My Mum Tracy Beaker is a British miniseries for kids that started on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on February 12, 2021. The new series picks up where The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, and The Dumping Ground left off.
In My Mum Tracy Beaker, Dani Harmer played Tracy Beaker again. Lisa Coleman, Ruth Gemmell, and Montanna Thompson were also in the show, and Emma Davies and Jordan Duvigneau were new to the cast.
On August 18, 2021, CBBC announced that a second series based on the book's sequel would start airing in the middle of December. Most of the main actors from My Mum Tracy Beaker came back for The Beaker Girls, along with Chi-Megan Ennis and Albie Parsons.
Cast
- Tracy Beaker, played by Dani Harmer
- Jess Beaker, played by Emma Maggie Davies
- Mary Oliver is played by Danielle Henry
- Noah Leacock played Tyrone.
- Jordan Duvigneau plays Sean Godfrey.
- Lisa Coleman as Cam Lawson
- Rosalie, played by Christina Tam
- Montanna Thompson plays Justine Littlewood
- Carly Beaker, played by Ruth Gemmell
- Peter Ingham, played by Jim English
Development
Details about My Mum, Tracy Beaker, were announced on August 3, 2020. It was said that the show would be based on Jacqueline Wilson's 2018 book of the same name, which Tracy's creator wrote. It was also noted that Harmer would play Tracy again.
When Harmer was talking about playing Tracy again before filming, she said that she couldn't wait because she liked the character and wanted to know what had happened to her. She also said that because she is a mother in real life, she knows how having a child can change your life and personality.
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However, she said that Tracy will still be the “same feisty, strong female lead that people know and love.”Later, it was hinted that some of the original cast members might come back to play their roles in the new series.
On October 5, 2020, Harmer confirmed that filming had started, and the actors were named. Emma Davies was chosen to play Jess, Tracy's daughter, and it was confirmed that, unlike the previous Tracy Beaker series, the story would be told from Jess's point of view instead of Tracy's.
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Jordan Duvigneau was cast as Tracy's “new, rich ex-footballer boyfriend” Sean Godfrey, and the return of Cam Lawson, Carly Beaker, and Justine Littlewood, all played by their original actresses, was announced. On February 5, 2021, a trailer for the show came out, and on February 12, 13, and 14, 2021, the first three episodes of the first season aired on CBBC and BBC iPlayer.
Ratings
On February 15, 2021, CBBC said the series was their most successful launch ever, with 2.1 million streams on BBC iPlayer in the first three days it was available.
On CBBC, an average of 492,000 people aged four and up watched the first episode on February 12. The number went up to 883,000 after seven days.
How to Watch It?
The three-part series, based on a book by Dame Jacqueline Wilson, will start on CBBC on February 12 at 5 p.m. It will also be on BBC iPlayer after it has been shown on TV.
