List of Tracy Beaker Returns episodes

Tracy Beaker Returns is a United Kingdom children's television series based on the novels by Jacqueline Wilson. The series focuses on older Tracy Beaker, who returns to the Dumping Ground" as a care worker. Episodes are first broadcasted on CBBC and then are rebroadcast on BBC HD the following week. A third series began broadcasting from 6 January 2012.

Series		Episodes	Originally aired		DVD release dates
			Series premiere	Series finale	Region 2
	1	13	January 8, 2010 (2010-01-08)	March 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)	21 March 2011
	2	13	January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)	March 25, 2011 (2011-03-25)	2012
	3	13	January 6, 2012 (2012-01-06)	March 23, 2012 (2012-03-23)	2012/2013

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code
1	"Tracy Beaker Superstar (Full Circle Part 1)"	Neasa Hardiman	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	8 January 2010 (2010-01-08)	1.1
Tracy Beaker is seen on television by the kids promoting her new book, but several hours later, she is arrested for using Cam Lawson's credit card to publish her book and she bumps into Mike Milligan and one of the dumping ground kids Liam O'Donovan in the police station. She is given an opportunity of instead of being in jail she is to write a column for the local community newspaper. When Tracy finally goes back home she listens to the many answer-phone messages left by Cam. With the fear of being kicked out again, she decides to pack her bags and head for the Dumping Ground to talk to Mike. Tracy arrives at the Dumping Ground only to be told by Gina Conway that Mike has gone out somewhere, but Gina lets Tracy in as it is pouring with rain outside, the kids at the Dumping Ground recognize Tracy from the television and Tracy gives a copy of her book, which is signed to Gina for 99p less. Gina then lets Tracy tuck all the kids into their beds. When Tracy finally talks to Mike, he accidentally lets slip to Gina that Tracy was arrested. Gina is angry because of letting her put the kids to bed. Tracy talks to Mike about needing a job to prove that she will repay Cam and Mike gives her a job at the Dumping Ground. Gina doesn't like Tracy after she finds out she was put in jail. Gina is a bit wary of Tracy after she found out this. Debuts: Gina Conway, Liam O'Donavan, Frank Matthews, Sapphire Fox, Carmen Howle, Johnny Taylor, Tee Taylor, Toby Coleman, Gus Carmichael, Harry Jones, Lily Kettle, Rosie Kettle, Poppy Kettle Guest Appearance: Sgt. Nelson Central Character(s): Tracy Beaker
2	"New Life's Eve (Full Circle Part 2)"	Neasa Hardiman	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	8 January 2010 (2010-01-08)	1.2
Carmen Howle decides to move rooms to share with Lily Kettle, as she is Lily's new best friend, and the staff think it will be a good idea for Lily not to be on her own, as having a room-mate might stop her getting out of bed at night to sleep with her sisters. The idea was put forward by Tracy. Tracy eventually turns up for work an hour late. As soon as she arrives, she is asked to make Liam's bed, but is then plagued by Gus Carmichael to have a tour. Tracy leaves the bedding and goes on the tour with Gus. Later on in the episode, while looking for Liam's file, Tracy finds a letter from her birth mum which she has never seen before. She confronts Cam and Mike, who say they did it to protect her. A series of events occur after this to annoy Tracy, and she eventually quits the job after throwing plates onto the floor and breaking them. Feeling fed up, she goes to have a chat with Liam, who convinces her to ask for the job back. Mike gives her the position again and the episode ends with Tracy burning her Mum's letter, hoping for a fresh start. In this episode, Tracy made promises to the kids which she doesn't do. Note: This is the only episode of Series 1 not to have been broadcasted in HD, to this date, including Full Circle which was premiered in HD too. Central Character(s): Tracy Beaker
3	"Bad Luck Boy"	Neasa Hardiman	Jonathan Evans	15 January 2010 (2010-01-15)	1.3
Toby Coleman is convinced that his life is jinxed, inspiring Tracy to write a funny column called "Bad Luck Boy" commenting on his bad luck. He becomes the butt of everyone's jokes and Tracy finds out from Sapphire Fox that Toby's parents died in a car crash, as well as his foster parents and Tracy sets about making amends before he meets some prospective foster parents. Meanwhile, she clashes with Sapphire about tickets her father has sent her for a concert he's a roadie at. Mike and Gina won't let Sapphire go but Sapphire intends going anyway. When Toby sees the new foster parents' car arrive, Toby decides to run away. Tracy looks all over the house for him and finally finds him in the garden. Toby is upset because he doesn't want foster parents but wants his own parents instead. Toby is worried that his bad luck will strike again, as his last foster parents died. Tracy convinces Toby to go back to the Dumping Ground to meet the foster parents but decides once and for all that he wants to stay at the Dumping Ground with his friends rather than go with a new family. Guest Appearances: Mr and Mrs Scott Central Character(s): Toby Coleman
4	"By The Book"	Neasa Hardiman	Steven Turner	22 January 2010 (2010-01-22)	1.4
Tracy is told to enforce the cleaning rotas and. Believing it will help get him and Tee Taylor get fostered, Johnny Taylor starts volunteering himself and Tee for everyone's chores in return for gold stars in his file. Tracy feels Johnny is forcing Tee into doing all the house work. So she promises them gold stars no matter what they do. Tee forgets about Johnny and his chores and climbs the biggest tree in the garden trying to be like the young Tracy Beaker and gets stuck. When Tracy tells her to come down she can't so Johnny climbs up to help her but Tee falls, she narrowly escaped serious injury thanks to an intervention by Toby which is a bean bag. Tracy believes she'll get sacked but none of the kids have told Mike or Gina about the accident. She was very surprised at this. After Johnny's criticism to Tracy, she considers leaving and writes a letter of resignation and explains what had happened, but when she hears Tee and Johnny want a word so she tears up the note. Meanwhile, Liam and Frank Matthews try to make money by selling Tracy's books but the books end up being taken away by the recycling van to the recycling centre. Absent: Gus Carmichael Central Character(s): Johnny Taylor, Tee Taylor
5	"Family Values"	Craig Lines	James Nicol and Jonathan Wolfman	29 January 2010 (2010-01-29)	1.5
When Lily and her sisters get fostered, no one realises Carmen is really upset by this, but Tracy encourages her to play with someone else. Johnny says Tee should try and get fostered on her own but she takes it the wrong way. But the other kids have their own issues and don't want to play with Carmen, who becomes increasingly alienated and starts behaving deviously. Matters come to a head over lunch when she lambastes the people in the house, especially Tracy. That night, Carmen steals something precious from all the kids and barricades herself in her room with them. Tracy is let in to talk while the kids carry out a window assault using a ladder and water bombs which is lead by Liam. The attack is prevented, resulting in Gina getting soaked. Tracy comes to realise that Lily and her sisters had become like family to Carmen. She returns the kids' belongings and they come to realize Carmen wasn't thieving so much as reminding them what it's like to lose something precious. They let Carmen back into the fold with a game of cards. Guest Appearances:Matt Perry and Christy Perry Final Appearances:Poppy and Rosie Kettle (as main characters) Central Character(s): Carmen Howle
6	"Anarchy In The DG"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	5 February 2010 (2010-02-05)	1.6
While Gina is out, Tracy gets the all-night shift with Mike, who is ill and takes himself off to bed. Matters soon escalate out of Tracy's control as every kid gets increasingly hyperactive, driving Tracy mad with their own agendas. Things come to a head after Sapphire takes the bolt off the bathroom door while Gus urinates in her room and Frank and Liam are dragged back to the Dumping Ground by an angry man who caught them selling Tracy's uneaten pizzas door to door in a fake fund-raising scam. Tracy is convinced she'll get the sack as Gina arrives back, panicked by what Harry Jones told her on the phone. But she finds the kids tucked up in bed as they should be – Harry's story passed off as a bad dream which is told by Sapphire. Absent: Lily Kettle Central Character(s): Tracy Beaker
7	"Secrets"	Craig Lines	Emma Reeves	12 February 2010 (2010-02-12)	1.7
Tracy finds stolen video games in Sapphire's room and soon discovers they don't belong to her. Meanwhile, Liam and Frank find out that Gus's notebooks are filled with people's secrets, through which Liam, Frank, Gina and Mike find out a lot more about each other. Tracy then discovers that Sapphire's boyfriend Ferris has been stealing the goods and giving them to Sapphire to hide in her room, after Ferris tells Tracy what happened, Ferris decides to take back what he stole, they both go back to the Dumping Ground. Tracy calls the police to discuss her newspaper columns, Ferris gets the wrong idea when the police officer arrives at the Dumping Ground and Ferris tells the police officer that Sapphire stole the games. After much arguing, Ferris finally owns up to what he did and Ferris is taken away along with the evidence. Gus finally finds out that people have been reading his notebooks without his consent, but surprisingly says that they can look at it whenever they feel like, but with his permission first. Absent:Lily Kettle Guest Appearances: Sgt. Nelson and Ferris Lloyd Central Character(s): Sapphire Fox
8	"Sisters"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	19 February 2010 (2010-02-19)	1.8
Following an incident with her foster parents about the custody of Rosie and Poppy, Lily is sent back to the Dumping Ground. Tracy tries to show Matt and Christie Perry that Lily has learned her lesson, but Lily becomes maternal again and shouts at Matt and Christie for giving Poppy tuna. Meanwhile, Tee hides a sheep in the DG, and Gus is desperate to get to his orchestra audition on time. Tracy decides to take Lily to Rosie and Poppy's new home to try to get the foster parents to see that Lily wants to be a family, but this all goes wrong as Lily then shouts at the foster parents for giving Poppy tuna, which Lily says she doesn't like. Lily accidentally makes them cry and the foster parents tell Tracy and Lily to never return to their house. Finally, Gus gets to the audition on time, but is too late to start, so Tracy takes them back to the Dumping Ground where the people from the auditions come to the Dumping Ground to see Gus finally play. Meanwhile, Tee enlists Sapphire's help in acquiring a pet sheep, but soon realises it is too much for her. Absent: Cam Lawson and Liam O'Donovan Guest appearances: Matt Perry, Christie Perry, Poppy Kettle and Rosie Kettle Central Character(s): Lily Kettle
9	"Good Luck Boy"	Michael Davies	Emma Reeves	26 February 2010 (2010-02-26)	1.9 Code=1.9
Toby and all the other boys at the Dumping Ground have to lie about being a family when they win a free holiday to Florida, however, the competition announcer, Terrie, tricks them into buying the holiday with Mike's credit card. Meanwhile, Tracy is learning how to drive under Cam's guidance, and Carmen is determined to cheer Lily up so she decides to get her a hamster (Mr. Hamster) in order to make her happy again. Toby and the other boys decide that they have been scammed and they break into Terrie's office and Toby steals the memory stick with all Terrie's files on it about past client's information. Terrie chases after them but Toby phones Tracy while taking her driving test to drive them back to the Dumping Ground When they return, Mike has already discovered that they had used his credit card, Terrie follows them back to the house and orders Toby to give back the memory stick he stole and says it was his fault for telling them that he was over 18, but listening back on the phone conversation this turns out to be untrue and Terrie is finally defeated and gives back Mike's money. To make Toby happy about not winning the holiday, Lily and Carmen give the Hamster to him. Debut: Mr. Hamster Guest Appearances: Terrie Fender Central Character(s): Toby Coleman
10	"Viva Carmen"	Michael Davies	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	5 March 2010 (2010-03-05)	1.10
Carmen's mother Helen turns up at the Dumping Ground wanting to see her daughter but Carmen refuses to see her after many years ago, Helen Howle left Carmen for her boyfriend Lee. Helen tells Mike that she has changed her ways. After having a talk with Lily, Carmen decides to go out shopping with Helen. Helen asks Carmen to come and live with her in Spain, she gives Carmen some time to decide to take the offer or to leave it. Mike tells Carmen that she can go and live with Helen if she wants to. Meanwhile, Tracy, Mike and Gina trick the kids into thinking there's been a power cut, because there's been a lot of arguments, so they all have a barbecue as a family. Carmen decides that she should take the chance and go and live with her mother in Spain, before leaving, Helen's old boyfriend, Lee phones her and Helen tells Carmen that Lee and her have decided to give the relationship another go and that Carmen can come and live with them when they buy a bigger place. Carmen and Mike then order Helen to leave the Dumping Ground once and for all, but Tracy wants the last word and tells Helen that she has always been thinking of herself and that she is selfish and tells Helen to go back to Spain and never return back to the Dumping Ground. Absent: Cam Lawson Guest Appearances: Helen Howle Central Character(s): Carmen Howle
11	"The Werewolf"	Michael Davies	Steven Turner	12 March 2010 (2010-03-12)	1.11
When playing a simple game of Football, Carmen goes to fetch the ball which has been kicked into the bush, but then sees something that looks like a werewolf in the bush which makes her scream. Mike investigates the bush to see if anything is inside it, but finds nothing. Carmen insists that the monster is alive and is hiding somewhere. Sapphire later finds out that the "werewolf" is none other than Sapphire's brother Riff Fox who has run away from home to see her. Sapphire tries to hide Riff from everyone but all the kids expect from Carmen soon find out and they all decide to keep the secret from Gina and Mike. Carmen then spots Riff for a brief second and asks who it is but Sapphire tells her that it is a ghost that lives in the Dumping Ground so Carmen decides to lock herself in her room until everyone believes her stories are true. Riff decides to follow his heart and find his father, Sapphire tries to make him stay but ends up agreeing to go with him, but when Tracy spots them at the bus stop, Sapphire realizes that the Dumping Ground isn't all that bad. Riff decides to go back home but before he does he gives Sapphire his new phone and tells her to ring him at any time, just as they hug each other, Carmen walks downstairs and sees Riff for the first time and shouts "ghost!" thinking that he is still the ghost. Absent: Cam Lawson Guest Appearances: Riff Fox Central Character(s): Sapphire Fox, Carmen Howle
12	"A Day At The Beach"	Michael Davies	Jonathan Evans	19 March 2010 (2010-03-19)	1.12
A day at the beach becomes a journey beset with disasters. It starts with them sitting in a coach, and after moving 3 cm Tee Taylor throws up over the bus. Tracy cleans her up, but throws a sick cloth at Liam, and he gags. Later on, after Liam jokes about burying Frank in the sand, Tee announces she feels sick, and she throws up again in a bush, with Tracy beside her. Someone programs Mike's GPS to return to the Dumping Ground when they break off at a service station. Mike accidentally fills the van with diesel, or does he? It is revealed Johnny is the reason for all the problems, as when he was younger, he buried Tee in the sand whilst his mum went with her new found boyfriend and when the tide came in he couldn't get her out quick enough. he thought she was going to drown. However, They end up going to the beach and the episode ends with everyone smiling and eating fish and chips on the seafront. Tee was only sick because she was worried and that the last time she went to the seaside Johnny buried her in the sand and the tide came in and she nearly drowned. Absent: Cam Lawson Guest Appearance: Mr Hamster Central Character(s): Johnny Taylor
13	"Moving On"	Michael Davies	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	26 March 2010	1.13
Tracy is offered a job in London to become a full-time reporter but she has to write a test article on the kids in care. When she tells the kids, they lose their tempers and refuse to help her because they all want her to stay. Mike asks Cam to consider fostering one of the other kids if Tracy leaves but Cam says she can't if Tracy doesn't get the job because the kids won't co-operate. Johnny overhears this conversation and wants to be fostered by Cam so he and Tee help Tracy. Lily refuses to help as she thinks that if Tracy goes; then she can't get back with Poppy and Rosie. Johnny confronts Lily and tells her Tee will help Tracy Lily then comes back with 'You don't decide what Tee does' and then they argue until Johnny says 'Just cos' you lost your sister don't start poking your nose in with mine' Lily gets mad and starts hitting Johnny. But unlike in 'Drained' Where Johnny retaliates when Carmen attacks him, he doesn't lay a finger to Lily. Instead he looks really upset with what he's done. Eventually, every child helps Tracy in secrecy so no other children know. Tracy takes the article to the Editor who gives her the job. Surprisingly, Tracy turns down the job, claiming that the Dumping Ground is the place she wants to be, saying that she would miss the kids too much. Despite this, the article is published in the newspaper,and the kids realise they all helped, and Tracy is welcomed back to the Dumping Ground once more. Note: This episode was dedicated to the memory of Tommy Hair. Central Character(s): Tracy Beaker

Series 2 (2011)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code
1	"The Burnywood Menace (Fallen Part 1)"	Neasa Hardiman	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)	2.1
The council decide to close down the dumping ground. Meanwhile, Lily feels left out about the way Matt and Christie are caring for Poppy and Rosy . Back at the DG, Tracy holds a protest against the council, which means standing on the roof. Lily pays a visit to the DG, and Carmen asks Lily if Carmen could ever have a sleepover with Lily. Lily soon finds out that staying at the DG will destroy the counsil's idea. When Christie arrives, Lily flees to the rooftop were she is calmed down by Tracy. Soon, Tracy's grip of the chimney flees away when Lily falls of the roof, crashing onto the porch roof and falling onto the front gravel outside the door. Tracy watch's devastaditdly when Lily is taken to hospital. The protest has finished, (a big relief to Gina). Most of the children go to Burnywood, but Liam runs away. Guest appearances: Poppy Kettle,Leanne Spinks,Christie Perry,Rosie Kettle,Matt Perry Note: Fallen was not broadcasted in HD however The Burnywood Menace was the first of the two episodes to have been broadcasted in HD.
2	"Drained (Fallen Part 2)"	Neasa Hardiman	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	7 January 2011 (2011-01-07)	2.2
The episode begins with a homeless poor Liam begging for money outside of the dumping ground. The fight to save Mike's job is in action as the Dumping Ground re-opens and Mike is suspended due to investigation about Lily's fall from the roof. Lily successfully survives the fall and is moved out of hospital when Cam decides to foster Lily. When Gina arrives back to re-open the dumping ground, she is shocked to find Liam living there alone and happy. Tracy brings Lily back to the Dumping Ground for a visit and Lily tells Carmen and Sapphire (who now hate her for supposedly causing them to move to Burnywood) about Lily being fostered and Johnny accidentally overhears this and gets angry stating that Lily has stolen his and Tee's place from being fostered by Cam. Johnny accidentally throws a plastic ball at Carmen's face which was meant to hit Lily, Carmen gets angry and starts a fight with him. Mike is later taken into court for a hearing. Liam, Frank and Harry (soon followed by Tracy and Sapphire) run in and tell the chairmen that they (the chairmen) have no clue about what's best for the care home and for them too. Mike decides he's had enough and exits the room with all the kids thinking that it's all over and Tracy takes the kids back to the Dumping Ground. Mike later returns to the Dumping Ground to reveal that he has still got the job. Tee says that they are all finally back together but Gus states that Toby never returned to the Dumping Ground. Absent: Toby Coleman Guest Appearances: Leanne Spinks Note: Fallen wasn't broadcasted in HD however Drained was the second of the two episodes to have been broadcasted in HD.
3	"Crushed"	Neasa Hardiman	Jonathan Evans	14 January 2011 (2011-01-14)	2.3
When Lily moves into Cam's house, Tracy starts to feel jealous as she is used to having just the two of them together and now she feels Lily has all the attention. Tracy decides to get a night job at a cafe to put her mind elsewhere. Meanwhile, everyone at the Dumping Ground starts to have their doubts about Toby returning to the care home so everyone decides to take all of his stuff to keep. Also, Toby starts talking to a girl named Sara at the comic book store and realize that the two have very much in common but when Toby tells her that his parents are still alive, Sara tells Toby that her mother had died. Toby returns to the DG {short for the dumping ground} realizing everything he owned had gone, but Liam and Frank go to get his books back, Toby asks Liam for help about Sara in telling the truth about his parents. Meanwhile, Tracy decides it's the final straw when she discovers that the t-shirt she bought had been worn by Lily only to find out that Carmen had accidentally put paint on it. Toby gives Sara his old, rare comic book and tells her the truth about his parents, she is hurt by this and runs off home, but when Toby follows her, he discovers that she has been lying all along and that her mother is still alive, Tracy sees Frank, Liam and Toby in the cafe and decides to drive them home. Tracy finally comes to terms about Lily living with her and decides to be a proper sister to Lily. Guest Appearances: Sara
4	"Refugees"	Neasa Hardiman	Dawn Harrison	21 January 2011 (2011-01-21)	2.4
Two refugees named Ade and Dayo are left at the Dumping Ground and Gus tries to find out what their story is. Lily decides that she wants to visit the Dumping Ground and Tracy decides to bring Tee and Carmen back to her house to see her. The group start playing football with Ade and Dayo when they notice when Ade takes his shirt off to reveal that he has huge scratch marks on his back. Sapphire, Gus and Frank decide to find out more and Ade and Dayo reveals that their parents had been killed by men with guns and they both ran and hid in a rubbish dump. Tracy brings Tee and Carmen back to Cam's house and they all organise a fashion show. Mike receives a word from Immigration Control that they are coming to take the two boys away so Liam and the others decide to hide them in the attic. Mike doesn't know that the two boys are being hidden away so Tracy asks Sapphire to look after the girls while she goes and finds the two boys but when she returns to the Dumping Ground, the boys tell her that they have actually disappeared. Carmen and Tee make avocado face masks but the avocados are next to chili, which gets into their eyes. Carmen then stumbles whilst trying to get over to the kitchen table and accidentally knocks over a table with tea lights on it and starts a fire at the front of the flat which Sapphire later puts out. Tracy and the gang finally find Ade and Dayo in the rubbish bin and they are taken away to be adopted by a new family. Guest Appearances: Ade,Dayo and Mr Hamster
5	"Money"	Craig Lines	Emma Reeves	28 January 2011 (2011-01-28)	2.5
When a big bag of cash is dumped in the garden, Liam, Frank and Toby decide to hide it in their bedrooms but only to be found by Carmen and the rest who take a share of the money to hide in their rooms. Toby immediately points the finger at Seth, who is a new social worker. Seth then starts to act strangely towards Toby. Liam and Frank decide to spend their share of the money on a new television but end up running from security. Two police officers arrive at the Dumping Ground to search for the money but after searching the garden, the police officers find no trace of the money. Toby tells Johnny that he thinks that Seth is looking for the money and he wants it back, so Toby decides to follow Seth around and spy on him to get some evidence that he has stolen the money, when Seth leaves the room, Toby steals Seth's phone and Gus tells Tracy to meet Toby in the toy cupboard without telling Seth. Toby tells Tracy that Seth has text messages on his phone regarding to the money and Toby then shows Tracy the money but Tracy then witnesses Seth telling Toby to give his "stolen property" back so she pushes him onto the floor and they lock him in the basement. Tracy shows the stolen money to Mike and Gina who tell them to give it in to the police, which they all agree on. Toby gives it to the two police officers who turn out to be the actual thieves who stole the money in the first place, but Gus gets their car registration (indicating that they were caught). It is then revealed when Tracy lets Seth out the basement that he is in a band and the "stolen property" is a guitar that has gone missing and someone has told him that a couple of kids had stolen it. Liam holds some money back to give to Frank so he can get a gift for his granddad. The moral for this is very important. Debut:Seth Absent: Cam Lawson Note: When Liam and Frank are in the television store an episode of the story of Tracy Beaker is playing on a television behind them.
6	"Elektra"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer and Ben Ward	4 February 2011 (2011-02-04)	2.6
A new girl called Elektra Cal Clock arrives and attacks Liam, but once re-trying she instantly makes an impression on members of the Dumping Ground. But she ends up stealing and threatening to do something to the kids if they tell the adults what she has done. After she becomes the most popular person there, she tries to steal even more money and possessions by starting a gang (SETA). Tracy and Sapphire accidentally use the pasta sauce for the curry and then go out shopping for food. They go and have sausages and then they find out that they have no money for a bus ride home. Then they try to run, but Sapphire's bag gets caught in the bench and they are caught and have to dress up as sausages. They find Liam and notice that their clothes are not there, and then take the bus home still dressed as sausages. When they arrive, Tracy explains what happened in the office to Mike and Gina, and they start to laugh. Then Liam comes in with their clothes. Harry sees Elektra and her gang stealing, and so Elektra tells Harry not to tell anyone what happened. She cuts off Jeff's leg and threatens to cut of his head if he tells. Liam then tricks Elektra into telling Tracy what she did. But as they are going to see Mike, Sapphire finds out what Elektra did to Jeff and storms out Harry's room and attacks Elektra before Mike splits them up. Sapphire then stomps into her room with Jeff, to sew his leg back on. Elektra then packs her bags and is about to leave when Mike confronts her and says she will be given a second chance. Debut: Elektra Absent: Cam Lawson,Seth,Lily Kettle (although she was credited)
7	"What You Don't Know"	Craig Lines	Emma Reeves	11 February 2011 (2011-02-11)	2.7
The Dumping Ground residents are waiting for the return of Johnny and Tee after being fostered. The foster parents loved Tee but thought Johnny was very controlling and could be very moody. They only want to foster Tee but the Dumping Ground has a strict policy about not splitting up siblings. Elektra overhears Tracy telling Seth about Johnny and Tee, Elektra gives Johnny a hint about why they were sent back and this makes him very curious. It turns out that Tee borrowed a precious bracelet from her possible foster sister Hannah then forgot to give it back. This makes Johnny extremely angry with Tee as he is convinced that this is why they were sent back. Seth finds Tee crying in the toy cupboard. He knows that he can't tell Tee the reason they were sent back but to make her feel better he tells her that it definitely wasn't her fault. She immediately cheers up and tells Johnny that is wasn't her. Elektra and Johnny both find out why they weren't fostered and confronts Tracy. He starts again convincing Tee to get fostered on her own, with the help of Lily and Carmen. She agrees only because it's what Johnny wants. He promises to visit her and call her every day. One day when she is talking over the phone to Johnny, 'Mr. Watson' (Tee's foster father) asks to speak to him. He asks Johnny why he calls Tee so much and he is truthful in saying that he promised Tee that he would. Mr. Watson tells Johnny to stop calling Tee as it will make her want to return to the Dumping Ground. Mr. Watson doesn't tell Mrs. Watson what he has done and he doesn't tell Tee or Hannah either. Johnny doesn't like not being allowed to contact Tee but agrees because he thinks it is best for her. Tee tries to phone Johnny 29 times but he doesn't pick up because of what Mr. Watson said. She calls Tracy instead and tells her about trying to phone Johnny and also about going bowling that night. Tracy decides do go to the same bowling alley that night. They have the lane next to Tee. Johnny refuses to play, and Tee asks where Johnny is. Hannah says Tee doesn't need Johnny, and Mr Watson eventually tells Tee what he did. She finds Johnny and then tells him that she wants to go back to the Dumping Ground. The Watsons are against the idea of Tee returning but eventually decide to let her. As a sideplot, Carmen and Lily tease Tracy about crushing on Seth. At the end he decides to quit and asks Tracy to tour with him. After Tracy declines this offer, She then kisses Seth and walks off with Toby. Final appearance: Seth (as a main character) Absent: Cam Lawson Guest Appearances: Mr Watson, Hannah Watson, Mrs Watson
8	"A Day In The Country"	Craig Lines	Jonathan Evans	18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)	2.8
Mike and Gina have planned the weekend in the countryside to perfection. That is, until Gina twists her ankle and can't join in with the activities. While Liam and Elektra tease each other about who is going to win, Tracy is made the new leader of Gina's team, with the other leader of the other team being Mike. Feeling that Tracy and Harry are slowing down the team's chances of winning (what Liam and Elektra think this trip is all about), Elektra changes the direction from right to left, so that Tracy ends up leading their team the wrong way. Elektra then sets off with Toby and Carmen, after telling Tracy that she can't lead them anywhere. Taking the map off Tracy, Elektra finds a shortcut, and when pressuring Carmen to cross it causes Carmen to nearly fall off a bridge into the deep river. Luckily, Tracy hears Carmen's screams and saves her. After this, Elektra saves Harry from an Adder. Meanwhile, Liam and Johnny get lost after finding a dog - until Mike eventually finds them. When both the teams eventually arrive back at the camp, Carmen tells Mike and Gina about her near death experience and grasses up Elektra. Elektra gets angry and upset. Carmen tells them that Elektra deliberately sabotaged the trip and changed the map, and then eventually Elektra screams at Mike shouting "You put us into teams, what did you expect?!". She storms into her tent. Tracy then calls her back and says "Nobody gets left behind" so she comes outside for a photograph with the rest of the gang. Absent: Cam Lawson
9	"The Scare Game"	Michael Davies	Elly Brewer	25 February 2011 (2011-02-25)	2.9
Tracy takes Lily out shopping, but unexpectedly Lily's Dad shows up to say sorry. Tracy feels sorry for Lily as she had not being paying attention to her before. Lily wants to get some answers from him, so she and Sapphire follow him to his hotel without telling Tracy. Lily then reveals that she wants to stay with her dad, so she runs away and calls him to pick her up. Lily's dad calls Mike and Gina, and says that he wants to do the right thing, as he wants her back, but he just isn't ready. Tracy is upset about this, as she loves Lily as her little sister, but Cam says that both of them never really had her, and that they are just giving her back. Meanwhile, Liam, Frank, Toby, Carmen and Tee are trying to scare each other, but they always end up scaring someone else, including Mike and Gina. In the end, Mike and Gina give them a fright. Absent: Harry Jones Guest Appearances: Steve Kettle
10	"Out Of Control"	Michael Davies	Dave Ingham	4 March 2011 (2011-03-04)	2.10
Liam and Frank are out and Liam starts 'messsing around' on a mobility scooter and gets caught. Liam has to go to court and is told that his punishment is 7 days work in an old peoples home. He is lucky he didn't have a more serious punishment and so agree's to do it. Then he realises which old people he is helping, Spooner, the man who's scooter he used. They realises he has more in common than they thought and Liam tries to help Spooner as he is being scammed by the man who sells him his scooters. Liam gets the evidence he has been waiting for, and Spooner gives him one of his old war medals. Meanwhile everyone at the dumping ground are joking about Gus' date, Jenny.
11	"Snake Bite"	Michael Davies	Dystin Johnson	11 March 2011 (2011-03-11)	2.11
Elektra's old friend Kali turns up, and it seems she and Elektra were in a gang called Cobras who weren't very nice and Kali went to prison. She turns up seeming genuine and sorry, winning over Mike and Tracy. But when she and Elektra sneak out, Kali seems like she is back to her old tricks with a gang of new Cobra members. Kali persuades Elektra to run away with her and the gang so Elektra goes to pack her things. Toby tries to stop her but she goes anyway. Toby goes after her and tries to stop her one more time but she refuses and says that she doesn't belong at the Dumping Ground so leaves with Kali, but realises the other Cobras are missing. She finds them having mugged Toby and demands that they give his things back so they give them back and Toby runs away. A distressed Toby runs into Tracy and breaks down crying. Elektra stands up to the Cobras and realises that Kali hasn't changed at all, and realises that she herself has changed so leaves Kali and goes back to the Dumping Ground. Toby tells Tracy about what happened. Elektra turns up and says that she is sorry, though it is discovered that she might not be able to stay for much longer. Meanwhile, Gina is preparing for a dance night, but finds that her dancing is being mocked by the children so decides not to go. She tells Mike she'll just tell her husband she 'Hurt her knee', so she doesn't have to go. In apology, the kids try to make it up to her by dressing as chickens and Tee and Carmen dressing as men, Liam, Frank and Johnny dressing up as women and singing her a song (The Gina Song - Gina, your fantastical, your smile's inter-galactical, Gina, you dance, just like, a dream)! But when they ask her to properly teach them, she decides that she will go the competition after all. Gina comes back upset because her husband said he 'Hurt his knee', so she discovers he was just as nervous as he was. Tracy and the gang organise a special dance in the living room, to make up. Absent: Cam Lawson, Lily Kettle Guest Appearances: Kali
12	"Grandad"	Sarah Belair	Jothan Reeds	18 March 2011 (2011-03-18)	2.12
Frank is ready to go fishing with his granddad when he learns that his granddad died nearly a week earlier and the funeral has already been held. At his granddad's grave, Frank vows to get him a headstone and to get money, sells his only heirloom – the antique pocket watch his granddad gave him – to an antiques dealer. When Frank returns with the money he gets more bad news: his granddad is buried in a multi-occupancy pauper's grave and isn't allowed a headstone. Tracy buys an old car and gives Frank and Liam a lift to buy the watch back. But the antiques dealer has earmarked the pocket watch for another customer at a vast mark-up and won't sell it back. Until Tracy comes up with a cunning plan to make her part with the heirloom - she sells her car to Xanthe who sees the plate. She doesn't think it will be worth much, but after selling it, she realises that the number plate (XANTHE) was personalised, and the car number plate was worth about £7,500,000! Liam, Tracy and Frank watch Xanthe drive off while their left with the few money they got from selling the car. The Dumping Ground residents come together and surprise Frank with a special gift in memory of his granddad. Meanwhile Liam and Elektra play pranks on each other, but what message are they trying to get across? Is Liam falling for a dangerous Elektra? Absent: Lily Kettle Guest Appearances: Xanthe
13	"Chain Reaction"	Michael Davies	Dystin Johnson	25 March 2011	2.13
When Cam goes to New York for six weeks, Tracy is finding it hard to live alone. Cam is offered a six month contract over in New York. Meanwhile a friendship blossoms between Carmen and Elektra, but is soon ruined when Lily returns from her dad's for some respite care. Jealous Elektra begins to bully Carmen, and realises just how lonely she is due to her bad image, can someone help? Tracy later phones Seth and takes him up on his offer of travelling with him (What he asked Tracy before leaving in episode 7), but Seth reveals he has a new girlfriend. More trouble comes the Dumping Ground's way when Tracy becomes so stressed out she has a panic attack in front of the kids.After the panic attack the kids are worried and upset and they do not know what to do, just like Tracy! But when a familiar face returns, and gives Tracy some well needed advice, Tracy is soon ready to face the future again.Following this Lily Kettle and the rest of the dumping ground kids throw Tracy a party, during which Seth arrives and apologises to Tracy. Guest appearance: Seth Final appearance: Toby Coleman (until Series 3, Episode 12)

Series 3 (2012)

#	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original airdate	Prod. code
1	"The Visitors (Slow Burn - Part 1)"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer and Emma Reeves	(CBBC) 6th January 2012 (BBC HD) 15 January 2012	3.1
When a fire breaks out in Burnywood, four young children and their mysterious care worker- Dennis Stockle arrive at the Dumping Ground. Carmen recognises Tyler from her time at Burnywood, the trouble-maker who stole her clothes, she wants revenge. Meanwhile, Tracy tries to resolve shy girl Kitty out of her shell. After bringing her to her braveness, Kitty pushes Tracy down the stairs, leaving Tracy to go to the hospital. Mike and Gina hold a meeting about Tracy's fall, and Kitty takes the credit. She is forced to her room.Later on Gus and Tracy find out that it was actually Lizanne who started the fire by leaving her straighteners on in the living room by accident. Debut: Lauren Mote as Lizanne, Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis, Eleni Foskett as Kitty, Daniel Pearson Pearson as Rick Barber and James Gaddas as Dennis Stockle Note: Sapphire Fox is now a visitor to the DG so she is a recurring character.
2	"Firestarter (Slow Burn - Part 2)"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer and Emma Reeves	(CBBC) 6 January 2012 (BBC HD) 22 January 2012	3.2
There is a fire in the attic. Dennis blames Harry who has built a den up there out of Sapphire's discarded junk. Refusing to see the Burnywood fire and this one as a coincidence, Tracy and Gus break into the sealed off attic to get forensic evidence. Just as they find some discarded cigarette butts, Gus falls through the burned floor onto Carmen's bed. Dennis blames Tracy for Gus' fall and sacks her . He tells her he wants her to get out in the next hour, but the children want her to stay. After she exits the Dumping Ground a packet of cigarettes gets thrown from Rick's window. She goes back in and shows the box to Rick. Once again, she exits but Rick follows her. He tells her about the fire at Burnywood and who starts it. Meanwhile, Lizanne and Frank are looking at photos of Tracy. Lizanne gets told that she was seen in the garden carrying a burning pillow. She tells Tracy and Gus the whole story of how the Burnywood fire started. Tracy runs out when she hears Dennis. Dennis goes out into the garden to have a cigarrete but is caught on film. Lizanne has a phone call about her mum leaving hospital. Tracy and Gus show Mike and Gina the video and they all confront Dennis. The episode ends when they break all the locks and chains off. Final appearances:Lauren Mote as Lizanne and James Gaddas as Dennis Stockle
3	"Shadows"	Craig Lines	Steve Turner	(CBBC) 13 January 2012 (BBC HD) 29 January 2012	3.3
Tracy's ability to conquer fear is tested when a storm knocks out the electricity and phone line at the DG, leaving Carmen worried about an escaped prisoner on the loose. Looking after the YP on her own, Tracy gets them telling each other scary stories. Tyler's story frightens Johnny giving everyone a good laugh at Johnny's expense. Meanwhile, Tee sets about solving an old riddle she finds in the junk cupboard, but the solutions only lead to more hidden riddles. After Tracy locks up and everyone is in bed, Liam and Frank find the front door open. Fearing someone has come in, Tracy instigates a search. No one is found. Later, Carmen thinks she sees a stranger and screams. It is put down to imagination but Gus wakes up to find his room has been disturbed. It turns out that some of it was Johnny, some of it was Seth and the rest was an escaped prisoner that handed himself in. The YP heard on the radio that the criminal had found shelter in a big house that night (at the DG) and the next day had gone back to the police station. Johnny told Seth and Tracy that he had spent years fitting in but Tyler had only been there a few days and was popular. Seth then comforts him by saying we're all different and we are who we are. Absent:Daniel Pearson as Rick Barber and Lisa Coleman as Cam Lawson Guest Appearance: Ashley Taylor-Rhys as Seth Note:Jessie Williams as Lily was credited as Lilly, The Time Capsula that a young Tracy Beaker buried is seen in the Story of Tracy Beaker episode, Time Capsule.
4	"Big Brother"	Craig Lines	Dave Ingham	(CBBC) 20 January 2012 (BBC HD) 5 February 2012	3.4
Liam gets scammed with some pirate DVDs and wrecks the stall where he bought them. Fleeing, he bumps into a woman who thinks he is a mugger. The stallholders leave him to get arrested and Liam is punished with a curfew and electronic tag - if the alarm goes off three times Liam will go to a youth offenders' institute. Liam is angry that Mike doesn't believe he is innocent, and Elektra wants her DVD money back. A frustrated Liam tries to saw off his tag and make an escape, but Tracy arrives with a letter from someone called Jack who claims to be Liam's brother. A shell-shocked Liam doesn't want to meet him. Nor does he want Mike to know about the letter. So Tracy and Frank go to meet Jack insead. When at the coffee shop, where Tracy and Frank are supposed to be meeting Jack, they engage in conversation and Jack reveals that he was the person who sold Liam the pirate DVDs, and that he saw Liam get arrested, though he didn't know who he was at the time. The first time his tag goes off is when he is playing football and doesn't know it was more than 30 metres surrounding the house. The second is when Elektra's failure to get her money back from Liam culminates in her moving the entire contents of his bedroom out into the garden - beyond the perimeter of his tag. He jumps over the banner made by Gus and jumps onto his bed. When Liam finds out who Jack is, he angrily confronts him, asking him whether he enjoyed seeing his own brother get arrested. Jack responds saying he had no choice, but Liam tells him that there is always a choice. When at the police station (because Liam broke his curfew for the third time to go and see Jack), Jack reveals he is actually an undercover cop, who was trying to bring down a piracy ring. He further explains that he wanted to testify at court, but it would've blown his cover. He then tells Liam he wants him to come and live with him, but Liam says he needs some time to think. In the end, Liam decides to go and live with his brother. The YP throw a party for him. Liam then gets Tracy's attack of 'hayfever' and he has tears in his eyes. He says he will stay in touch and visit sometimes. It is unknown if he will keep his promise. Guest appearance: Jack O'Donovan Absent: Daniel Pearson as Rick Barber and Lisa Coleman as Cam Lawson Note: Liam has left the DG so is now a recurring character. Jessie Williams as Lily Kettle was not credited although she appeared. In the article that Liam reads about when he was first found, it says 'Head nurse Josephine Ward...'. Josephine Ward is the Executive Producer of the show.
5	"Belonging"	Michael Davies	Dawn Harrison	(CBBC) 27 January 2012 (BBC HD) 12 February 2012	3.5
Hoping to re-unite the family, Lily has coached her dad Steve in all things Poppy and Rosie in readiness for his first meeting with them. But, having no memory of their dad, Poppy and Rosie run out crying. Convinced Steve would do better without official interference, Carmen and Tee help Lily plot a second meeting between Lily and her sisters - without telling anyone her dad will be there too. Tracy is persuaded to take the girls to the park. Meanwhile, Frank secretly adopts a three-legged dog that follows him back to the DG. The YP call it Shadow. When the dog pees in his bedroom and gives him fleas, Frank takes it to Sapphire who refuses to adopt it. To make sure the family reunion in the park goes as she wants, Lily loads her dad up with games, sweets and cakes, does his hair and restyles his clothes. Shadow is the perfect final touch. Tracy is angry when she sees Steve but gives in to Lily's emotional pleading. Steve isn't used to looking after small kids and lets them eat too much cake. Poppy is sick, Steve gets knocked out by the swing and Shadow runs away. Mike and the sisters' foster parents are furious with Lily and especially Tracy for letting the meeting happen, and to make matters worse, Frank finds out Shadow has been taken to the animal shelter and will get put down if he isn't rescued. The DG kids persuade Mike and Gina into adopting Shadow, and they agree to adopt Shadow. Gina then gets a phone call from the animal shelter, and find out that they can't adopt Shadow as they are not what the shelter calls 'a family'. In the end, Steve and Lily decide to look after Shadow instead. Absent: Daniel Pearson as Rick Barber. Guest appearances: Ben Cartwight as Steve Kettle, Saffron Coomber as Sapphire Fox, Chris Robson as Matt Perry, Vicky Hall as Christie Perry, Neil Armstrong as Rob, Millie Redfearn as Rosie Kettle & Katie Anderson as Poppy Kettle. Connie as Shadow the dog.
6	"Eggs"	Michael Davies	Dystin Johnson	(CBBC) 3 February 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.6
The YP want a new computer but Mike will not get one until they prove they can look after their things. So Tracy sets an 'egg sitting' challenge; the YP team up in pairs to look after an egg without smashing it. Meanwhile, Sapphire tells Harry, who is visiting her at her flat with Carmen and Tracy, that she is not his mum and he has to get used to her not being at the dumping ground. Carmen offers to be his mum instead and back at the DG they team up for the egg challenge. Harry soon asks why he and Jeff can't go back and live with his real mother and Tracy explains that his mother used to hurt him Tee and Frank treat their egg like a baby, Johnny and Elektra cannot be bothered and Gus hates Tyler's jokey attitude, wanting to look after the egg himself. Carmen treats Harry like a toy and when Rick arrives back from a failed foster placement, she is distracted by him, neglecting Harry who smashes the egg and runs off to find his way back to Sapphire's. He gets lost and attaches himself to a young mother. The police are called and Sapphire goes out looking for him. Mistaking Sapphire for family, the young mother berates her for abandoning Harry. Sapphire takes Harry back to the DG, announcing she is moving back in to look after him. But she is out of the system now as she is over age and it is not allowed. Tracy, Gina, Mike, Carmen and Sapphire help Harry understand they are all his mother figures at the Dumping Ground. Carmen, filled with guilt, realises she treated Harry just like her own mother treated her and becomes very upset. Meanwhile, each egg gets smashed. Johnny and Elektra sell the others new eggs that they have bought but Tracy has marked the eggs with pencil lines so that she knows that they have swapped them. There will be no new computer after all and Harry wants a mother. Cam also returns home from America and Tracy realises how grateful she is for her.At the beginning of the episode Carmen and Rick were seen to be flirting a little bit but then bring it out as friendship but then Rick breaks that frindship. after he apologises but Carmen shut's him up by saying "Rick get over yourself..."
7	"Justine Littlewood Returns"	Michael Davies	Emma Reeves	(CBBC) 10 February 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.7
Justine Littlewood, Tracy's arch enemy from her time in care, arrives at the Dumping Ground, wanting Mike to give her away at her wedding as she is marrying Charlie who Rick thinks he is a scammerbut what will be the outcome when Tracy realises her fiance is a sleazy conman who ends up running into Rick, but bribes him to keep his mouth shut; with a new computer, which everyone was trying to get in episode 6, eggs. (above) Justine arrives in shock that after years of wanting to leave , Tracy actually works where they both grew up. After asking Mike if he can give Justine away at the wedding, Mike asks why her real dad can't , she responds saying "You were my dad while he wasn't, and generally, I feel you were a better dad to me than my dad could ever be." He accepts. All the kids come in, and are judging her by what Tracy said in her book. They quickly change their mind as she is being nice. Tracy gets jealous, tries to compete with Justine- using Seth, whilst Seth thinks Tracy is being serious, she later admits she was putting the boyfriend act on. Everyone thinks it might have acctually been Tracy who was the mean one, so all go against her. Carmen asks Justine what it was like when Tracy ate the worm, and Justine lies, telling her that Tracy didn't do it. Tracy and Justine go out to the garden in a fight. The kids surround them. Tracy says: "Oh come on, you know I ate that worm!" Tracy is determind to prove it. Justine picks up a worm, and dares her to eat it all over again so Tracy eats the worm and the YP laugh at her but then Tracy throws up. In the midsts of all the commotion, there is talk of Justine even fostering Carmen, but when Charlie's true colours come out, she immediately dumps him and leaves Carmen heartbroken. Tracy visits Seth's house to apologize, he accepts, they kiss and she realizes she wants him in her life. Tracy and Justine leave on good terms when Justines says that her own job makes money, but Tracy's job changes lives. Debut:Montanna Thompson as Justine Littlewood Guest:Ashley Taylor-Rhys as Seth Note: Justine works for 'Wolfman and Cronk' which is a fictional company based on the names of Jonathan Wolfman (writer) and Gina Cronk (producer).
8	"Reward"	Craig Lines	Jonathan Evans	(CBBC) 17 February 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.8
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9	"Summer Holiday"	Michael Davies	Emma Reeves	(CBBC) 24 February 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.9
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10	"TBC"	TBC	TBC	(CBBC) 2 March 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.10
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11	"TBC"	TBC	TBC	(CBBC) 9 March 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.11
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12	"TBC"	TBC	TBC	(CBBC) 16 March 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.12
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13	"TBC"	TBC	TBC	(CBBC) 23 March 2012 (BBC HD) TBC	3.13
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