Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me
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Tracy Beaker: The Movie of Me is a 2004
69 minute feature length
film. It is the only Tracy Beaker episode
television movie and aired on the BBC
.
) turns up to claim her?
Cam eventually fosters Tracy but not everything goes as planned. Cam takes Tracy back to the care home. Tracy's mum turns up and takes her out. They become close but then Tracy's mum finds out Cam used to be Tracy's foster mum and feels hurt and drives away in a taxi. Tracy decides to look for her along with Crash who travels to Hopesten. They find her filming a scene on a film set, although Carly reveals that she is a stunt double
and not an actress. Tracy's mum tells her to wait at her hotel but lets her down again. Cam and Tracy go to the nightclub where Carly is. Carly tells Tracy that she is moving to Hollywood to pursue her work and that she will come to collect Tracy in due course. However, Carly asks her if Cam can foster Tracy. She hands over Tracy and tells Cam to keep care of her. Then Keisha White
performs "Someday". This is also the first time you get a hint that Crash and Tracy are becoming more than just friends.
During the end credits, Hayley meets Mark and Helen, her future foster parents, for the first time.
2004 in film
The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...
69 minute feature length
Feature film
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film. It is the only Tracy Beaker episode
The Story of Tracy Beaker (TV series)
The Story of Tracy Beaker was a television programme adapted from the book of the same name by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on CBBC for five series, from 2002 to 2006 and also contained a feature length episode, Tracy Beaker's Movie of Me, broadcast in 2004, as well as a week of interactive episodes...
television movie and aired on the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
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Background information
Tracy Beaker is a curly haired 12-year-old with a short fuse and a wild imagination. A care home kid for years, she's lovable but demanding and has left a trail of baffled and broken foster carers behind her. Then Tracy meets Cam Lawson - a single woman and very unpromising mother material - and makes her fall in love with her indomitable attitude. Tracy has become good at re-shaping the world in her fantasies. Her real mum (Carly) cannot come to visit her in the care home that she has christened `The Dumping Ground` because of her glamorous career as a Hollywood actress. This dream has been her comfort blanket and even when Cam offers to love her, she can't quite let it go. So what happens when fantasy becomes reality... and her Mum (Ruth GemmellRuth Gemmell
-Early life:Ruth Gemmell was born in Darlington, Durham, England. She has three brothers. She attended an all girls school in Darlington called Polam Hall.Her parents divorced when she was a child and she moved with her mother to Darlington from Barnard Castle....
) turns up to claim her?
Cam eventually fosters Tracy but not everything goes as planned. Cam takes Tracy back to the care home. Tracy's mum turns up and takes her out. They become close but then Tracy's mum finds out Cam used to be Tracy's foster mum and feels hurt and drives away in a taxi. Tracy decides to look for her along with Crash who travels to Hopesten. They find her filming a scene on a film set, although Carly reveals that she is a stunt double
Stunt double
A stunt double is a type of body double, specifically a skilled replacement used for dangerous film or video sequences, in movies and television , and for other sophisticated stunts...
and not an actress. Tracy's mum tells her to wait at her hotel but lets her down again. Cam and Tracy go to the nightclub where Carly is. Carly tells Tracy that she is moving to Hollywood to pursue her work and that she will come to collect Tracy in due course. However, Carly asks her if Cam can foster Tracy. She hands over Tracy and tells Cam to keep care of her. Then Keisha White
Keisha White
Keisha White is an English R&B singer. She has released two albums so far, Seventeen, which was released in 2005, and her latest album Out Of My Hands, which was released on 3 July 2006.-Biography:...
performs "Someday". This is also the first time you get a hint that Crash and Tracy are becoming more than just friends.
During the end credits, Hayley meets Mark and Helen, her future foster parents, for the first time.
Cast
- Tracy Beaker - Dani HarmerDani HarmerDanielle Jane "Dani" Harmer is an English television actress and singer. Harmer is best known as the title character in the UK television programme The Story of Tracy Beaker/Tracy Beaker Returns, and as Molly Venables in the BBC sitcom After You've Gone...
- Cam Lawson - Lisa Coleman
- Carly Beaker - Ruth GemmellRuth Gemmell-Early life:Ruth Gemmell was born in Darlington, Durham, England. She has three brothers. She attended an all girls school in Darlington called Polam Hall.Her parents divorced when she was a child and she moved with her mother to Darlington from Barnard Castle....
- Crash - Darragh MortellDarragh MortellDarragh Mortell is a Welsh actor who is best known for his role as Crash in The Story of Tracy Beaker and his major role as Jack in the second series of BAFTA nominated television sitcom, Dani's House. He also appeared in the final episode of The Bill and in a stage production of The Jungle Book...
- Duke - Clive RoweClive RoweClive Rowe is a British actor, probably best known for his role as "Duke" in BBC Children's drama The Story of Tracy Beaker. Rowe grew up in Shaw, Lancashire, in the parish of East Crompton and attended St. James Primary School...
- Shelley - Nicola Reynolds
- Justine Littlewood - Montanna ThompsonMontanna ThompsonMontanna Thompson is an English actress best known for her role as "Justine Littlewood", Tracy's biggest rival, in CBBC's popular TV adaption of Jaqueline Wilson's book, The Story of Tracy Beaker. Montanna first appeared in The Story of Tracy Beaker in 2002, also appearing as Justine in the 2004...
- Bouncer - Ben HansonBen HansonBenjamin Samuel Hanson is a British actor best known for playing Bradley "Bouncer" Plakova in The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tony in Casualty...
- Hayley - Kristal Lau
- Marco - Jack Edwards
- Elaine - Nisha NayarNisha NayarNisha K. Nayar is a British actress, perhaps best known for her recurring role as Elaine 'The Pain' Boyak in The Story of Tracy Beaker.- Filmography :- External links :...
- Jackie - Abby Rakic-PlattAbby Rakic-PlattAbby Rakic-Platt is a British actress best known for her performances in the television series The Story of Tracy Beaker as Jackie Hopper.She appeared on a 2010 Sainsbury'sChristmas advert.-Personal Life:...
- Layla - Cara ReadleCara ReadleCara Readle is a British actress, known mainly for her role as Layla in The Story of Tracy Beaker from series three to five.She was born in Swansea on 8 January 1991....