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The Beaker Girls is a British children's television series that premiered on CBBC and BBC iPlayer on 13 December 2021. The series follows on from the events of its predecessors, The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, The Dumping Ground and My Mum Tracy Beaker. It sees Dani Harmer reprise her role as Tracy Beaker and Emma Maggie Davies return as her daughter Jess. Lisa Coleman and Montanna Thompson also returned, as well as several cast members from My Mum Tracy Beaker. In August 2022, Dani Harmer posted on her Instagram that filming for the second series had finished. The BBC confirmed that Series 2 would be the final series of the My Mum Tracy Beaker/Beaker Girls trilogy, at least for now. It began airing on 13 January 2023 and concluded on 31 March.




Plot


Tracy and Jess are settling into their new life in the seaside town of Cooksea. Their new friend Flo is a former actress who owns a junk shop ironically named 'The Dumping Ground' of which Tracy becomes the manager, they later meet a teenager named Jordan, who is later found out to be a runaway from the care system, and Tracy invites her to stay with her and Jess.




Production


Following the success of the miniseries My Mum Tracy Beaker, in August 2021, CBBC announced that a new series based on the book We Are The Beaker Girls would premiere in mid December. The series saw most of the main cast from My Mum Tracy Beaker reprise their roles along with newcomers Chi-Megan Ennis-McLean as Jordan Whitely and Alibe Parsons as junk shop owner Flo. Wim Snape replaces Jim English in the role as Peter Ingham. The series is set in the fictional town of Cooksea and was filmed in summer 2021 in Clevedon on the North Somerset coast. A second series was announced in 2022 and filmed over the summer, and then shown in January 2023.




Cast



Main

Dani Harmer as Tracy Beaker
Emma Maggie Davies as Jessica "Jess" Beaker, Tracy's 12-year-old daughter
Chi-Megan Ennis-McLean as Jordan, a 15-year-old care runaway teenage girl
Lisa Coleman as Camilla "Cam" Lawson, Tracy's adoptive mum and Jess' adoptive grandmother
Danielle Henry as Mary Oliver, Cam's wife and Tracy's adoptive stepmother
Wim Snape as Peter Ingham, an old friend from Tracy's time in care, and the headteacher of Cooksea High
Simon Lipkin as Simon “Si” Rajani-Martin, Jess' father
Alibe Parsons as Flo, the elderly owner of the junk shop
Recurring

Montanna Thompson as Justine Littlewood - Tracy's childhood enemy
Myles Young as baby Steve Godfrey -Littlewood, (son of Justine and Sean)
Noah Leacock as Tyrone, Jess' best friend
Jordan Duvigneau as Sean Godfrey, Tracy's ex-boyfriend and father of Justine's baby, Steve Godrey-Littlewood (Series 1)
Taj Kandula as Priya Rajani-Martin, Si’s wife (Series 2)
Diya Sohi as Asha Rajani-Martin, Priya’s daughter and Si’s stepdaughter (Series 2)
Tarun Sivakanesh as Ajay Rajani-Martin, Priya’s son and Si’s stepson (Series 2)
Jesse Benjamin as Alex Rajani-Martin, Priya and Si’s son (Series 2)
Emma Handy as Mrs Cook, Jess' form teacher
Daisey Hamilton as Patience "Paysh" Price, Jess' school friend
Buddy Skelton as Moses "Mosey" Price, Patience's brother (Series 2)
Guest

Nisha Nayar as Elaine "the Pain" Boyak - Tracy's former social worker
Connor Byrne as Mike Milligan -Tracy's former care worker and colleague




Episodes






= Series overview

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= Series 1 (2021)

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= Series 2 (2023)

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Reception


The series was praised in The Guardian for having a nostalgic feel and was named as one of the seven best shows to watch in December. The writers stated "The Story of The Beaker Girls is just beginning... For millennials who grew up learning about life through Jacqueline Wilson books, the promising exit line of this year’s Tracy Beaker reboot was a welcome one. Following a now grownup Tracy and her daughter Jess, it scratched a nostalgic itch while continuing to beautifully explore the care system, with plenty of silly moments in between."




References






External links


The Beaker Girls at BBC Online

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