Tracy Beaker Survival Files

Tracy Beaker Survival Files
Title card
Genre	Children Comedy-drama
Created by	Neasa Hardiman
Starring	Dani Harmer
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	John Piper
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBBC
Release	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16) – 6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)
Related
The Story of Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker Returns The Dumping Ground

The Tracy Beaker Survival Files was a CBBC miniseries where Tracy Beaker, portrayed by Dani Harmer, gives advice on falling out with mates, romance, keeping secrets and much more through her video blog. Only clips of series 1 and 2 of Tracy Beaker Returns were shown and various clips from The Story of Tracy Beaker.

The series begins with Tracy's advice on falling out. The kids in the Dumping Ground give their opinions, as well as the care-workers, Mike and Gina, who cast an adult perspective over the situations.

The show was filmed concurrently with Tracy Beaker Returns Series 3. The writer was Emma Reeves and the director was Pip Banyard.

Credited characters

Character	Portrayed by	Overview
Tracy Beaker	Dani Harmer	She is the presenter and is in every episode. She is also in a lot of the clips.
Sapphire	Saffron Coomber	Gives her opinion on some of the things Tracy talks about. She is in episodes 1, 2, 5 and 6.
Carmen	Amy-Leigh Hickman	She gives her opinion on some of Tracy's points. She is in episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 12.
Tee	Mia McKenna-Bruce	She gives her opinion and answers some of Tracy's questions. She is in episodes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8.
Johnny	Joey Jaimie Maw	He gives his opinion on what Tracy says and answers her questions. He is in episodes 1, 3, 4, 7 and 8.
Harry	Philip Graham Scott	He gives his opinion and answers Tracy's questions. He is only in episode 1.
Mike	Connor Byrne	Mike gives his view on things Tracy says but he is able to say more as he knew Tracy when she was young and is able to talk about things from her past (The Story of Tracy Beaker). He is in episodes 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Gina	Kay Purcell	Gina gives her views from an adult's perspective, which is often very different from the kids' views. She is in episodes 2,3,4,5,6 and 13.
Gus	Noah Marullo	Gus gives a very direct view on everything. He is in episodes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Elektra	Jessica Revell	Elektra can be quite moody so often Tracy doesn't get much out of her.
Lily	Jessie Williams	Lily gives her views and answers Tracy's questions, often she includes her two sisters, Poppy and Rosie, in her comments. She is in episodes 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 12.
Liam	Richard Wisker	Liam, having been in care all his life, gives fairly frank opinions. He is in episodes 2,3,4 and 7.
Cam	Lisa Coleman	Cam has known Tracy from when she was 10 and has been through the thick and thin with her so she is able to comment about her past as well as her present and being an adult she has gone through it all herself already. (The Story of Tracy Beaker) She is only in episode 1 and 6.
Frank	Chris Slater	Frank is only shown in some clips due to his cerebral palsy.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Falling Out"	TBA	TBA	16 December 2011 (2011-12-16)
2	"Romance"	TBA	TBA	17 December 2011 (2011-12-17)
3	"Persuasion"	TBA	TBA	18 December 2011 (2011-12-18)
4	"Anger"	TBA	TBA	19 December 2011 (2011-12-19)
5	"Fear"	TBA	TBA	20 December 2011 (2011-12-20)
6	"Rules"	TBA	TBA	21 December 2011 (2011-12-21)
7	"Doing the Right Thing"	TBA	TBA	22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)
8	"Siblings"	TBA	TBA	23 December 2011 (2011-12-23)
9	"Responsibility"	TBA	TBA	2 January 2012 (2012-01-02)
10	"Lies"	TBA	TBA	3 January 2012 (2012-01-03)
11	"First Impressions"	TBA	TBA	4 January 2012 (2012-01-04)
12	"Secrets"	TBA	TBA	5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
13	"Goodbyes"	TBA	TBA	6 January 2012 (2012-01-06)

External links

• Tracy Beaker Survival Files at BBC
• Tracy Beaker Survival Files at IMDb