The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1

The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes26
DatesMay 18, 2002 - Aug 21, 2002
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Episodes

Tracy Beaker Returns to the Dumping Ground
Season 1Episode 114 min

Tracy Beaker Returns to the Dumping Ground

After an unsuccessful foster attempt, Tracy comes back to the Dumping Ground to find out there's been a few changes.

May 18, 2002
Sneaking in Ben
Season 1Episode 214 min

Sneaking in Ben

May 18, 2002
Dares
Season 1Episode 314 min

Dares

Tracy Challenges her new rival, Justine Littlewood, to a contest to find out which of them is the most daring. Who will be the champion?

May 19, 2002
Cams First Visit
Season 1Episode 414 min

Cams First Visit

There is much activity in the Dumping Ground. They are expecting a visitor – writer Cam Lawson, who is writing an article about the care home. Tracy is especially excited, as she wants to be a writer. She even steals older girl Adele's makeup to try to impress Cam. When Cam arrives, she is surprisingly unglamorous, but Tracy is still excited to meet her. However, Justine ruins it by making fun of Tracy's life book in front of Cam, prompting the two to get into a fight and Tracy to be sent to her room. Before Cam leaves, she goes to Tracy's room to make up with her, but Tracy is furious and makes her leave. When Tracy discovers that Cam has left her a fairy cake, she thanks Cam out of her window just as she is leaving, and realises that Cam likes her. Meanwhile, Mike is stressed about Cam's visit and asks for Adele's help to get the house ready. He offers her many things, but Adele will not budge until he agrees to give her an extra late pass for that week. She eventually complies, only to discover that Mike has finished it all.
May 19, 2002
Child of the Week
Season 1Episode 514 min

Child of the Week

Elaine tells Tracy that she will be advertised as Child of the Week to potential foster parents in the local paper. Tracy is delighted and tells everyone. Elaine is then offered more space in the newspaper, so decides to advertise Louise as well. Tracy is initially upset, but she and Louise eventually bond over it. They agree that they should not smile, but look sad to still be in the care home and attract more foster parents that way. However, Justine and photographer Brian convince Louise to smile. Tracy is furious, but Ben persuades her that she would be doing herself more favours to smile, so Tracy remakes both her own and Louise's adverts and sneaks them into the office. Her own advert is now extremely flattering and asks expressly for very rich foster parents, and Louise's photo now has a bag over Louise's head. Meanwhile, Duke decides to start a new healthy food regime, and makes battered courgettes. The kids convince him that they like them, while secretly flushing them down the toilet.
May 25, 2002
The Truth is Revealed
Season 1Episode 614 min

The Truth is Revealed

Justine's dad has given her money to decorate her bedroom. Tracy wants to do the same and is very angry when she is not allowed. She storms out of the house to meet Ben, who shows her his treehouse in the woods. Later, Ben accidentally falls down the tree, and Tracy runs to get Mike to help. Ben gets Mike to take him home, but Tracy is furious when she discovers he's not a 'street kid' as he had told her, but lives in a very grand house with his mum. Meanwhile, the rest of the house help Justine with her bedroom, much to the annoyance of Adele, who has a school project to complete and is distracted by the noise. The project turns into a fiasco as Justine gets increasingly more demanding, making poor decisions and blaming everyone else. Eventually, everyone stops. However, Adele's project turns out to be about designing a room, and she finishes it off for her.
May 25, 2002
Birthday
Season 1Episode 714 min

Birthday

May 26, 2002
The 1000 Words About Tracy
Season 1Episode 814 min

The 1000 Words About Tracy

May 26, 2002
Terry and Jill
Season 1Episode 914 min

Terry and Jill

Jun 1, 2002
Cam's House
Season 1Episode 1014 min

Cam's House

Jun 1, 2002
Dumping Ground Virus
Season 1Episode 1114 min

Dumping Ground Virus

Tracy is ill. It soon spreads around the Dumping Ground, incapacitating everyone but Adele and Justine, the latter of whom is trying her best to get the virus so she can avoid seeing the dentist. When Maxy picks up the phone to Elaine, he lets slip that everyone is ill, and she comes along to help, inadvertently making the situation much worse. Tracy and the others try to make out that Elaine has the virus to get rid of her, but it doesn't work, so Tracy has to think of another plan. When Adele mentions to Tracy that Elaine told her that another care home is also ill, Tracy gets Maxy to tell Elaine that the other home needs her. Elaine reluctantly leaves, and when Tracy announces this to the house, everyone appears to suddenly be better...
Jun 2, 2002
Justine's Telly
Season 1Episode 1214 min

Justine's Telly

Jun 2, 2002
Tracy and Cam Row
Season 1Episode 1314 min

Tracy and Cam Row

Tracy is becoming increasingly frustrated with Cam, who has still not decided whether or not to foster her. Banned from phoning her, Tracy enlists Ben's help to go to see Cam in person. When they arrive at her flat, Cam is out, so Tracy and Ben rearrange the furniture, play music and eat her food. Meanwhile, Justine and Louise go head-to-head with Zac and Ryan when they begin washing cars for money, leading to a big waterfight outside the DG.
Jun 8, 2002
Sleepover
Season 1Episode 1414 min

Sleepover

The girls have been invited to a sleepover, but the rules of the care home don't allow them to go. The three of them unite in their determination to go anyway. Meanwhile, the boys are camping outside in the back garden.
Jun 8, 2002
Open Evening
Season 1Episode 1514 min

Open Evening

Jun 9, 2002
The Postcard
Season 1Episode 1614 min

The Postcard

Justine is giving her dad a hard time for not visiting when he said he would. He said he left a message – and he did. Tracy took the message, but just forgot to pass it on. Meanwhile, a postcard arrives to the DG addressed to Tracy – from her mother. Is it genuine?
Jun 9, 2002
Where's the Work
Season 1Episode 1714 min

Where's the Work

Tracy will not hand in her homework. She claims a dog ran off with her book, but not even Elaine the Pain will fall for that one. She insists that Tracy is lying to cover up for not doing the homework.
Jun 15, 2002
Helpful Tracy
Season 1Episode 1814 min

Helpful Tracy

Tracy is worried that her behavioural problems are what's putting Cam off fostering her. She proclaims that she will become the nicest, kindest, most helpful person around. Meanwhile, it's Maxy's clothing allowance day and it nearly ends in disaster when Maxy locks Jenny's minivan keys and then Mike's car keys in the van, all over a pair of trainers that Jenny liked but Maxy didn't.
Jun 15, 2002
Friend
Season 1Episode 1914 min

Friend

Jun 16, 2002
Treasure Hunt
Season 1Episode 2014 min

Treasure Hunt

Elaine has decided the best way to get everybody together will be a Treasure Hunt. They will learn all about friendship and teamwork. Naturally, it is doomed.
Jun 16, 2002
Romance
Season 1Episode 2114 min

Romance

Tracy wants Elaine to hurry up Cam towards fostering. Elaine explains that fostering would be a busy step for a busy single woman. Tracy immediately sees a solution: find Cam a man and they can get married. She seems to like Mike, so he'll do. Meanwhile, in the Dumping Ground, the tables are turned on Jenny and Duke when Justine and Louise respectively fill in for their positions following a row over Louise using Justine's make-up.
Jun 22, 2002
Temporary Care Worker
Season 1Episode 2214 min

Temporary Care Worker

It's clothing allowance day. Tracy has been saving up and wants Jenny to take her out to get a whole new wardrobe. What she gets is Leah, a temporary care worker who's filling in while Jenny's in hospital following an operation to remove an ingrowing toenail.
Jun 22, 2002
Cut the Weed
Season 1Episode 2314 min

Cut the Weed

It's Peter's last day at the Dumping Ground before he goes to live with Terry and Jill. Everyone attends his party, except Tracy, who is secretly looking after two giant African land snails for the weekend. Later that night, it's full moon, and Zac has hung up garlic all over his and Ryan's bedroom so as to scare off vampires. And the snails escape from their cage. So, soon enough, everyone is creeping about all over the DG.
Jun 23, 2002
Need Armbands
Season 1Episode 2414 min

Need Armbands

Tracy has had enough of waiting for Cam. They were supposed to go swimming, only for Cam to stand her up. Tracy visits Ben and realises his parents would be perfect for her.
Jun 23, 2002
Miss You
Season 1Episode 2514 min

Miss You

The video recorder is broken. The kids decide to have a sale and buy a DVD player, but the items they want to sell don't amount too much, so it's a perfect opportunity to clean out the loft. The mood for selling is shattered however when Mike announces that he is leaving the Dumping Ground to go to another care home.
Aug 21, 2002
The End!
Season 1Episode 2614 min

The End!

Cam has to buy a new flat. When Tracy finds out, she's desperate to help make sure there will be a good bedroom for her. Cam still won't agree to fostering Tracy and the two get into a huge row. Eventually the row is resolved and Cam asks Tracy to move in with her. Tracy agrees, packs straight away and has a lovely goodbye from all the staff and children.
Aug 21, 2002

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