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First episode date
  
8 January 2002

Program creator
  
Jacqueline Wilson

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Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

Final episode date
  
9 December 2005

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Created by
  
Jacqueline Wilson (Books)

Opening theme
  
"Watcha Gonna Do/Someday" sung by Keisha White.

No. of episodes
  
120 + 5 specials (list of episodes)

Executive producer(s)
  
Cas Lester (2002–03)Jane Dauncey (2004–05)Josephine Ward (2006–07)

Producer(s)
  
Jane Dauncey (2002–03)Mia Jupp (2004–05)Jane Steventon (2006–07)

Cast
  
Dani Harmer, Lisa Coleman, Darragh Mortell, Nisha Nayar, Abby Rakic‑Platt

The Story of Tracy Beaker (also known as Tracy Beaker or TSOTB) is a British television programme adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from 2002 to 2005 and also contained a feature-length episode, Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me, broadcast in 2004, as well as a week of interactive episodes for Children in Need. The theme song was written and performed by Keisha White. Many of the episodes have been released on official DVD compilations, whilst the entire series was available for a short period to purchase alongside a magazine based on the show.

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Episodes

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The pilot episode aired on 8 January 2002 and the series finale aired on 9 December 2005. The show spanned a total of five series with 120 episodes in total. Series 1 introduces the characters and feel of the show. In "Tracy Returns", Tracy moves back into the Dumping Ground. Three episodes in Series 1 form the basis of the show and make the format and atmosphere easy to understand, "Sneaking in Ben" shows Tracy's friendships, "The Truth Is Revealed" shows Tracy's way of thinking and "Friend" shows Tracy's way of understanding things. Series 1 also sees the introduction of characters such as Duke, Mike, Louise, Zac, Ryan and Ben.

DVD releases

The Story of Tracy Beaker has been released on DVD in the UK.


  • Note: All of the series DVDs and the boxset contain only the 'best' episodes of that series, the only time all of the episodes were released on DVD was in a special collector's edition set, where one DVD containing several episodes was released each week for purchase. There were 24 DVDs in all, and these are now incredibly rare to find as a complete set. All episodes on Series 1 – 4's DVDs are compilations so there are 6 28 minute compilations which is 12 14 minute episodes, however Series 5 contains single episodes.

    • References

    The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series) Wikipedia
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