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How My Mum Tracy Beaker captured the hearts of 90s kids
Kids TV heroine Tracy Beaker has made a triumphant return to the BBC, but My Mum Tracy Beaker s success isn t all 90s nostalgia. The original show s underlying issues of social mobility, sexuality and class have been brought to the surface in this reboot Feature by Katie McKenzie | 10 Mar 2021
Last month, the CBBC channel launched a reboot of their naughtiest noughties character: Tracy Beaker, and the viewing public ate it up.
My Mum Tracy Beaker is a three-part drama based on the book by Jaqueline Wilson. Launching on Valentine’s weekend, it racked up an impressive 2.1 million streams and counting. These viewing figures are extraordinary,” Patricia Hidalgo, director of children’s and education programmes at BBC, told the