0:00:02 > 0:00:05Our next guest is a young author who spent her childhood in care,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08bouncing between foster families and care homes.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13But she survived to tell the tale and it's all in the autobiography...
0:00:13 > 0:00:15Harry! Harry!
0:00:15 > 0:00:16I was watching that!
0:00:18 > 0:00:19Mike!
0:00:20 > 0:00:22He keeps doing it, Mike!
0:00:22 > 0:00:25All right, Carmen, I'll tell him not to turn it...
0:00:25 > 0:00:27No talking, I'm practising!
0:00:27 > 0:00:30I have to talk, Harry's broken the telly again!
0:00:31 > 0:00:34- You said I was playing next. - We said best of three.
0:00:34 > 0:00:38Oh, Harry, come here, you devil, you!
0:00:38 > 0:00:40Give us the ball back!
0:00:40 > 0:00:41Give us it back!
0:00:42 > 0:00:43- Come on!- Stop it!
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- Watch out!- Yes!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Harry, I told you it's dangerous behind here!
0:00:48 > 0:00:50No!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54- Give me that ball! - That's it! Still there!
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Oi, you! I told you not to play with the television!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00'Who cares, Tracy Beaker?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02'Thanks, I was going to...'
0:01:03 > 0:01:05No, no, no, no, no, no, gimme!
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- 'That's right...' - It's Tracy!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Come here, everybody, look at this! Look!
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Who is she?- It's Tracy Beaker!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15'Oh, I still live with her...'
0:01:15 > 0:01:18- She used to live here! - Is she an actress?
0:01:18 > 0:01:20- No, she's written a book! - I know someone famous!
0:01:20 > 0:01:22What's all the excitement about?
0:01:23 > 0:01:25THEY ALL SHOUT TOGETHER
0:01:25 > 0:01:28'Who Cares? by Tracy Beaker.'
0:01:30 > 0:01:33I published it myself.
0:01:33 > 0:01:34I've got 2,000 copies right here.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I can drop one in for you to read.
0:01:36 > 0:01:40How many do you think you'll want, once you've read it?
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Yeah! I'm on TV right now.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Yeah! IF you like it.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48- KNOCK AT DOOR - Hang on!
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Sorry! Power of TV, everybody wants me today.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54OK, I'll put you down for ten. Thanks, bye!
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Coming!
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Tracy Beaker?
0:01:59 > 0:02:01That's what it says on the cover!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03You're under arrest.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35Did you pay Author Power Publishing to print 2,000 copies of your book,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38using Camilla Lawson's credit card without her permission?
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Oh, well, yeah, but she's my mum.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43Look! That's her.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47Listen - "To Cam, thanks for a great life."
0:02:47 > 0:02:50She's cool, though. She'll tell you it's OK.
0:02:50 > 0:02:51I don't think so.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54She told the credit card company that you took the money.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11PHONE RINGS
0:03:13 > 0:03:15I haven't seen him, terribly sorry. Frank!
0:03:15 > 0:03:18Have you seen Liam today?
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- No, why? - Nothing's happened to him, Toby.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23I've just got his foster parents on the phone.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Shall I look for him?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27No, no. He's just a bit late home for his tea.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29He's probably running home right now.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32Come here!
0:03:35 > 0:03:39# Breaking rocks in the hot sun
0:03:39 > 0:03:42# I fought the law and the law won
0:03:42 > 0:03:45# I fought the law and the law won... #
0:03:50 > 0:03:51Hey!
0:03:51 > 0:03:54# I needed money cos I had none
0:03:54 > 0:03:57# I fought the law and the law won... #
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I should charge you for wasting my time,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08cos that's what this is - a waste of time.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12Kid pulled a service wash scam down the launderette.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13Charged a fiver for it.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14I did his washing, didn't I?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Yeah, and you turned all his clothes pink.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20There's your criminal, right there - not me.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Name?
0:04:25 > 0:04:29That's the first time he's shut up since I nicked him, Sarge.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Park him over there, give him a chance to think.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Busy, busy, busy!
0:04:49 > 0:04:51You're not talking, huh?
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Undercover agent protecting your identity?
0:04:59 > 0:05:03Time-traveller and don't want to ruin the future?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Or messed-up kid, worried about what his parents will say?
0:05:07 > 0:05:10If I told you I was an undercover agent, I'd have to kill you.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12Understood.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- So, let's go with messed-up kid and foster parents.- Ouch!
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Don't get me started.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19You too?
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I'm kind of here cos I wrote a book about it.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23They arrested you cos you wrote a book?
0:05:23 > 0:05:25How bad was your book?
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Cost you £6.99 to find out!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39You might as well tell them your name.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42They're going to find out sooner or later,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44it'll be better if it comes from you.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Yeah, I was just trying to buy some time.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51(Liam, by the way.)
0:05:51 > 0:05:53(Tracy.)
0:05:55 > 0:05:56You know what?
0:05:56 > 0:06:00Cos you're a fun guy, I'm gonna decide to tell you my name.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Beaker, come with me.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06# Stop your foolin' around
0:06:09 > 0:06:11# Time you straightened right out
0:06:13 > 0:06:17# Better think of your future
0:06:17 > 0:06:19# Else you wind up in jail
0:06:21 > 0:06:24# Rudy
0:06:24 > 0:06:29# A message to you, Rudy
0:06:29 > 0:06:32# A message to you... #
0:06:43 > 0:06:45MOBILE RINGS
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Yes? Yes, it is.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Arrested?! Already?!
0:06:52 > 0:06:57We tend to arrest criminals, Ms Lawson.
0:06:59 > 0:07:05Actually... Yes, erm, now, I do remember, actually, yeah...
0:07:05 > 0:07:09I do think I DID say she could use my credit card.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Oh, really, even though you'll have to repay the £6,000 debt?
0:07:12 > 0:07:13Yes.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15No.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Oh, I don't know... Yes.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Ms Lawson.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24I have a suggestion.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37I've spoken to your mother.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40Subject to a couple of conditions, she's dropping the charges.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43Oh! I knew Cam would see sense.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45First condition.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48You pay Ms Lawson back.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51I was always going to repay Cam. I just need to sell some...
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Second condition.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56You help with the local paper that I'm involved with.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59I'm a bit old to be a papergirl.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03I need someone to write a weekly column for young people.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06And you being able to write this, you'll do.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Call it community service.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I can do that.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13500 words by close of play, delivered every Wednesday.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18Fail to meet either condition, you could be prosecuted for fraud.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Do I make myself clear?
0:08:25 > 0:08:30Liam! How many times do I have to pick you up from places like this?
0:08:30 > 0:08:34Dunno! If there's a limit, tell me, so I can arrange with someone else.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36I don't think it's funny that you've been arrested.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39His foster parents will get a compensation notice
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- to pay the man for his clothes. - Thank you.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Come on then, Liam. Time to face the music.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Your social worker will meet us there.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Tracy!
0:08:49 > 0:08:51Hiya!
0:08:51 > 0:08:55We saw you on television this afternoon! Well done on the book!
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Aw, thanks, Mike!
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Aw, it's been ages! How's Cam and Gary?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Cam's fine! We don't talk about Gary.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Oh. Sorry.
0:09:05 > 0:09:06So good to see you.
0:09:07 > 0:09:08See, Liam?
0:09:08 > 0:09:10If you want to get on in life,
0:09:10 > 0:09:14maybe we could have less Artful Dodger and bit more Tracy Beaker.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I am like Tracy. We both got nicked!
0:09:20 > 0:09:21You...
0:09:21 > 0:09:24You published your own book?! With Cam's money?!
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Tracy! How could you?
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Cam's a writer, she'll understand!
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- I'll pay her back when the book's out.- Oh, Tracy!
0:09:33 > 0:09:36So, I think I'd better stick with the Artful Dodger thing for now,
0:09:36 > 0:09:37what d'you reckon?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41No?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01'You have four new messages.
0:10:01 > 0:10:03'Message one.'
0:10:03 > 0:10:06'How DARE you use my credit card?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08'Is that why you've turned your phone off?'
0:10:08 > 0:10:09'Message two.'
0:10:09 > 0:10:11'Can you just pick up the phone?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14'I'm trying your mobile, your mobile's not on.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16'You need to ring me as soon as you get this, OK?'
0:10:17 > 0:10:18'Message three.'
0:10:18 > 0:10:19'Where are you?!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22'I'm so mad at you, I feel like screaming.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24'You'd better ring me back, Tracy,
0:10:24 > 0:10:27'or I don't know what I'll do when I get hold of you!'
0:10:27 > 0:10:29'Message four.'
0:10:29 > 0:10:33'Tracy, this is serious. Pick up the phone NOW!'
0:10:55 > 0:11:00PANTING
0:11:19 > 0:11:23THUNDER RUMBLES
0:11:48 > 0:11:49Who is it?
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I'm a friend of Mike's.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Hold on.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59I'm... I'm sorry, he's not in.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Do you want to leave a message?
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I was hoping to see him. I used to live here.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I don't know when he's going to be back.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10Maybe you should pop back in half an hour, something like that, yeah?
0:12:13 > 0:12:14Wait!
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Why don't you come and wait in here, yeah?
0:12:19 > 0:12:23- Where it's warm.- Thank you.- Hmm.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29I'll get you a towel, yeah?
0:12:37 > 0:12:40(What's going on?)
0:12:40 > 0:12:42(It's that girl from the telly.)
0:12:42 > 0:12:43(No way!)
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Here you go.- Thank you.- Come on.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54So, how long were you here, then?
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Felt like forever.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58See? I told you it was her!
0:12:58 > 0:13:00She's famous!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Did you used to live here?
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Oh, you're the writer! Sorry, why didn't you say?
0:13:06 > 0:13:09You lot, you're meant to be in bed.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12We were, but then we heard she was here.
0:13:12 > 0:13:13I told them.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17If I buy your book, can you sign it for me?
0:13:17 > 0:13:19It might be a little bit pricey for you, Carmen,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23so I'll buy it when I get a chance and then you can borrow it, yeah?
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Oh!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Oh, thank you, Tracy.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Normally it's 6.99, but...
0:13:32 > 0:13:35you can have it for 6.
0:13:35 > 0:13:36That's generous(!)
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Come on, you lot! Back to bed!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41No, I haven't had a chance to talk...
0:13:41 > 0:13:43We haven't heard about being on TV yet!
0:13:43 > 0:13:47Right. First one back to bed gets to ask me about being on the telly!
0:13:47 > 0:13:48Wait for me!
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I'll come and say good night to all of you!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Get out of my way!
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Stop pushing!
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Beat ya!
0:14:09 > 0:14:10What's going on?
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Sorry! My fault.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15You were on telly?
0:14:15 > 0:14:16Yeah.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20That's our Sapphire.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24They hid behind a big, old oak tree
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and the troll leapt out from behind the tree,
0:14:27 > 0:14:31his warty nose wobbling in the moonlight.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34The three princesses screamed and ran for their lives.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35(Is she making this up?)
0:14:35 > 0:14:38(Mm-hmm. It's a new one every night.)
0:14:38 > 0:14:41(The girls won't go to sleep, without Lily being there.)
0:14:41 > 0:14:44(I'm trying to break the habit.)
0:14:44 > 0:14:45Lily?
0:14:45 > 0:14:47They're not asleep yet!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I know, but they soon will be.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Kiss your sisters good night.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01- Good night, Poppy. Good night, Rosie.- Good night, girls. - Good night.
0:15:01 > 0:15:02Good night, Lily.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12Tracy! What are you doing here?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14She's been helping me put the kids to bed.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17It was like she wave a magic wand and - poof! - they were gone!
0:15:17 > 0:15:21I'm sorry, it took forever to calm down Liam's foster parents.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23How's Liam?
0:15:23 > 0:15:26He's fine, Frank, now go back to bed.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31So, I guess it didn't go so well with Cam, then?
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Did she chuck you out?
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Left before she could. She's on her way back from New York.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well, you're going to have to face her sooner or later.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Sorry, what's happened?
0:15:42 > 0:15:45Tracy used her mum's credit card to publish her book.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47I ran into her down the police station.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49I'm going to pay her back!
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Hm!- The charges were dropped!
0:15:52 > 0:15:56I can't believe I let you help me put the kids to bed!
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Would you like to stay here tonight?
0:16:10 > 0:16:12I don't think that would go down very well.
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Don't worry about Gina.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17(It's my call.)
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Well, at least you know where everything is.
0:16:22 > 0:16:23See you in the morning.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32THUNDER RUMBLES
0:16:32 > 0:16:34WINDOW RATTLES
0:17:05 > 0:17:07THUNDERCLAP
0:17:17 > 0:17:19CREAKING
0:18:00 > 0:18:02Sapphire, right?
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Mm-hmm.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11What are you doing?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Minding my own business.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16Looks good.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Are you hoping to go to art college?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23You must be nearly 16, right?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Year and a bit to go.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Then I'm out of here.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I was desperate to leave, too.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Well, it worked out all right for you.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32You're, like, some kind of celebrity!
0:18:32 > 0:18:35What you doing back here?
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Once I'm gone, I'm never coming back.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Yep, I said that.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43But, you know, at times like this, it's actually quite nice to be here.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49Are you a total brain donor or what?
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Hello, TV Girl.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Hello, Notebook Boy.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09- It was my idea! - You'll spill it, I'll take it!
0:19:09 > 0:19:10What's going on?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13We can't decide who's taking Tracy's tea up.
0:19:13 > 0:19:14Why don't you all take it up?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16All right, but I'm holding it.
0:19:16 > 0:19:17Good.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Stop pushing, I'll spill it!
0:19:26 > 0:19:29Tracy's gone and she never even said goodbye!
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- Maybe she's in the bathroom. - She's not, we've looked everywhere!
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Oh, well, never mind.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37You know how busy these authors are.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40You never know what they're going to be getting up to next!
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Thought I'd find you here.
0:19:57 > 0:19:58Here you go, lovely.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02Trying to work out what to do.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04When does Cam get back?
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Don't know. Now, I guess.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10I need something to prove I'm going to pay her back.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Well, you've always got that six quid you took off Gina for the book.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17She's REALLY happy about that, by the way(!)
0:20:19 > 0:20:20Mike.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23I know I haven't got any qualifications but...
0:20:23 > 0:20:25I need a job.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Yeah.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33We need someone! You said yourself, she was great with the kids.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Mike! She was arrested yesterday!
0:20:36 > 0:20:39It was a mistake, they dropped the charges!
0:20:39 > 0:20:41- I think she'd be really good at the job.- Really?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44We need a care assistant, not another kid!
0:20:44 > 0:20:47She grew up here, she gets what's going on.
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Oh, and we don't?
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Neither of you knows what's going on with Lily.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54She's the one that can't sleep on her own, not her sisters.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Do you know what? I think Tracy might be right.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59I am right.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03Rosie and Poppy aren't the only ones Lily's been telling stories to.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Tracy!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Tracy!
0:22:00 > 0:22:02KNOCK AT DOOR
0:22:20 > 0:22:22I'm so, so sorry, Cam.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24I'm going to pay you back every penny.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Too right you are.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30And here's your first instalment.
0:22:30 > 0:22:31I got a job.
0:22:32 > 0:22:33Where?
0:22:33 > 0:22:36Where you first found me.
0:22:37 > 0:22:38No?
0:22:38 > 0:22:42I am going back to the Dumping Ground.
0:22:54 > 0:22:56Turn it, turn it the... You're squishing me!
0:22:56 > 0:22:58Sorry, sorry, right.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- Turn it this way. - What are you doing?!
0:23:01 > 0:23:03Trying to move the bed!
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Well, not very helpful!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I need to get past!
0:23:07 > 0:23:09THEY BICKER
0:23:19 > 0:23:23WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25Huh?
0:23:25 > 0:23:29You were supposed to wait until Tracy helped you move room!
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- She did wait! - But Tracy never turned up!
0:23:32 > 0:23:34She never does anything she's supposed to.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36DULL THUD
0:23:36 > 0:23:37Help!
0:23:39 > 0:23:40You're going to be late again!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42It's my first column!
0:23:42 > 0:23:43I need it to be great.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45What you need is to not get fired,
0:23:45 > 0:23:48so you can pay me back the money you owe me.
0:23:48 > 0:23:49I got the job, didn't I?
0:23:49 > 0:23:51Yes, and now you're going to lose it.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53Fine.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Lily seems to have perked up.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58Let's hope she sleeps better now she's sharing.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01If Carmen stops yakking long enough to let her.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02That was a good idea of Tracy's.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05When she shows up for work, I will be sure to thank her.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09TV Girl's tour was supposed to start after my piano practice.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11At 9.40.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13It's 9.57.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15She'll be here soon, Gus.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Yesterday, "soon" was 26 minutes late,
0:24:18 > 0:24:20and you said it was too late for her to do my tour.
0:24:20 > 0:24:24Well, I'm sure she won't be too late today. Soon!
0:24:24 > 0:24:26So, how long is today's "soon"?
0:24:26 > 0:24:29Yes, Mike, how long is it, hmm?
0:24:30 > 0:24:33OK, I'll go and ring her.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37'I'm Tracy Beaker. Welcome to my first newspaper column.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41'Writing's my proper job but I also help out at the Dumping Ground,
0:24:41 > 0:24:42'where I grew up.'
0:24:42 > 0:24:44MOBILE RINGS
0:24:46 > 0:24:48'I'm a role model for the kids there.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52'I've been where they are now. They know I'm there for them.'
0:24:53 > 0:24:55TELEPHONE RINGS
0:24:58 > 0:24:59Tracy!
0:24:59 > 0:25:02Oh, sorry. Hi, Rob.
0:25:02 > 0:25:03Mm-hmm, come on.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Just had social services on the phone. Liam's coming back.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10- Brilliant!- He's not been arrested again, has he?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12No, something about a minor explosion.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15No, no, no, no, no, no, no! No-one's been hurt.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19Right. Well, there's still no Tracy,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22so I guess I'd better make up his room.
0:25:26 > 0:25:28What time do you call this?
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Tracy, you're over an hour late!
0:25:30 > 0:25:32I know, I'm really sorry. I was working on my column.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- It's the first one, it's kind of a big deal.- So is this job.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Hm! What an honour(!)
0:25:37 > 0:25:40Now, take that, sort out Carmen's old room.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Oh, Liam's coming back.- How come?
0:25:43 > 0:25:46It didn't work out with his foster family.
0:25:46 > 0:25:51- I thought you'd convinced them to give him another chance.- So did I.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53Tracy, the tour starts upstairs!
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Oh, Gus, can we do this later? I'm busy now.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58No, you promised me you'd do my tour.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02And I can't do anything until I've crossed the tour off my list.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04I can't cross the tour of my list till you've done it!
0:26:08 > 0:26:09This is Tee's room.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Tee, the girl, is spelt with two E's,
0:26:11 > 0:26:15but tea, the drink, is spelt with an E and an A.
0:26:15 > 0:26:16Hiya!
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Oh, I was going to do that with you.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Yeah, yesterday.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23Tee, I'm so sorry...
0:26:23 > 0:26:28No talking on the tour, you'll hold us up and we're late already!
0:26:28 > 0:26:29Sapphire's room.
0:26:31 > 0:26:32Get out!
0:26:33 > 0:26:35THUMP!
0:26:35 > 0:26:39When you open the door without knocking, she throws things.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43When you knock, she shouts, "Go away!"
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Go away!
0:26:49 > 0:26:51This would look amazing on you!
0:26:51 > 0:26:52You have to borrow it.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54This was Lily's room, but now it's...
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Lily and Carmen's room!
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- No talking on the tour, you're spoiling it!- OK, I won't, I promise.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- You don't keep your promises. - I do!
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- Don't!- We're not talking to her!
0:27:05 > 0:27:08- What did I do?- If you don't know, we're not telling you.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Stop talking!
0:27:10 > 0:27:13- Oh, I said I'd help you move rooms. - Talking!- Hang on.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Look, girls, I'm really sorry, but...
0:27:16 > 0:27:18You're doing it again! Stop talking!
0:27:22 > 0:27:25"Tracy Beaker promises not to talk on Gus's tour." There.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28Gus!
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Now what did I do?! Gus!
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- Liam's here!- Liam!
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Hi, Liam!
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Where is he?
0:27:39 > 0:27:41He's right behind me.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Liam?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50Come on, it's only ten metres between here and the car,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52we can't have lost him already!
0:27:52 > 0:27:56# A million love songs later
0:27:56 > 0:28:00- # And here I am trying to tell you - Keep it down!
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- # That I care - Tracy!
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- # A million love songs later - Tracy!
0:28:08 > 0:28:11# Here I am... #
0:28:11 > 0:28:13SCREAMS AND COMMOTION
0:28:14 > 0:28:17- Get out, get out! - Get that thing away from me!
0:28:17 > 0:28:19Get it away!
0:28:19 > 0:28:20What's going on?
0:28:20 > 0:28:22Oh.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Hey, Liam.
0:28:25 > 0:28:26Sapph.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28I told you it was Liam.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31- Lily, this is Liam.- Hi.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33HE GRUNTS
0:28:35 > 0:28:37So, I guess this ain't my room any more.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40It's Poppy and Rosie's. Their sister's my best friend.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Oh, for goodness' sake, Liam!
0:28:43 > 0:28:47Could you not come in the front door like everybody else?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50What did you think you were doin', huh?
0:28:50 > 0:28:53What? You wanted to end up a pile of broken bones on the floor?
0:28:53 > 0:28:56Oh, nice to see you too, Gina. So, where am I staying, then?
0:28:58 > 0:29:00The pink palace! My favourite.
0:29:00 > 0:29:04- We helped paint it.- Entertainment's better than I remember!
0:29:04 > 0:29:06She works here.
0:29:06 > 0:29:08Oh! Hey, Liam.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11Oh! Writing career going well, then?
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Oh! We met in prison.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18We met at the police station.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22Heard you were coming back.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24- You OK?- Why wouldn't I be?
0:29:24 > 0:29:28- Cos you're back here and not with your foster family?- Yeah, but...
0:29:28 > 0:29:30they didn't have a pink bedroom,
0:29:30 > 0:29:31or a Frank.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33Let's talk.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Er, just Liam, Frank.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39But he only just got here.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Tell you what, I'm making lunch today.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43How about I make you a burger?
0:29:43 > 0:29:45She'll forget!
0:29:45 > 0:29:46No, I won't!
0:29:46 > 0:29:47Take it, mate.
0:29:47 > 0:29:48Burger.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Deal.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Come on.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59You don't have to pretend with me.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00Pretend about what?
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Being back here! It sucks, right?
0:30:03 > 0:30:04It's not that bad.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07I've been dumped by hundreds of foster parents, it sucks.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09- It's OK.- Really?
0:30:09 > 0:30:11I was gutted every time I got sent back here.
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Well, I'm good.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15- Fine. If you ever decide you want to talk...- Sure.
0:30:15 > 0:30:18Erm, are we done, cos...
0:30:18 > 0:30:21I really wanna catch up with Frank.
0:30:21 > 0:30:22Sure.
0:30:27 > 0:30:28The little girl stood up.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31"I'm Katie Kilometre, the famous explorer,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34"and I'm back from Antarctica." Everyone cheered.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36- But Katie...- What are you doing?
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Carmen's reading us a story.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41The Tale Of Katie Kilometre. It's the best book ever!
0:30:41 > 0:30:43I tell them stories at bedtime.
0:30:43 > 0:30:45They wanted a story now.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52But Katie wasn't alone. Behind her was a huge bear,
0:30:52 > 0:30:55as tall as three normal bears standing on each other's shoulders.
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Where's Liam's file?
0:31:10 > 0:31:14Ex-resident's drawer, I haven't had a chance to move it.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16Tracy.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18I need to talk to you about your timekeeping
0:31:18 > 0:31:20and the way you've just...
0:31:20 > 0:31:22I'm sorry, I've been all over the place.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26It's my first week, I'm trying to get my column right... I'll sort it.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Hey, Liam's been returned five times.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30He can be a handful.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32It says he always takes it well.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36Ah well, not everybody breaks things like you used to.
0:31:36 > 0:31:37A-ha-ha, funny(!)
0:31:37 > 0:31:39I just think he's not that surprised any more.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43- Yeah, but it's still not... - Remember, you're doing lunch.
0:31:43 > 0:31:44..normal.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18You are witnessing the birth of Liam-ade.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20The greatest fizzy drink of the 21st century.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23- He'll blow it up!- What?!
0:32:23 > 0:32:24It doesn't blow up.
0:32:24 > 0:32:25It does!
0:32:25 > 0:32:29OK, it did once, but it wasn't supposed to happen.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33- What did happen, then?- I stored it under my foster mum and dad's bed.
0:32:41 > 0:32:43You killed your foster parents?
0:32:43 > 0:32:46No! Just...gave 'em a shock and...
0:32:46 > 0:32:50got them a little bit soggy.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51It is safe now, though?
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Course.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55I have made improvements.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03Is the bottle getting bigger?
0:33:04 > 0:33:07I think we'd better run!
0:33:07 > 0:33:10Whoa, slow down! Somebody'll have an accident!
0:33:28 > 0:33:31Find Liam and posse and get them to clear up the kitchen, will you?
0:33:37 > 0:33:40Mike! I can't believe you never showed me this!
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Tracy, I don't know what that is, but it can wait till I've cleaned off.
0:33:44 > 0:33:48No, it can't! It's a letter from my mum I've never seen before!
0:33:48 > 0:33:50With a note attached from you saying not to show it to me.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Oh, this is really old.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57I'm sorry. This should have been in your red file when you left us.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00Well, it wasn't! I found it screwed up in the filing cabinet.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I don't know how that happened. I'm sorry, it was a bad mistake.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06The mistake was not showing it to me when it arrived!
0:34:06 > 0:34:09We did what we thought was best at the time.
0:34:09 > 0:34:11It's a letter from my birth mum!
0:34:11 > 0:34:15Yes, saying that she MIGHT visit and she'd always let you down before!
0:34:15 > 0:34:18So, Cam and I thought it was best not to show you
0:34:18 > 0:34:20until we'd had some confirmation!
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Cam knew about this?
0:34:22 > 0:34:24Well, yes, but...
0:34:27 > 0:34:28Tracy?
0:34:30 > 0:34:34What are you doing back? Oh, don't tell me you've got fired.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42Why are you bringing this up?
0:34:42 > 0:34:44This is five years old.
0:34:44 > 0:34:45And I thought you knew.
0:34:45 > 0:34:49If I knew about it, I'd have said something.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52Well, we were trying to protect you!
0:34:52 > 0:34:53And we were right.
0:34:53 > 0:34:56She never even applied for visiting rights.
0:34:56 > 0:34:57You should have told me.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00At least I'd have known she was thinking about me.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04I'm sorry.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06It felt like the right thing to do at the time.
0:35:06 > 0:35:09What other secrets have you kept from me?
0:35:09 > 0:35:11Have I got a dad somewhere out there I don't know about?
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Brothers? Sisters? Am I twins?
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Tracy, just calm down! We can talk about this...
0:35:17 > 0:35:19I trusted you and you betrayed me!
0:35:19 > 0:35:21I'll never be able to trust you again.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Oh, well, now you know how I felt after you stole my money!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30Shall I add "Tracy not doing lunch"
0:35:30 > 0:35:32to my list of what she's done wrong?
0:35:32 > 0:35:34No, thank you, Gus. Go and sit down.
0:35:34 > 0:35:36I want chips! Can we have chips?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Well, let's see. She was late for work,
0:35:39 > 0:35:40she didn't help Carmen move rooms,
0:35:40 > 0:35:42she wrote in my book...
0:35:42 > 0:35:45Not doing lunch makes four.
0:35:45 > 0:35:48Eh, Tracy promised me a burger.
0:35:48 > 0:35:52Yeah, well, Tracy isn't here, is she, Frank?
0:35:52 > 0:35:54I'm adding Frank's burger to my list.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Give her a break, she hasn't been here long.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59What do you think people thought of you at first?
0:35:59 > 0:36:00You were strange.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03Yeah, well, you think your giraffe talks.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Here you are, Poppy, I'll do it.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09I bet Tracy's done some good stuff, too.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12You should make a list of stuff she's done right
0:36:12 > 0:36:13since she's been here.
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- She helped me out at the cop shop. - Oh, yes.
0:36:15 > 0:36:21And Tracy's criminal record is an inspiration to us all.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23DOOR SLAMS
0:36:30 > 0:36:31It doesn't go in there!
0:36:31 > 0:36:34It goes in the compost bin!
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Johnny, what are you doing? Get off!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- I'm going to put this in the compost bin!- Johnny, let go!
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Tracy?- What?
0:36:46 > 0:36:49This can't go on.
0:36:49 > 0:36:52You have been late for work every day.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55And when you're meant to do lunch, you go out,
0:36:55 > 0:36:58and worse, and even more unforgivable,
0:36:58 > 0:37:02is that you keep on breaking your promises to the kids.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04I do not!
0:37:04 > 0:37:07There's Carmen, Lily,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Frank, Gus...
0:37:10 > 0:37:14Hmm? You keep letting them down and it happens every day!
0:37:14 > 0:37:17And you out of all people should know,
0:37:17 > 0:37:21you cannot break your promise to children in care.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Come on, Tracy. You better get your act together, otherwise you're out!
0:37:25 > 0:37:27You can't fire me!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30You're not in charge, only Mike can fire me!
0:37:30 > 0:37:31Tracy.
0:37:32 > 0:37:35Kids, go on, off you go.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38If you don't mind, Gina, I'll deal with this.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45Listen, I've let things slide because I thought you'd find your feet.
0:37:45 > 0:37:50But your behaviour today has been completely unacceptable.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53And if you don't change your attitude, well...
0:37:53 > 0:37:55we're going to have to let you go.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57Let me save you the trouble.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59I quit!
0:38:00 > 0:38:02# Keep on runnin'
0:38:03 > 0:38:06# Keep on hidin'
0:38:07 > 0:38:10# One fine day, I'm gonna be the one
0:38:10 > 0:38:12# To make you understand
0:38:12 > 0:38:16# Oh yeah, I'm gonna be your man... #
0:38:31 > 0:38:33Don't they look great, Lily?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35The clothes are too big.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37We're just having a laugh. Fancy some sparklers?
0:38:37 > 0:38:40Rosie doesn't like stuff in her hair.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42She'll love it, it's like fairy dust.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45She won't like it.
0:38:45 > 0:38:47She will, look! It's amazing.
0:38:47 > 0:38:51- Eurgh!- I told you not to!
0:38:51 > 0:38:53I thought she'd like it.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54You never listen!
0:38:54 > 0:38:57I don't want to be best friends with you any more.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01Come on, I'll wash that off.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Is that what you wanted?- Yes.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10Do you want another one?
0:39:10 > 0:39:13No, thank you. One each. Sapphire's next.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Good luck!
0:39:35 > 0:39:38That's a weird question.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Liam?
0:39:40 > 0:39:42Yo.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Lily doesn't want to be friends any more.
0:39:44 > 0:39:48That's how it is in a place like this. You'll get used to it.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But you're in my room, I've got nowhere to sleep.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Yep, the pink palace is now Liam's lair.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56It's not like you're homeless, you've still got a bed.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59In a room where I'm not wanted.
0:40:02 > 0:40:03Listen.
0:40:04 > 0:40:07You and Lily, you've just gotta get used to each other.
0:40:07 > 0:40:11It's a big deal, living with someone you're not used to.
0:40:11 > 0:40:14- Is it? - One of the biggest things ever.
0:40:14 > 0:40:17Look at me, I blew me foster parents up!
0:40:17 > 0:40:19Did you blow Lily up?
0:40:19 > 0:40:21Listen, you're doing better than me already.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Just give 'em a bit of space, eh? And don't blow 'em up.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26Yeah?
0:40:27 > 0:40:29And when the storm came,
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Princess Rosie, Princess Poppy and Princess Lily
0:40:33 > 0:40:37went and sheltered underneath a tent made of feathers and leaves...
0:40:37 > 0:40:39I'm...
0:40:39 > 0:40:41going to ask Mike if we can change bedrooms.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44I'm sorry I've been such a pain,
0:40:44 > 0:40:48but I hope we can still be friends.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51I want you to have this.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53Thanks.
0:41:05 > 0:41:09..a tent made of feathers and leaves.
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Is Carmen in our story?
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Do you want her to be?
0:41:19 > 0:41:21Carmen?
0:41:22 > 0:41:23Yeah?
0:41:23 > 0:41:27You don't have to ask Mike to move rooms. I want you to stay.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29We all do.
0:41:31 > 0:41:32Thanks, Lily!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37I have a question.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48What are you doing out here?
0:41:48 > 0:41:50What do you think?
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Last bottle of lemonade.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53Want some?
0:42:01 > 0:42:03So, why'd you come back to the Dumping Ground?
0:42:03 > 0:42:06Needed a job.
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Yeah, but here?
0:42:10 > 0:42:12You don't have to pretend with me.
0:42:13 > 0:42:14What?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16"Being back here, it sucks, right?"
0:42:19 > 0:42:23I worked so hard to get away from this place and now I'm back.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Well, I was.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27You showed some back there.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Everyone was watching, weren't they?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33Not everyone, but the people who weren't,
0:42:33 > 0:42:34they had it acted out for 'em.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36Oh, no!
0:42:36 > 0:42:37It was a laugh.
0:42:37 > 0:42:40"I quit!" Tshhh!
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Oh! What was I thinking?
0:42:45 > 0:42:47Oh, forget it.
0:42:47 > 0:42:48It's done.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52You don't see me crying over something I can't change.
0:42:53 > 0:42:54You wanna see someone cry?
0:42:54 > 0:42:56Go write in Gus's notebook.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Who told you?
0:42:59 > 0:43:00He did, of course.
0:43:00 > 0:43:01Well,
0:43:01 > 0:43:03that's your "Liam time" up.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06So drink up and shove off.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16Yeah.
0:43:16 > 0:43:19Takes a bit of getting used to.
0:43:24 > 0:43:27Mike, I'm really sorry about earlier.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- It's OK.- No, it's not OK.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33I made a mistake, I... I want to stay.
0:43:35 > 0:43:40I'm sorry, Tracy, but it's not that simple.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42- But...- Look.
0:43:42 > 0:43:46I don't think that you made a mistake. I think I did.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49The business with the letter
0:43:49 > 0:43:53has shown me just how hard it is for you to come back.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56I shouldn't have said you could come and work here.
0:43:56 > 0:43:57But I can do it!
0:43:57 > 0:43:59I'll turn up to work on time,
0:43:59 > 0:44:01I won't make any promises I can't keep!
0:44:01 > 0:44:04I'll make it up to the children. Please, Mike!
0:44:04 > 0:44:06- I need this job.- OK.
0:44:07 > 0:44:09I'm sorry, Tracy.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11It's been a really tough decision,
0:44:11 > 0:44:13but...but it's for the best.
0:44:13 > 0:44:16As much as I would like to help you,
0:44:16 > 0:44:18the kids come first.
0:44:18 > 0:44:20I have to do what's best for them.
0:44:20 > 0:44:23I have a list to read out.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Oh, erm, can we hear it later?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Yes, you can hear it later,
0:44:28 > 0:44:30but you need to hear it now too.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32OK.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40Things Tracy has done right -
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Rosie says Tracy makes her laugh.
0:44:44 > 0:44:50Lily says Tracy's the only other person Poppy lets tie her shoelaces.
0:44:50 > 0:44:54Sapphire says Tracy was rude to a boy who phoned her.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56She says that's a good thing.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Liam says he likes it with Tracy here,
0:44:59 > 0:45:01because he's not the only one causing trouble.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04That might have been a joke.
0:45:04 > 0:45:06Geoff likes Tracy, Gus.
0:45:06 > 0:45:08Tee says Tracy makes...
0:45:08 > 0:45:10OK, thanks, Gus, thanks.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14I have 11 more things Tracy has done right...
0:45:14 > 0:45:17That's OK, but I think I've got your point. Yep.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Now, why don't you leave us alone, please?
0:45:20 > 0:45:22Tracy and I need to talk.
0:45:25 > 0:45:28Seems like the kids want you to stay.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31And if you do,
0:45:31 > 0:45:35you are making a huge commitment to these children, right?
0:45:35 > 0:45:38You can't keep letting them down.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40I won't. I promise.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43I know I've got to stop living in the past and move on.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45All right. How are you going to do that?
0:45:45 > 0:45:47Mike, I've no idea.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49But I think I know where to start.
0:45:49 > 0:45:52'This is my first column and my fresh start.
0:45:52 > 0:45:55'Sometimes, having a fresh start
0:45:55 > 0:45:58'doesn't mean doing something completely new.
0:45:58 > 0:46:02'Sometimes it means doing something that you've done before,
0:46:02 > 0:46:03'but in a new way.
0:46:03 > 0:46:06'Moving forward instead of looking back.
0:46:06 > 0:46:10'A wise young man told me something this afternoon,
0:46:10 > 0:46:12'which made me realise -
0:46:12 > 0:46:14'tomorrow starts today.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19'So, to all my readers - Happy New Life's Eve.'
0:46:19 > 0:46:22ALL: Yeaaah!
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Subtitles by Mark Corrigan Red Bee Media Ltd
0:46:32 > 0:46:35E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk.