With the success of My Mum Tracy Beaker, a return was always likely — enter The Beaker Girls

Here’s the key statistic:

My Mum Tracy Beaker set a new record as CBBC’s most successful launch ever, when it was streamed 2.1m times on BBC iPlayer in its first three days of availability (12-14 February 2021)

You can’t argue with numbers like that, and so Dani Harmer returns as the irrepressible Tracy Beaker, and Emma Maggie Davies as her book-smart, sassy, surprisingly tough daughter Jess in new five-part series The Beaker Girls, to air later this year on CBBC and BBC iPlayer. Also returning are: Jordan Duvigneau as Sean Godfrey, Lisa Coleman as Cam, Montana Thompson as Justine and Danielle Henry as Mary, along with newcomer Chi-Megan Ennis McLean as Jordan and Alibe Parsons as junk shop owner, Flo.

Here’s the synopsis:

The Beaker Girls are loving their new life running the Dumping Ground junk shop in the quirky seaside town of Cooksea. The wheeler-dealer duo are making new friends — but also enemies, and a whole lot of trouble. When Jordan, a runaway teen who has been repeatedly failed by the care system, finds her way into the Beaker Girls’ cosy family, Tracy’s life seems to have come full circle as she contemplates becoming a foster parent. But will Jess ever be ready to share her mum?

Filming is due to start in Bristol later this month. All previous series of Tracy Beaker are available to watch on BBC iPlayer and The Tracy Beaker Podcast is available on BBC Sounds.