
About this season
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 she goes.
Episodes (22)
1. Return to Sender
Aired 5 October 2004 • 15 min
Tracy's now living with Cam, and just around the corner at the new location of the Dumping Ground (from Stowey House to Cliffside) is the arrival of the Wellards. They guarantee it won't be a smooth move. But Tracy Beaker's taken back to save the day!
2. Bouncer vs. Lol
Aired 7 October 2004 • 15 min
It's Bouncer's birthday, but he is not telling Lol he's leaving – so how will he react?
3. In With The Wellards
Aired 10 July 2004 • 15 min
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.
4. Meet The Parent
Aired 10 July 2004 • 15 min
Cam's mother comes to stay, and she turns out not to be as bad as Tracy originally thought. Meanwhile, when Chantal laments the lack of real men at the Dumping Ground, Duke and Bouncer set out to prove they're good at all the things a stereotypical man is good at, but they get nowhere. Eventually, they set out to show Chantal that a real man is true to himself.
5. Single White Female
Aired 17 July 2004 • 15 min
It's time for fun & games as the kids try to get what they want from new careworker Kez.
6. Can't Buy Me Love
Aired 17 July 2004 • 15 min
Tracy and Crash do Cam's food shop, but break the shopping list Cam gave her and spend the shopping money for things Tracy wants, like about fifty boxes of turkey nuggets, and various gadgets. Meanwhile, at the dumping-ground, Layla comes up with her own money-making scam – doing other residents' homework for them (charging fifty pence a sheet). But when Roxy grasses Layla up to Sid, the game's up. And Layla has to clean Roxy's room as punishment.
7. Life is a Cabaret
Aired 24 July 2004 • 15 min
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
8. Temper, Temper!
Aired 24 July 2004 • 15 min
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...
9. Love and War
Aired 31 July 2004 • 15 min
Bouncer has feelings over careworker Jane but the Wellards try their hardest to foil his plans to show his affection. Meanwhile, Hayley suspects that Duke is plotting to poison all the kids with a batch of special soup, that includes a sinister ingredient!
10. Beam Me Up, Scottie
Aired 31 July 2004 • 15 min
Hayley's gone to live with Mark and Helen, and Layla is upset because Hayley never told her she would be leaving that day. Meanwhile, Elaine has been pulling out all the stops to find a perfect foster family for Marco.
11. Testing Times
Aired 7 August 2004 • 15 min
An Inspector comes to the Dumping Ground and isn't pleased in what he sees at the start.
12. Best of Enemies
Aired 7 August 2004 • 15 min
Tracy bumps into her old Dumping Ground enemy, Justine Littlewood, and they later realise they've both been duped/bribed into helping Elaine portray herself as some sort of 'super-careworker' to a journalist at a hotel function. Meanwhile, Lol sets up a show like "The Jeremy Kyle Show" when Chantal tries on Crash's parents' wedding ring without his permission.
13. The Finishing Line
Aired 14 August 2004 • 15 min
Jackie's grandfather dies and she is having doubts about her future without him.
14. Dear Dad
Aired 14 August 2004 • 15 min
Rio and Crash fall out over a game, Rio finds out about Crash's dad and decides to make up lies about his father.
15. Democracy
Aired 21 August 2004 • 15 min
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.
16. The Snake
Aired 21 August 2004 • 15 min
Rio's secret pet snake goes missing, but will he find it? Meanwhile, the Plakova boys try to restore Sid's sense of humour, not really to much avail. **WARNING** End scenes may prove scary for younger viewers...
17. Rebel Without a Clue
Aired 28 August 2004 • 15 min
A new care worker arrives unannounced at the Dumping Ground – could she be better than Sid?
18. The Long Run
Aired 28 August 2004 • 15 min
Jackie receives an important letter for a Sports Academy, but will she take it? Meanwhile, after seeing Tracy flash the cash, the rest of the Dumping Ground kids try to sweet-talk a couple from an old folks home into parting with their cash...
19. Independence Day
Aired 7 October 2004 • 15 min
Bouncer moves ever closer to the big shift from Dumping Ground to Halfway House. Meanwhile, will new boy Wolfie settle in with the other kids, or even sleep in the house?
20. The Beaker Witch Project
Aired 9 October 2004 • 15 min
Tracy Beaker's very own 'The Blair Witch Project'. Things go 'bump' in the night.
21. Roxy the Rock
Aired 14 November 2004 • 15 min
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'.
22. We're off the Map Now
Aired 16 November 2004 • 15 min
The kids at the Dumping Ground have planned to meet Tracy and Cam at Carters Woods for Jackie and Bouncers last day. At the end of this episode, a big surprise is waiting for Tracy and Cam.