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By Amber Sandhu
image captionMy Mum Tracy Beaker is told from the perspective of her daughter Jess
As Tracy Beaker, Dani Harmer has played one of the most iconic roles in children s TV for nearly two decades.
CBBC says her most recent three-part series, My Mum Tracy Beaker, has been its most successful programme launch ever.
But Dani says abusive online comments she s received about her appearance has taken some of the shine off its success. It shouldn t affect me but I m a human being, she tells Radio 1 Newsbeat.
Although she says the overwhelming majority of opinions have been positive, a small minority are horrible and are the ones she thinks about when she goes to bed.
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The actress tweeted a teaser clip on her Twitter page on Tuesday, writing: My Mum Tracy Beaker!!! This Friday at 5pm xxx
The 30-second video shows Tracy Beaker reuniting with her nemesis Justine Littlewood, played by Montanna Thompson - the same actress as in the original series.
Feud: Actress Dani Harmer, 32, who played Tracy Beaker in the original 2002 series, shared the 30-second clip showing her reuniting with her nemesis Justine Littlewood, played by Montanna Thompson (pictured)
Fans went wild online, sending Tracy Beaker soaring to trend at number five on Twitter as they geared up to watch the new series on Friday.