The BEST episodes written by Laura Summers
#1 - Free Piggy
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 5 - Episode 4
Elaine runs an Open Day at the DG. Roxy aims to cause havoc with her sidekick Rio, but he proves an unwilling partner - even donning a clean shirt to impress potential new parents. Layla and Wolfie try to free Mike's free-range pig! The day ends in chaos but nothing prepares them for the shock return of Tracy Beaker to the Dumping Ground. Tracy has decided that she can't live with Cam anymore because Cam wants her new boyfriend Gary to move in with them.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Frankelainestein
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 5 - Episode 7
Elaine transforms herself into a chic, orderly professional woman. Ditsy Alice arrives at the DG and Bouncer offers to stand in as Marco's Mum on Mothering Sunday.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Whodunnit?
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 5 - Episode 12
Someone has 'iced' poor Elaine. Shelley is furious and demands the culprit owns up - but no one does. The kids have an hour to work out 'whodunit'.
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#4 - Parent's Evening
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1 - Episode 15
It's Tracy's parents' evening and she has to put up with Elaine the Pain seeing her teacher. Elaine is worried about Tracy's schooling and is expecting a bad report – if she gets to see Tracy's teacher that is. Meanwhile, Peter has trouble with a bully and the boys and Ben pitch in to change his clothing style.
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#5 - New Girl
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1 - Episode 19
Samantha is an eleven-year-old girl whose life is dominated by her mother. When her mother is rushed to hospital, Samantha must stay at the Dumping Ground.
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#6 - Treasure Hunt
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1 - Episode 20
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.
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#7 - Need Armbands
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 1 - Episode 24
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.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Supernatural Shelley
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 3 - Episode 2
Shelley opens her office door – eager to hear suggestions for improvements to the Dumping Ground. She's soon faced with a barrage of requests for sweetie machines, wave pools and daily rations of pickled onion crisps! Without a sensible idea in sight, Shelley sets about doing things her way. But her new healthy eating policy, interior design changes and bedroom swaps, go down like a lead balloon.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Free Louise
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 3 - Episode 4
Louise couldn't be happier with her new foster family the Morris's, but she attempts to spare the feelings of her parent-less friends in the Dumping Ground by fibbing that they are horrible. Tracy & Justine are horrified that their friend seems to be in trouble.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Down with School
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 3 - Episode 6
Jackie has run away from school so many times, that she now has to be tutored at the Dumping Ground. Faced with another boring Monday morning at school, Tracy and Crash reckon if Jackie can have home schooling, so can they.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Be Prepared
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 3 - Episode 19
Layla is determined to get enough cub scout badges to secure a place on the camping trip. Tracy and Jackie are put in charge of supervising her, but quickly fall out when Tracy suggests that it's time for some Beaker-style assistance. Refusing to cheat, Jackie and Layla struggle on without Tracy.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Beaker Witch Project
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 4 - Episode 20
Tracy Beaker's very own 'The Blair Witch Project'. Things go 'bump' in the night.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Can't Buy Me Love
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 4 - Episode 6
Tracy and Crash do Cam's food shop, but break the shopping list Cam gave her and spend the shopping money for things Tracy wants, like about fifty boxes of turkey nuggets, and various gadgets. Meanwhile, at the dumping-ground, Layla comes up with her own money-making scam – doing other residents' homework for them (charging fifty pence a sheet). But when Roxy grasses Layla up to Sid, the game's up. And Layla has to clean Roxy's room as punishment.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - Life is a Cabaret
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 4 - Episode 7
Tracy has a weird dream where the Dumping Ground kids behaviour has changed, everybody is singing in this episode, in a style not dissimilar to Chicago. Cam, playing a more-than-passable 'Velma Kelly'-type character as head careworker, has bottled the kids souls and spark, turning them into docile, obedient drones that do housework all day. Note: In this episode we revisit the old Dumping Ground kitchen from Stowey House
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - The Snake
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 4 - Episode 16
Rio's secret pet snake goes missing, but will he find it? Meanwhile, the Plakova boys try to restore Sid's sense of humour, not really to much avail. **WARNING** End scenes may prove scary for younger viewers...
#16 - Bedsit
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 2 - Episode 2
Tracy is bored of being fussed over by everyone after her untimely return to the Care Home, so when she finds Adele's new bedsit address she decides go and visit her. After being wound up by the other kids, Tracy turns the garden shed into her bedsit. When the others decide to make bedsits of their own, Dolly causes havoc by transforming the bathroom into her bedsit.
#17 - Christmas
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 2 - Episode 12
Bouncer and Lol's Aunt is considering taking them on full-time and Lol is excited to be leaving the Care Home for a life free of rules and regulations. But Bouncer has the opposite reaction – he's quite at home at the DG and bad Christmas memories of boiled chicken nuggets make him yearn to stay.
#18 - Music
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 2 - Episode 19
Inspired by Adele joining a band and sick and tired of sharing everything, Tracy decides she'll learn to play a musical instrument and Duke gets her a saxophone via Elaine. Meanwhile, after having been snitched on by Dolly about the graffiti on her bedroom walls, Amber causes havoc when Tracy is forced to share her room for the night.
#19 - Ben's Party
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 2 - Episode 21
Amber accuses Ben of being dull so he decides to throw a huge party while his parents are out and invites all the DG kids along. Tracy doesn't get an invite when she doesn't stick up for him.
#20 - Nathan's Assessment
The Story of Tracy Beaker - Season 2 - Episode 25
Elaine arrives at the DG to check that Nathan is coming up to scratch as a trainee. After interviewing all the kids and a cross Tracy (whom he has cancelled a bowling trip with) and discovering that he hasn't completed one piece of coursework, her report looks worrying – she has the power to fail him.