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The Best Episodes of The Story of Tracy Beaker

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The Best Episodes of The Story of Tracy Beaker

Tracy Beaker is a 10-year-old girl who has been placed in a children's home. Tracy makes new friends along the way and causes mischief wherever...

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  1. Background image for Free Louise
    8.3/10(19 votes)

    #1 - Free Louise

    S3:E4

    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.

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  2. Background image for Temper, Temper!
    8.2/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Temper, Temper!

    S4:E8

    Sid, in a badly conceived idea to compensate for the Dumping Ground having only two members of permanent staff, decides to install a small number of surveillance cameras, which Duke helps to set up, and Lol and Bouncer take mischievous exception to. Meanwhile, Crash, Jackie and Tracy have a master plan as they take nasty pranks from the Wellards in unusual good cheer. But after a while of inordinate kindness and tolerance (especially from Jackie), Chantal becomes emotional, suggesting she hasn't seen much of this in her life so far...

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  3. Background image for Life is a Cabaret
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Life is a Cabaret

    S4:E7

    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

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    Director:Delyth Thomas
    Writer:Unknown
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    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #4 - Home and Hosed

    S2:E26

    Ben's Aunt and Uncle, Kate and Jasper, arrive at the DG – and Tracy is informed that they want to foster her. But Ben is curiously unhappy about the plan.

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    Director:Joss Agnew
  5. Background image for Leavin' on a Jet Plane
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #5 - Leavin' on a Jet Plane

    S3:E1

    Tracy Beaker reckons she's top dog at the Dumping Ground, but new head care worker Shelley has other plans. Fearing that Tracy has become too settled, Shelley suggests it's time for Tracy to move to another home. She packs her bags and heads over to her best friend Cam's house, only to find that she's leaving for New York. Meanwhile the other kids decide if Tracy goes, they all go. Even Elaine, Nathan and Duke join in with the mutiny after being sick of Shelley's strict rules.

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    Director:Delyth Thomas
  6. Background image for The Tracy Beaker Club
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #6 - The Tracy Beaker Club

    S3:E11

    Dolly, Hayley and Marco get a taste for trouble when they realise just how much fun being bad can be. Tracy thinks they're clueless and brags about all her famous scams – cheese sauce in wellies, running round the garden with the head care workers knickers on your head and eating a worm, to name a few! The little kids are in awe and decide to set up 'The Beaker Club'. However, The Beaker Club's actions nearly cost Dolly her soon-to-be foster family. When the foster family in question turn up at The Dumping Ground and the Club drop ketchup-and-flour bombs on their heads, not realising it's Dolly's soon-to-be foster family, their actions soon bite Dolly on the bum.

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  8. Background image for Day Trip
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #7 - Day Trip

    S2:E11

    Jenny has arranged a trip out for the kids at an Adventure Centre and looks forward to a day of peace and tranquillity at the DG whilst Duke and Nathan accompany the kids into the countryside. When they arrive, it's clear that Gordon the Warden is a bit of a prat.

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    Director:Joss Agnew
  9. Background image for Be Prepared
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #8 - Be Prepared

    S3:E19

    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.

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  10. Background image for In With The Wellards
    7.8/10(11 votes)

    #9 - In With The Wellards

    S4:E3

    Tracy plans to go skateboarding with Jackie, but she has double-booked herself. She also unwittingly promised Cam she'd spend the day with her. Cam lays a guilt trip on her, so a reluctant Tracy cancels her day out with Jackie and lets Cam drag her off to an open day at the local Art Centre. The Wellards see an opportunity for mischief, and entice the dejected Jackie to steal the kids' files and burn them. Jackie gets caught, but she and Crash hatch a plot to pay them back. Meanwhile, Tracy enjoys herself more than she could ever have imagined.

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    7.7/10(19 votes)

    #10 - Back & Bad

    S2:E1

    Tracy lands back at the Dumping Ground with a bang after setting fire to Cam's kitchen. She swears never to see or talk to a distraught Cam again. Meanwhile, a new trainee careworker called Nathan arrives. When the other kids find they can't prank him, they seek the help of Tracy.

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    Director:Delyth Thomas
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    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #11 - Action Therapy

    S2:E4

    Tracy has still not been in contact with Cam after coming back to the DG so Elaine resolves to get them talking with a series of role-play and trust exercises.

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    Director:Delyth Thomas
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    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #12 - Doggie

    S2:E6

    A stray dog is roaming the corridors of the DG and Dolly gets upset as he reminds her of a foster family's pet. Seeing Dolly sad, Tracy tries to help by offering to foster ‘Fang' and they pursue him until he's safely locked up in Tracy's bedroom.

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    7.7/10(12 votes)

    #13 - Democracy

    S4:E15

    Duke is interested in a new job, and it's the battle of the sexes at the Dumping Ground, as the rulebook is out the window.

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    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #14 - Get Lost

    S2:E22

    When Tracy hears that Ben's Aunt and Uncle are visiting, she lands herself an invitation to his house – and gives Kate and Jasper the run-around thinking that she's a rich kid. Back at the DG, Dolly manages to wear 3 members of staff out all by herself.

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    Director:Joss Agnew
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    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Nathan's Assessment

    S2:E25

    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.

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  17. Background image for Roxy the Rock
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Roxy the Rock

    S4:E21

    In a 'no grown-ups' episode, the challenge for Queen of the Dumping Ground begins. The only two contenders, Tracy and Roxy, battle out challenges for the title. Meanwhile, Chantal receives a letter and present from her dad as it's her birthday, while Lol and Bouncer try to get into the Guinness Book Of World Records for 'Standing On Your Head In The Airing Cupboard All Day'.

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    7.5/10(15 votes)

    #17 - Work

    S2:E14

    Bouncer and Amber are doing badly at school, so Elaine takes charge of their next project – setting up work placements. Her options are extremely dull so Bouncer is inspired to get his own job – as a paperboy.

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    Director:Joss Agnew
  19. Background image for Supernatural Shelley
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #18 - Supernatural Shelley

    S3:E2

    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.

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    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Hollywood

    S2:E9

    When the home all discover the wonders of the film camera in an attempt to get adopted, everyone tries their own method: Tracy films herself with the camera, with the help of Cam, and talks about why she should be adopted, while Louise tries to cry her way into the hearts of the viewer and Lol and Bouncer try and film the torture that they have to endure in the house, as their way of trying to attract foster parents.

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    7.4/10(16 votes)

    #20 - Home Truths

    S2:E10

    When Dolly makes Nathan play a game of Truth and Dare with her, Duke is worried about the consequences….and rightly so! When Tracy gets cross about being asked why Cam returned her to the home, and at the same time accused of constantly lying, she promises to tell the whole truth until six o'clock!

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    Director:Delyth Thomas
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    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Music

    S2:E19

    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.

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    Director:Joss Agnew
  23. Background image for The Long Goodbye
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #22 - The Long Goodbye

    S2:E23

    It's Louise's last day at the DG, as she's going to be fostered by the Morris family. Sorting out her belongings, she tries to put a brave face on her worries about leaving the DG, her friends and especially Justine. And things look up for Amber as she finds a couple who share her enthusiasm for motorbikes and mayhem.

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  24. Background image for Genius at Work
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Genius at Work

    S2:E24

    After a series of experimental art trials (including inscribing the letter ‘D' all over Duke's face and clothes) Tracy is grounded and is instructed to try to cheer Justine up, who is depressed that Louise has left. Meanwhile, Ben is ill, and Lol and Bouncer use this as a perfect opportunity to play with his games.

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  25. Background image for Exploited!
    7.3/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Exploited!

    S3:E22

    Everyone is in high spirits when the TV cameras arrive at the Dumping Ground, for the launch of Cam's book 'The Dumping Ground Kids'. Tracy tries to steal the limelight at every opportunity – convinced that she's the inspiration for the star of the book 'Trudy' – a tough no-nonsense kid who is queen of the scammers. But Tracy's in for a nasty surprise, when she finally reads the last chapter & discovers that Trudy is the only kid not to get fostered.

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    7.3/10(11 votes)

    #25 - Dear Dad

    S4:E14

    Rio and Crash fall out over a game, Rio finds out about Crash's dad and decides to make up lies about his father.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Free Louise" is the best rated episode of "The Story of Tracy Beaker". It scored 8.3/10 based on 19 votes. Directed by Delyth Thomas and written by Laura Summers, it aired on 2/19/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Temper, Temper!".