Updated: 12 Feb 2021, 17:01 TRACY Beaker was the must-watch after school TV show for kids in the early Noughties, becoming a hit CBBC series. Originally starting out as a book, written by cult author Jacqueline Wilson, in 1991, the show followed orphan Tracy Beaker and her friends in the ‘Dumping Ground’ children’s home. 18 If you didn't watch Tracy Beaker, did you even have childhood?Credit: BBC And now Dani Harmer, who played Tracy, is set to reprise her role in new series My Mum Tracy Beaker. It will show Tracy as a single mum to her 12-year-old daughter Jess, and Harmer has revealed she “can’t wait” to get back into the iconic role.