Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker returns for new ‘Beaker Girls’ Series

A new five-part Tracy Beaker series has been announced by the BBC: ‘The Beaker Girls’. The series, starring Dani Harmer, will broadcast on CBBC and BBCiPlayer later this year.

This follows on from previous television adaptations of Jacqueline Wilson’s Tracy Beaker books, most recently CBBC’s rating hit ‘My Mum Tracy Beaker” (also broadcast on BBC1). Additionally, we are excited to announce that Haworth’s own Emma Reeves has been commissioned to write all five episodes.

Tali Walters, of BBC Children's in-house drama department, said: 'The enduring affection of our audiences for the character of Tracy Beaker was clear in the reaction to ‘My Mum Tracy Beaker’.