Dani Harmer reflects on Tracy Beaker becoming a parent ahead of new TV series
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26 January 2021, 12:27 pm
Dani Harmer has said fans of Tracy Beaker will be pleased to see what a “great” parent her character has become in a new instalment of the popular television programme.
My Mum Tracy Beaker will depict the character from the Dame Jacqueline Wilson books in her 30s, alongside her 10-year-old daughter, Jess, played by Emma Maggie Davies.
The new series, which is based on a book of the same name, will air on CBBC and BBC iPlayer next month.
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Harmer said: “So Tracy now is a mum! Which is amazing, I think the last time we saw her she was working as a care worker in her 20s.
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CBBC s The Story of Tracey Beaker was one of the biggest shows of the noughties, showing the brutal yet uplifting world of children s care home The Dumping Ground, that was hot gossip of the playground.
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image captionPurcell played care worker Gina Conway in The Dumping Ground
Actress Kay Purcell, known for her roles in Emmerdale and Tracy Beaker Returns, has died at the age of 57.
Her death was announced with great regret on Twitter by her agents, David Daly Associates.
Purcell played two roles in ITV s Emmerdale and Gina Conway in Tracy Beaker Returns, a role she reprised in its spin-off series The Dumping Ground.
She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 and was told she had inoperable liver cancer earlier this year.
Earlier this month she took to Facebook to say she was certainly not giving up and was looking forward to turning 60.
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