss and Harry were already watching something, she told them to get lost and Mo told her that she's become really mean, and was going to tell Mike. That causes Faith to call Mo a grass. Frank witnesses this and when Faith starts to order Frank about, Frank gives her a piece of his mind by telling her that she's not useless and that she's in a wheelchair and she will get better. And then goes on to tell her that he has to talk really slow every day of his life so people can understand him. This changes Faith's recent behaviour and goes back to her caring and friendly self. She does have a few snappy and mean moments in later episodes though.

Faith is one of the older residents and is tall for her age, with long black hair. She wants to be a distance runner when she grows up, but a car crash incident in "Booting Up" temporarily halts her plans. She left the series following the conclusion to the second series of "The Dumping Ground". As of the third series and for one episode, Dunstan returned as Faith.

Harry Jones

Harry Jones, portrayed by Philip Graham Scott, made his first appearance on 8 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Full Circle. He departed in series 4 during the episode One For Sorrow.

During "Tracy Beaker Returns", Harry looks up to Sapphire Fox, as he is one of the younger residents, and she is a maternal figure – he finds it difficult to adjust when she leaves Elm Tree House to get her own flat, and later identifies Faith Davis as a maternal figure to him. When she leaves, this changes to Ryan Reeves. He is initially a diminutive but cheeky character; he enjoyed carrying round his treasured toy giraffe named Jeff, until Floss took him for herself when she arrived at the Dumping Ground. Harry is small, with a thicket of curly blond hair and blue eyes. He appears to be wearing wellies most of the time during the earlier series.

During "The Dumping Ground", Harry finds new friends in Mo Michaels and Floss Guppy, later revealing his secret passion for wrestling. He does leave in the third series in the sixth episode, "It's Not about the Money", to Floss's dissmay, after finding a foster placement, but then soon returns on the ninth episode, "Long Way Home", when something goes wrong with his foster family and with his fellow foster Brother Finn McLaine. In "The Goodbye Girl" he gives Floss his Jeff. She lets him borrow it in "Survivors" and then gives it to Mike, who is suspended.

In "Perfect Match" Sasha thinks that her adoptive parents, would suit Harry. He comes round to the idea, and Lou and Ange decide to look further into the possibility.

Tee Taylor

Tee Taylor, portrayed by Mia McKenna-Bruce, made her first appearance on 8 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Full Circle. She departed in series 4 during the episode One For Sorrow.

Tee is small and diminutive, yet understanding, kind and caring, although her brother's controlling and overprotective influence over her in the first series of "Tracy Beaker Returns" made her a quieter character. She has dark blonde, almost brown, hair and brown eyes. She also shows a caring personality towards younger children, like Mo, Floss, Harry and her younger sister Hope. Tee and Ryan Reeves often have issues with each other, and they always fall out and accuse each other of things, which often becomes quite serious in certain situations.

In By The Book, when Tracy is told to enforce the cleaning rota, Johnny believes it will get him and his sister, Tee fostered and starts volunteering himself and Tee for everyone's chores in return for gold stars in his file. He begins to force her to do chores when she doesn't want to. But Tracy's attempt to deal with the situation results in Tee almost getting injured, resulting in Johnny lashing out at her for not looking after Tee properly, and she begins to reconsider her future at the Dumping Ground, until Tee and Johnny apologise to her the next day.

In What You Don't Know, Tee,Chris and Johnny return to the 'Dumping Ground' from their trial foster placement with Mr and Mrs Watson. Everyone who is involved in the placement faces an awkward situation: the Watsons are happy to foster Tee, but not Johnny. Eventually, Tee decides not to be fostered as she doesn’t want to leave her brother behind.

In "Shadows", Tee finds a trail of riddles, each leading to a different clue, which eventually leads her to the time capsule which was buried at The Dumping Ground in The Story of Tracy Beaker.

In "Summer Holiday", she ruins a holiday by accidentally forgetting to close a gate and letting sheep get into the farm house where they are staying. When Lily and Carmen plan to go to Lily's dads campsite, Tee goes on the bus to stop them but the bus moves and they are stuck on the bus until Wales. When the man with tickets comes and collects them, he asks for Tee's ticket but she didn't have one and she asks to get off. Carmen goes with Tee leaving Lily on the bus by herself. 5 seconds later the bus stops again and it's Lily. They walk off through a wood. And Tee finds herself at a holiday place. Later they are on their new holiday, all thanks to Tee.

In Oh, Mo, Tee was made to look after new, eccentric resident, Mo. She soon regretted her decision when Mo started clamouring for her company and saying they were best friends. This led to an accident in which Mo was injured. Mike decided that Mo shouldn't live in Elm Tree House after the incident, but the young people beg for Mo to stay, so he did.

In "Hope" Tee gets a letter from her mum, who wants to meet up with her and Johnny. Johnny tells her not to, as he thinks it might be a trap, but Tee goes to see her mum at the women's refuge and meets her baby sister, Hope. It is revealed that Tee's mum has left her abusive boyfriend Keith. Tee later gets worried that her mum is not looking after Hope properly, and steals her, but she bumps into Faith, who notifies Johnny. He pretends to go along with Tee's plan to get the baby fostered but secretly texts their mum. She got Hope back, and Tee and Johnny see her regularly.

In "Now You See Me", Tee makes friends with a street artist, and starts doing graffiti, which nearly results in her getting arrested.

In "Breaking In", Tee and Kazima are at The Dumping Ground on their own, and end up battling against two burglars who break into the house.

In "Dragon Slayer", Tee's older brother, Johnny, is about to leave to join the army, when both Tee and Johnny step-dad, Keith, turns up to see Hope. He soon becomes trouble, and then Johnny has to face down Keith to get him to go away for good. When Keith leaves, Johnny leaves to join the army.

In "Who Are You" Tee and Ryan Nearly make up, before a boy from Ryan's old care home walks in and spills the beans, of what was actually meant to happen. Ryan pretended to make up with Tee, but all the information Tee gave him about what he thought about Ryan, and the order that the other kids came in, to upset the other children.

In "What Matters" Tee naughtily goes out with Sasha to skate night, when she wasn't meant to, and used Billie and Toni to cover for her. This gets the twins grounded. Teee admits, she made them cover for her, but it is revealed that May-Li knew they had gone. She runs away to buy presents for the twins and Kazima, who was applying to stay in the UK.

In "Hold The Front Page" Tee accuses Ryan of pushing Finn down the stairs, and she claims she saw him push him which later on she didn't because Finn faked his fall to get attention.

In "Growing Pains" Tee went to an art college interview with Carmen. She struggles to find her feet, and messes up the interview. Carmen gets a place at the drama section, and they fall out. Tee burns all her art, but Carmen had accepted the place at the college. They then make up.

Carmen Howle

Carmen Howle, portrayed by Amy-Leigh Hickman, made her first appearance on 8 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Full Circle. She departed in series 4 during the episode One For Sorrow.

Carmen is an exceptionally outgoing girl who shares much of her life with Lily, becoming saddened when she leaves the Dumping Ground. Carmen is medium-height with long brown hair and brown eyes and often wears a lot of make-up. She seems eager, kind and caring, but impatient, although she has a tendency to appear light-headed, to be judgemental, and to spill secrets. Her favourite colour is pink, and she has turbulent relationships with many of the other residents of the Dumping Ground, such as Bailey, Elektra and Johnny. She also has a terrible relationship with her mother, who abandoned her when she was little, so that she could have a holiday.

In 'Family Values' Carmen is lonely when Lily gets fostered. No-one wants to hear her problems so she takes a precious item from each resident.

In 'Viva Carmen' Carmen's Mum, Helen, returns, saying she wants Carmen to live with her in Spain. However Helen then dumps Carmen for her ex Lee.

In 'The Werewolf' Carmen thinks she saw a werewolf. The werewolf is actually Sapphire's brother Riff wearing a mask.

Carmen does not perform well at school, we know this because in the episode" A Day In The Past" Johnny insults her by saying "I've seen your school grades, you'll be lucky to be a cleaner when you're older".

Carmen's best friend is Lily but is also shown to be good friends with Tee. She also has on and off friendships with Jody and Elektra. Floss seems to look up to Carmen, as they like the same things, such as make-up. Carmen also went out with Rick in the episode 'Be My Girl' but the two broke up after finding their relationship too challenging.

In "Party Games" Carmen and Bailey battle it out for celebrity foster parents. Carmen wins, but turns down the opportunity when her potential foster mum is rude to the other children.

In "Stuck With You" Carmen and Jody, argue over a musical box, which Jody bought. They argue so much, that Floss handcuffs them together, but loses the key.

In "Now You See Me" Carmen tries to discourage Tee from doing street art.

In "Fake It To Make It" Carmen applies to be the face of the future. She gets through to the second selection round, which involves doing science experiments. She messes up though, and does not get the part.

In "The Goodbye Girl" She gives Tyler some dating advice.

In "What Matters" and "Refuge" She helps Kazima struggle through her application to stay in the UK.

In "Slings And Arrows" she directs the Shakespeare play the kids are doing to save Ashdine Ridge.

In "Stepping Up" Carmen Jody and Tee work together in a street dance competition.

In "They Walk Among Us" She helps Tee on her date with Zach, a fitness coach.

In "Growing Pains" She goes with Tee to an interview for college. She gets lost whilst waiting for Tee, and finds herself in a drama class. She gets an offer to come to the college, but denies, and accepts for Tee on her behalf.

In "First Past The Post" She tells the police that Mike lost her file. She does not tell the other kids though.

In "Survivors" she stays behind to look after Harry with Ryan. Harry runs away to Mike's house. Carmen and Ryan find him there and take him back. She tells Ryan that she told the police, and is going to tell Harry, but Mike tells her not to.

In "The End Of It All, it comes out that she told the police. When Mike comes back, she is forgiven though.

At the moment, Carmen lives a happy life at the Dumping Ground and her feuds have ended.

Mo Michaels

Anthony "Mo" Michaels, portrayed by Reece Buttery, made his first appearance on 1 March 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Oh, Mo!. He departed in series 4 during the episode Two For Joy.

Mo is a kind, eccentric kid in the Dumping Ground. He first appeared in "Oh, Mo!" His age is 10, as of series 3 of The Dumping Ground. In series 4, Mo has shown an annoyance to younger residents like Joseph. Which is quite hypocritical, been as how Mo was when her first arrived at the dumping ground.

The Dumping Ground Series 1 - Mo arrived at the Elm Tree House prior to the episode Oh, Mo! where he was made to share a room with Tyler. To Tyler's ire, Mo enjoyed collecting rubbish from the bins (which he dubbed treasure, which he made arts and crafts from) and would take it into their bedroom, effectively turning the bedroom into a rubbish dump. This eventually annoyed Tyler to the point that one day, he took Mo's "treasure" and dumped it over the stairs onto the ground floor, declaring that it was what he had to put up with. Mo was told to take his "treasure" to the attic and Tyler ended up being moved to Rick's bedroom, leading to Mo getting the room to himself, with which he was very pleased and tried to give Tyler a hug (to Tyler's disgust). Whilst the others (except Jody and Elektra) were out, Mo took belongings from the other residents' rooms and (with Floss's help) built an "Ant Theme Park" by placing jam on the belongings to attract the ants, which he had brought into the house. This unfortunately led to Mo receiving more ire from the Dumping Ground residents, only to be stopped by Tee. Later, Mo offered to build a scarecrow to help scare birds away from Gina's vegetables, which he would build out of his "treasure". Mo did this with Tee's help, as she had befriended Mo to help him settle in. Mo decided to declare Tee his "best friend" and wanted to hang around her including sitting next to her at dinner, much to Tee's ire and the amusement of the other DG residents. The following morning, Mo wanted to give his grandmother's pearls (which Jody and Elektra had stolen) to Tee, but could not find him, so he went to ask Tee for help. Unfortunately, Tee had reached the end of her tether with Mo and went to destroy Mo's scarecrow with a cricket bat. Tee succeeded in knocking the scarecrow down, which unfortunately landed on top of Mo, who had followed Tee. Mo was taken to hospital and Mike intended for him to be moved into emergency foster care as Mo was clearly not settling down at Elm Tree House. However, the other kids realised that Mo was no different to them in that they all had a rough start in life, so they rebuilt his scarecrow as a welcome home present, saying that they wanted Mo to stay. Jody also returned the pearls she and Elektra had stolen (to Elektra's annoyance) so Mo could present them to Tee as a gift. Tee refuses but agrees to take them in the end.

In "Seriously Funny", Tee and Carmen left for a sleepover at Lily's flat, Mo gave Tee a hug (as he was fond of doing) as the girls hugged each other. After the girls left, he said that he wished he could go. The following day, Mo took Tyler's practical joke toys on learning that Tyler no longer wished to play practical jokes.

Prior to Scary Beasts, Mo purchased a "magic" egg, thinking that it would hatch into a bird. One night, the egg hatched. Mo declared this to the house the following morning, declaring that it had hatched into a bird and it had gone missing. It later transpired that Mo's "bird" was in fact a snake, which Johnny and Elektra found. Mo decided to call his snake "Mike", which the others joked would lead to confusion.

The Dumping Ground Series 2 - When Faith was admitted to hospital, Mo decided to make her a "get well soon" card, but ended up with glitter over his face in the process. When Faith later returned from hospital, Mo greeted her saying that they had made her a surprise. Faith was then heard trashing her room (annoyed about being in a wheelchair), leading to Mo commenting that she would not like his invention (a watering can attached to a pole). Later, Mo decided to use one of Bailey's football boots to make shoe prints with, only for it to be taken by Tyler and Rick, who were trying to sell Bailey's boots. The following day, he, Harry and Floss (with whom he had become friends with by this point) were watching the TV when Faith ordered them out to watch a film. When a training video for care children was being filmed at the Dumping Ground, Mo was given an old camera for him to use. After getting the camera to work, Mo filmed the other residents (including Johnny making a "Care Kid Sandwich") which was later seen by the lady making the training video. On the day of Lily's leaving barbecue, Carmen tricked Mo into thinking that there was gold underneath the potatoes in the vegetable patch, as a way of getting out of her chores. Later that day, Mo found a golden wrapper in the vegetable patch and believed it to be treasure (when really it was from one of Floss's sweets). On the day the older residents went out to look for Frank, Mo was due to have a dentist appointment. Mo, fearing the dentist, hid in the garden, but was found by Floss and Harry. Mo was coaxed out, only for a bird to poo on him. Harry cheered up Mo, saying that when a bird pooed on you, it was lucky (something Sapphire had told him). Mo then found a pound coin on the ground and was then told by May-Li that his appointment had been cancelled as the dentist was ill. On learning that Frank had gone missing, Mo, Floss and Harry waited for birds to poo on them, thinking that the lucky bird poo would lead to Frank being found. However, this initially did not work as Mo ended up chasing the birds away by running toward them and shouting at them to pick him. Instead, Floss had Mo and Harry untie one of May-Li's washing lines while she took bread to attract the birds while May-Li was distracted. Consequently, all three children were punished (by being made to tidy up the garden and take the sheets in) when May-Li discovered what had happened with the bread. Some time afterwards, the other DG residents teased Mo's snake, now renamed "Rocky", saying that he was boring. Out to prove otherwise, Mo purchased a box of locusts that escaped after Mike untapped the box and left it on the piano with the lid open. Consequently, Mo, with Harry and Floss, set about rounding up the 50+ locusts from other places in the Dumping Ground. After finally rounding them up, Mo revealed to the rest of the DG why he had bought them: they were bait for Rocky to perform tricks in a show he was putting on. Unfortunately, Rocky refused to respond to Mo's commands (despite having responded in practice) even when Mo attempted to charm him with a recorder. Faith later suggested to Mo that Rocky was depressed, prompting Mo to give Rocky to a man who owned numerous other snakes, on the reasoning that Mo could play with his friends whenever he wanted and so wanted to let Rocky do the same thing. When the DG residents held the "Touch The Telly" challenge, Mo was the only care kid to not pick a side. Instead, he was appointed the referee and was responsible for seeing who was out of the game, how long people had taken on their toilet breaks and how many they had been on. Like the other kids, Mo fell asleep in the lounge the following night and saw neither the football game nor the talent show. In I Have a Dream, the DG residents were informed of a short story competition and May-Li decided to hold a competition in the house and would send off the winning entry. Mo decided that he wanted to submit a story, but had trouble deciding what it would be on (though he did get as far as the first line "I like cheese"). He was also made to go shopping with Bailey, whom he annoyed by asking who decided where everything in the supermarket was positioned. Mo later pestered Bailey by asking why he had not yet read his letter, saying that he would be excited to receive one, and eventually sussed out that Bailey was dyslexic, going on to say that his dad was dyslexic and that he had to read letters for him. Bailey initially denied being dyslexic, then later asked for Mo's help in reading it (albeit, claiming he could not read it because the writing was untidy). Mo then decided to help Bailey write a short story at the cost of writing his own story. Bailey went on to win the short story. However, Mo revealed the plot when he started reading Bailey's story and when Carmen read the story for herself, she wondered how Mo could have known the plot it was Bailey's story. This led to Johnny accusing Bailey of bullying Mo to write his story, which led to Mo shouting that they had got it all wrong and storming out of the kitchen, leading to him telling May-Li about Bailey's problem afterwards. Bailey went on to win the competition and won tickets for himself and another person to take with him, so he picked Mo, who proceeded to give him a hug. When Harry was told that he could not go to a wrestling tournament, he came up with the idea of having a wrestling tournament with one of the other DG kids. Mo declined to be Harry's opponent, but they both went to find Tyler, who agreed to be the announcer. Later, after Harry had had his costume made by Tee, Mo suggested that Harry have a tattoo on his face, which he agreed to. On learning that Floss was to be adopted, Mo asked her if she would still live at the DG, only to be told by Harry that adoption meant Floss would be leaving and never coming back. This upset Mo, who told May-Li that she needed to turn away any parents who wanted to adopt him, to which May-Li said to him that Mo was not going to be adopted and was only living at Ashdene Ridge until his parents were fit to take care of him. Some time afterwards, when Liam came to the Dumping Ground to look for Frank, Mo answered to door to him. When asked where Frank was, Mo told Liam that he was at the cinema with Johnny, prompting Liam to leave, despite Mo offering to get Mike. Later when Liam came to temporarily stay at the DG, Mo's part in the plan to get Faith her work placement back was to sing "Twelve Tiny Hours" (a song Liam had written) with Johnny and Rick, but Mo's singing was so atrocious he decided that he did not want to sing at all.

The Dumping Ground Series 3 - On the day of The Dumping Ground's open day in "Party Games", Mo helped to add food colouring some cupcakes for the guests. Later in the day, however, Mo decided to run a bath and poured the food colouring that he had used on the cupcakes. The water overflowed the bath, fell into the living room downstairs (soaking Matt, Stephanie Brantston and Carmen) and also soaked Johnny'd bedroom as well. Mo was caught after he tried to get away from the living room and was made to show his hands which were coloured red by the food colouring. Mo explained that he did this to stop the fostering party and prevent Carmen being fostered by the Brantstons, calling them "nasty people". The day after the events in "Grand Theft DG", Mo was made to share with new boy, Ryan. Who arrived the following day. On the same day, Mo discovered the purses that had gone missing had been dumped in a bin outside the DG. He was going to tell Mike, but was stopped by Ryan who convinced him to show him first, then was convinced to keep quiet by Ryan on the grounds that the police would implicate him as his fingerprints would be on the purses, as Mo had told Ryan he had touched them a bit. Tee managed to get the truth out of Mo eventually after Mo started to talk at the kitchen table, but then kept quiet. They searched the bins only to find the purses were now gone. Tee and Mo confronted Ryan, who lied that he had not moved the purses. Later that day, while Ryan was speaking to Maude Gordon (Harry's potential foster sister, who had taken the money from the purses) in the attic, Mo followed Tee (who was recording Ryan and Maude's conversation) and sneezed, prompting Ryan to get Maude to turn herself in. In "Stuck With You", Kazima noticed Mo was feeling down and not being his usual cheery self. Kazima bought Mo a "Build Your Own Robot" from a yard sale in the neighbour hood to cheer Mo up. But when Mo found that there were some pieces missing this made him worse, causing him to shout at Kazima. Mo locked himself in Faith's old bedroom and built a fort out of boxes with some of her old belongings in. But all the boxes ended up falling on Mo. Mike and May-Li find Mo and manage to rescue him. In the kitchen/dining room he tells Mike, May-Li and Kazima why he's been feeling down. he had a letter from his dad (really grandad but this was not revealed until the episode "Where is Love") saying that she his mum (nana) was having crucial surgery. But when Mike read the letter he lets Mo know it says something else and assures Mo his mother (grandmother) will be fine, and the operation is nothing to worry about. Mo was absent in the episode "Mischief".

Mo's last appearance was in the Series 4 finale "Joy For Two", even though it hasn't been confirmed, the character had not appeared in any of the promos for Series 5 nor is the character featured in the Series 5 opening credits, so it is very unlikely that he will be appearing in the upcoming series.

Bailey Wharton

Bailey Wharton, portrayed by Kasey MacKellar, made his first appearance on 10 January 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Booting Up - Part 1. He departed in series 5 during the episode Back In The Game - Part 1.

He is shown to be quite aggressive and cocky, with a very short temper, and likes to wind people up, especially Johnny and Mike. He is a skilled footballer and is often criticised by the others for thinking he is better than he is and making unnecessary comments. It is later revealed he is dyslexic, making his character similar to Hank Zipzer. Bailey later befriends Mo Michaels and Jody Jackson, but doesn't always see eye to eye with Jody during the progression of series 2. During Series 3-4, Bailey is shown to be reserved and has a more withdrawn character, either spending his time with Mischief or football. He is also shown to have calmed down and eventually it is opened up to his sensitive nature when he comforts Mo and meets his 'mother' in Series 4.

In the fourth episode of the third season, Bailey kills a man (Mal) by pushing him. Guilty of his actions, Bailey adopts his dog, Mischief, without consent from neither Mike Milligan or May-Li Wang.

On his last episode he and Sasha saved Dexter from getting into more trouble that Roddy dragged him into (it is revealed Roddy is a thief).

Bailey's final appearance was the second episode of Series 5. At the end of the episode, he takes up the position of a junior football coach in the United States.

Mischief

Mischief, portrayed by ten-year-old Border collie Sage, made his first appearance on 30 January 2015 in series 3 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Mischief. He departed in series 5 during the episode Back In The Game - Part 1.

Mischief is owned originally by a homeless man who Bailey bumps into; when the man later dies in hospital because of Bailey, his conscience means he becomes Mischief's new owner. However, when Mischief comes back to Ashdene Ridge, it soon becomes clear that he is very unruly – but Bailey must train him, or he will be put down. Eventually, all becomes well, and Mischief becomes the new Ashdene Ridge pet. Mischief left the show when Bailey did in series 5 as both went to America.

Steve Littlewood

Steve Littlewood, portrayed by Stephen Crossley from 2002 to 2004 and Morgan Hopkins in 2005, made his first appearance on 8 January 2002 in series 1 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Tracy Returns to the Dumping Ground. He departed in series 5 during the episode Two's A Crowd.

Steve introduces his new girlfriend Carrie (Caroline Bunce) to his daughter, Justine (Montanna Thompson), however, Carrie isn't well received by Justine. When Carrie and Steve are getting married, Justine is their bridesmaid, however, Justine isn't happy with the dress and the young people decide to alter it. Tracy (Dani Harmer), Louise (Chelsie Padley) and Amber (Alicia Hooper) make a mess of the dress, but Adele (Rochelle Gadd) manages to fix it. Pizza is thrown at Justine's dress when the kids have a food fight and Justine refuses to go to the wedding, but Tracy and Lol (Ciaran Joyce) talk her round and Justine gets to their wedding in time.

When Steve cancels taking Justine out, Carrie visits Justine and she breaks the news to Justine that she is pregnant and Justine doesn't take it well. Carrie later tells Justine that the real reason for her visit is that once she and Steve are organised, they want her to live with them. Justine suspects that her dad and Carrie are going to tell her some bad news when he takes her out for dinner due to Steve buying her things, however, it turns out to be good news when Steve and Carrie tell Justine they want her to move in the following week. At Justine's party, Justine gets fed up when her dad and Carrie go on about the baby and she soon snaps. Steve and Carrie later apologise to her for doing so during her party.

When Steve's nephew, John (Adam Skilton) turns up, Justine isn't thrilled and when Justine has to give up her room, Carrie tells Justine it's her dad's decision and Justine decides to move back to The Dumping Ground. Elaine (Nisha Nayer) sets up a meeting between Steve and Justine, but lies to Justine that she wants her photo taken and Justine isn't thrilled when she discovers Elaine has lied to her. On Special Guest's day, Justine isn't thrilled when her dad brings John along. When John has an allergic reaction to nuts, Justine gives John his injection and John apologises to Justine.

Carrie

Carrie, portrayed by Caroline Bunce from 2003 to 2004 and Kathryn Dimery in 2005, made her first appearance on 23 January 2003 in series 2 of The Story of Tracy Beaker during the episode Doggie. She departed in series 5 during the episode Caring and Sharing.

Steve (Stephen Crossley) introduces Carrie to his daughter, Justine (Montanna Thompson), however, Carrie isn't well received by Justine. When Carrie and Steve are getting married, Justine is their bridesmaid, however, Justine isn't happy with the dress and the kids decide to alter it. Tracy (Dani Harmer), Louise (Chelsie Padley) and Amber (Alicia Hooper) make a mess of the dress, but Adele (Rochelle Gadd) manages to fix it. Pizza is thrown at Justine's dress when the kids have a food fight and Justine refuses to go to the wedding, but Tracy and Lol (Ciaran Joyce) talk her round and Justine gets to their wedding in time.

When Steve cancels taking Justine out, Carrie visits Justine and she breaks the news to Justine that she is pregnant and Justine doesn't take it well. Carrie later tells Justine that the real reason for her visit is that once she and Steve are organised, they want her to live with them. Justine suspects that her dad and Carrie are going to tell her some bad news when he takes her out for dinner due to Steve buying her things, however, it turns out to be good news when Carrie and Steve tell Justine they want her to move in the following week. At Justine's party, Justine gets fed up when her dad and Carrie go on about the baby and she soon snaps. Carrie and Steve later apologise to her for doing so during her party.

When Steve's nephew, John (Adam Skilton) turns up, Justine isn't thrilled and when Justine has to give up her room, Carrie tells Justine it's her dad's decision and Justine decides to move back to The Dumping Ground.

Christie Perry

Christie Perry, portrayed by Vicky Hall, made her first appearance on 29 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Family Values. She departed in series 3 during the episode Belonging.

Christie and her husband, Matt (Chris Robson) foster Lily (Jessie Williams), Rosie (Claudia Colling & Millie Redfearn) and Poppy (Katie Anderson). Lily is returned to The Dumping Ground when things don't work out between her, Christie and Matt. When Gus (Noah Marullo) has an audition, Tracy (Dani Harmer) brings Lily along and stops off at the Perry's. Tracy asks Christie to give Lily a chance, but Christie says it has to go through Rob (Neil Armstrong). When Tracy notices the Perry's set up a picnic in the garden with Rosie and Poppy, she fetches Lily from the cab and she tells Lily to say sorry to Christie and Matt. Lily ends up arguing with Christie and Matt when they have given Poppy a tuna sandwich, something Poppy didn't like and Christie and Matt take the girls inside.

When Lily stays with Christie and Matt, Christie tells Lily that she and Matt have decided she can move in and Lily pretends to be excited when she is actually scared about ruining things for her sisters. Christie gives Lily a sign to go on her door, which Matt made, however, her name is spelled "Lilly", but Lily insists it's fine. With the residents and staff protesting about the council closing The Dumping Ground, Christie asks Mike if she can take Lily home with her, promising to bring her back when it all calms down. Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) asks Christie if she can stay with them, but Christie says she is there to collect Lily. When Lily hears Christie's voice, Lily climbs onto the roof and she tells Tracy her fears and Tracy promises they can slow things down and tells Lily to go indoors, but Lily falls off the roof.

Christie and Matt bring Rosie and Poppy to The Dumping Ground as their father, Steve (Ben Cartwright), wants to try to get Rosie and Poppy back. Rosie and Poppy run out of the meeting back to Christie and Matt. In the meeting afterwards, Christie believes that she won't be able to convince Rosie and Poppy to go through it again and she would put a stop to it. Lily asks Tracy if she can arrange for Christie to bring her sisters over so she can see them before they go on holiday and Christie agrees. When Christie finds out Tracy will be supervising, she isn't keen on the girls going, but Lily persuades Christie. At the park, they are greeted by Steve and Tracy finds out that Lily planned it. When Rosie and Poppy return to The Dumping Ground, Rosie tells Christie they saw Steve and Christie is angry with Tracy. Lily realises that her sisters are settled with Christie and Matt and she tells her dad that he doesn't have to get Rosie and Poppy back.

Matt Perry

Matt Perry, portrayed by Chris Robson, made his first appearance on 29 January 2010 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Family Values. He departed in series 3 during the episode Belonging.

Matt and his wife, Christie (Vicky Hall) foster Lily (Jessie Williams), Rosie (Claudia Colling & Millie Redfearn) and Poppy (Katie Anderson). Lily is returned to The Dumping Ground when things don't work out between her, Matt and Christie. When Gus (Noah Marullo) has an audition, Tracy (Dani Harmer) brings Lily along and stops off at the Perry's. When Tracy notices the Perry's set up a picnic in the garden with Rosie and Poppy, she fetches Lily from the cab and she tells Lily to say sorry to Matt and Christie. Lily ends up arguing with Matt and Christie when they have given Poppy a tuna sandwich, something Poppy didn't like and Matt and Christie take the girls inside.

When Lily stays with Matt and Christie, Christie tells Lily that she and Matt have decided she can move in and Lily pretends to be excited when she is actually scared about ruining things for her sisters. Christie gives Lily a sign to go on her door, which Matt made, however, her name is spelled "Lilly", but Lily insists it's fine.

Matt and Christie bring Rosie and Poppy to The Dumping Ground as their father, Steve (Ben Cartwright), wants to try to get Rosie and Poppy back. Rosie and Poppy run out of the meeting back to Matt and Christie. Lily realises that her sisters are settled with Christie and Matt and she tells her dad that he doesn't have to get Rosie and Poppy back.

Rob

Rob, portrayed Neil Armstrong, made his first appearance on 25 February 2011 in series 1 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Sisters. He departed in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode S.O.S..

When Lily's (Jessie Williams) foster placement breaks down with Matt (Chris Robson) and Christie (Vicky Hall), Rob brings her back to The Dumping Ground. Later, Rob is furious with Tracy (Dani Harmer) when she took Lily to the Perry's to apologise, but the situation inflamed when Lily had an argument with Matt and Christie. Christie and Matt bring Rosie (Millie Redfearn) and Poppy (Katie Anderson) to The Dumping Ground as their father, Steve (Ben Cartwright), wants to try to get Rosie and Poppy back and the contact is a disaster when Poppy and Rosie run out. Rob tells Christie, Tracy, Mike (Connor Byrne) and Gina (Kay Purcell) that Steve struggled and couldn't find common ground. Christie isn't keen on Poppy and Rosie going through it all again, but Rob reminds Christie that Steve is their dad.

When Jody (Kia Pegg) runs away from her mum's and comes back to The Dumping Ground. Jody isn't keen on going home and Rob asks Jody if she wants to talk to him on her own, but Jody says she is OK and has nothing to say. Gina doesn't think it's wise for Jody to go home, but Rob tells her that it's the best place for Jody with the support of social services.

Steve Kettle

Steve Kettle, portrayed by Ben Cartwright, made his first appearance on 25 February 2011 in series 2 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode The Scare Game. He departed in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Seriously Funny.

Steve approaches Lily (Jessie Williams) in a shopping centre and Lily's foster sister, Tracy (Dani Harmer) witnesses the situation and thinks he is trying to abduct Lily, but Lily reveals he is her dad. With the help of Sapphire (Saffron Coomber), Lily tracks Steve down at a local AA meeting, but Lily is left devastated when Steve tells her he is just saying sorry to people and he can't be her dad. Lily goes to her dad's B&B, Lily asks him why he disappeared when she and her sisters got put into care and Lily accuses him of being selfish and Sapphire soon takes her away. Lily goes back to her dad's B&B and she apologises for what she said. He lets her in and Lily gives him some clothes he bought with her foster mother's, Cam (Lisa Coleman), money, but she pretends it's hers. Tracy goes to pick up Lily when she finds out where she is from Sapphire. Lily wants to live with Steve, so Steve arranges to meet her, however, he tells Cam, Tracy (Dani Harmer) and Mike where she is and they collect her. Steve arrives at The Dumping Ground and tells them that he intends to apply to get the court order lifted.

Steve has a contact with Rosie (Millie Redfearn), Poppy (Katie Anderson) as he plans to get them back, however, the meeting is a disaster when Poppy and Rosie run out of the meeting to their foster parents, Matt (Chris Robson) and Christie (Vicky Hall). Lily asks Tracy if she can arrange for Christie to bring her sisters over so she can see them before they go on holiday and Christie agrees. Lily tells her dad that their social worker, Rob (Neil Armstrong), said he can have another chance with Poppy and Rosie. At the park, they are greeted by Steve and Tracy finds out that Lily planned it. Poppy is sick when she eats too many sweets and Steve is hit by a swing when he is distracted. When Rosie and Poppy return to The Dumping Ground, Rosie tells Christie they saw Steve and Christie is angry with Tracy. Rob visits Steve with the news that a meeting is going to be held, which could set Steve back. Lily realises that her sisters are settled with Christie and Matt and she tells her dad that he doesn't have to get Rosie and Poppy back.

Lily is unhappy when Steve's pregnant girlfriend, Shannay (Holly Quin-Ankrah) moves in and Lily goes to The Dumping Ground. Steve visits to talk to Lily with Shannay and an angry Lily asks Steve and Shannay why they can't have the new baby adopted. Lily feels guilty when Shannay goes into labour, but is happy when she learns that she has a brother. When Lily goes back home, Steve is upset as Shannay has left, however, Lily persuades Shannay to give things a chance. Lily organises an unsupervised sleepover with Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) and Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) by persuading her parents to let her stay at The Dumping Ground when they go and visit Shannay's sister.

Jack O'Donovan

Jack O'Donovan, portrayed by Callum Callaghan in 2012 and Chris Finch in 2014, made his first appearance on 20 January 2012 in series 2 of Tracy Beaker Returns during the episode Big Brother. He departed in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Face The Music.

Liam O'Donovan returns a DVD to Jack after he finds out it's a pirate DVD. Liam is arrested for supposedly taking an eoman's bag. At the court, Jack found out about them being brothers, and sends him a letter. At first, Liam is in shock, but when he confronts him, he is arrested for breaking curfew. At the police station, Jack reveals that he is actually an undercover police officer trying to find a counterfeit DVD making gang. He invites Liam to come and live with him, and Liam agrees.

Nicky (Lu Corfield) is robbed by a stranger and Johnny discreetly takes a photo of the mugger. Jack visits The Dumping Ground to take a statement from Johnny and he tells Mike (Connor Byrne) that he is having problems with Liam. When Liam leaves home after an argument with Jack, Jack goes to The Dumping Ground and makes up with Liam.

Kingsley Jackson

Kingsley Jackson, portrayed by David Avery, made his first appearance on 18 January 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode S.O.S..

When Jody (Kia Pegg) moves back home to Kingsley, their mother Denise (Victoria Alcock) and brother Luke (James Bartlett), Gina visits Jody with Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) and Tyler (Miles Butler-Houghton). When Gina, Carmen and Tyler leave, Denise and Kingsley don't want Jody's friends visiting. Jody runs away to The Dumping Ground, giving the others presents and Mike (Connor Byrne) arranges for Jody to stay the night and for their social worker, Rob (Neil Armstrong) to sort things out the following day. Kingsley and Denise arrive the following day to collect Jody ans she reluctantly agrees to go back. Jody tells the others she needs the presents back as they belong to Kingsley, who has no idea she has got them. Carmen, Tyler, Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) and Lily (Jessie Williams) go to Jody's when Carmen is unable to get hold of Jody on a mobile she gave her. Carmen and Tyler sneak into the house and go to Jody's room, which is filled with stolen, expensive goods. When Kingsley arrives home, Carmen and Tyler hide in Jody's room and Kingsley is angry when he finds the door unlocked and Carmen's mobile phone, thinking it's Jody's and he locks Jody in her bedroom. Tee sends Elektra (Jessica Revell) a video of Tyler sending a Morse code for Gus (Noah Marullo) to work out. Gus works out they are saying "S.O.S". When Kingsley finds out Carmen and Tyler have been with Jody the whole time, he threatens them to stay quiet. Gina arrives and she is angry with Denise for not protecting Jody and Jody returns for The Dumping Ground.

With Kingsley's trial coming up, Denise doesn't want Jody to testify, but after dreaming about being in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Jody decides to testify against Kingsley.

Jody is pleased to see Kingsley when he moves into his new flat and Kingsley reassures Jody that going to prison wasn't her fault. Kingsley introduces her to his girlfriend, Rosie (Zoe Iqbal) and Jody lets them sell Mike's carriage clock when Kingsley owes money to a gang. Kingsley tells Jody to leave the door open at The Dumping Ground open, so he and Rosie can steal things. Jody is trapped in a fire at Kingsley's flat and Kingsley runs off when he finds out.

Denise Jackson

Denise Jackson, portrayed by Victoria Alcock, made her first appearance on 18 January 2013 in series 1 of The Dumping Ground during the episode S.O.S..

When Jody (Kia Pegg) moves back home to Denise and her brothers, Kingsley (David Avery) and Luke (James Bartlett), Gina visits Jody with Carmen (Amy-Leigh Hickman) and Tyler (Miles Butler-Houghton). When Gina, Carmen and Tyler leave, Denise and Kingsley don't want Jody's friends visiting. Jody runs away to The Dumping Ground, giving the others presents and Mike (Connor Byrne) arranges for Jody to stay the night and for their social worker, Rob (Neil Armstrong) to sort things out the following day. Kingsley and Denise arrive the following day to collect Jody ans she reluctantly agrees to go back. Jody tells the others she needs the presents back as they belong to Kingsley, who has no idea she has got them. Carmen, Tyler, Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) and Lily (Jessie Williams) go to Jody's when Carmen is unable to get hold of Jody on a mobile she gave her. Carmen and Tyler sneak into the house and go to Jody's room, which is filled with stolen, expensive goods. When Kingsley arrives home, Carmen and Tyler hide in Jody's room and Kingsley is angry when he finds the door unlocked and Carmen's mobile phone, thinking it's Jody's and he locks Jody in her bedroom. Tee sends Elektra (Jessica Revell) a video of Tyler sending a Morse code for Gus (Noah Marullo) to work out. Gus works out they are saying "S.O.S". When Kingsley finds out Carmen and Tyler have been with Jody the whole time, he threatens them to stay quiet. Gina arrives and she is angry with Denise for not protecting Jody and Jody returns for The Dumping Ground.

With Kingsley's trial coming up, Denise doesn't want Jody to testify, but after dreaming about being in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Jody decides to testify against Kingsley, angering Denise.

Sally Lewis

Sally Lewis, portrayed by Diveen Henry, made her first appearance on 7 February 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Holding On.

May-Li (Stacy Liu) supervises a day out between Sally and Tyler (Miles Butler-Houghton) at the park.Sally takes Tyler and they sneak away from the park. Sally gets some ice cream, however, she has no money to pay, so she runs away without paying. A community support officer intercepts Sally. May-Li eventually finds Sally and Tyler and she pays for the ice cream. When Tyler finds out Sally hasn't been taking her bipolar medication, he asks May-Li to take him home. Back at The Dumping Ground, Sally and Tyler wait in the quiet room, however, Sally disappears and she locks herself in the bathroom and Tyler gets her to open the door. Sally promises Tyler things will get better.

On a fostering information day, Tyler gets close to a foster parent, Mrs Underwood (Martina Laird) and she is hurt. When Tyler asks his mum if he has to turn down every potential foster family, Sally decides that he doesn't as he needs to be in the best place for him.

Tyler is delighted when Sally wants him back and he visits his mum for a meeting with his social worker. Sally shows Tyler his room, which Tyler doesn't like as it's dinasour themed. Tyler goes between his birthday party at The Dumping Ground and his mum's and Tyler snaps when his mum replaces a photo of the young people with one of them both. Sally and Tyler realise the need to get to know each other and Sally accepts the young people and staff are family too.

Lucy Taylor

Lucy Taylor, portrayed by Sally Rogers, made her first appearance on 21 March 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode Holding On. She departed in series 3 during the episode Dragon Slayer.

Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) receives a letter from Lucy and she arranges to meet her at a cafe and Lucy apologises to Tee for letting her down. Tee visits her mum at a women's refuge she is staying at and when Lucy says she wants to introduce her to someone, Tee suspects it is a boyfriend and leaves, however, Lucy goes after Tee and introduces Tee to her half-sister, Hope (Lucy Briggs). Johnny (Joe Maw) goes to find Tee and he meets Hope, but he is angry with Lucy about everything that has happened. Feeling that Hope isn't safe with Lucy, Tee takes Hope whilst Lucy is distracted and takes her to The Dumping Ground before pretending to Mike (Connor Byrne) she is an abandoned child. A frantic Lucy turns up at The Dumping Ground to collect Hope and Mike realises that Hope is Johnny and Tee's sister.

Johnny spots his stepfather, Keith (Neil Morrissey), in a park and rushes to tell his mum, but he and Tee are shocked to learn that she knows and that he has been seeing Hope (now Holly & Paige Robinson). When Johnny goes to see his mum, Keith answers the door and Lucy arrives home shortly after. Keith pretends to be friendly toward Johnny, inviting him in, but when Lucy goes in, Keith is horrid to Johnny. Lucy tells Johnny and Tee that Keith won't be staying around as he is moving to Scotland and Johnny tells his mum that she has to think who really matters. Keith visits The Dumping Ground and complains to Mike about Johnny, accusing him of harassment. When Johnny shows his mum the photos, Lucy thinks it is drug dealing, but Keith shows him some drug counselling cards he has been handing out. Keith threatens to phone the police, but Lucy talks him out of it and Lucy agrees to let Keith stay so he can get to know Hope. On the day he is due to leave for the Army, Johnny goes to see his mum, but he finds her with a massive bruise on her face. Johnny gets his mum out of the house and confronts Keith.