Season 4

Episodes • 2004

Darragh Mortell
Return to Sender

1. Return to Sender

15 min

Tracy's now living with Cam, and just around the corner at the new location of the Dumping Ground (from Stowey House to Cliffside) is the arrival of the Wellards. They guarantee it won't be a smooth move. But Tracy Beaker's taken back to save the day!

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Bouncer vs. Lol

2. Bouncer vs. Lol

15 min

It's Bouncer's birthday, but he is not telling Lol he's leaving – so how will he react?

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In With The Wellards

3. In With The Wellards

15 min

Tracy plans to go skateboarding with Jackie, but she has double-booked herself. She also unwittingly promised Cam she'd spend the day with her. Cam lays a guilt trip on her, so a reluctant Tracy cancels her day out with Jackie and lets Cam drag her off to an open day at the local Art Centre. The Wellards see an opportunity for mischief, and entice the dejected Jackie to steal the kids' files and burn them. Jackie gets caught, but she and Crash hatch a plot to pay them back. Meanwhile, Tracy enjoys herself more than she could ever have imagined.

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Meet The Parent

4. Meet The Parent

15 min

Cam's mother comes to stay, and she turns out not to be as bad as Tracy originally thought. Meanwhile, when Chantal laments the lack of real men at the Dumping Ground, Duke and Bouncer set out to prove they're good at all the things a stereotypical man is good at, but they get nowhere. Eventually, they set out to show Chantal that a real man is true to himself.

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Single White Female

5. Single White Female

15 min

It's time for fun & games as the kids try to get what they want from new careworker Kez.

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Can't Buy Me Love

6. Can't Buy Me Love

15 min

Tracy and Crash do Cam's food shop, but break the shopping list Cam gave her and spend the shopping money for things Tracy wants, like about fifty boxes of turkey nuggets, and various gadgets. Meanwhile, at the dumping-ground, Layla comes up with her own money-making scam – doing other residents' homework for them (charging fifty pence a sheet). But when Roxy grasses Layla up to Sid, the game's up. And Layla has to clean Roxy's room as punishment.

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Life is a Cabaret

7. Life is a Cabaret

15 min

Tracy has a weird dream where the Dumping Ground kids behaviour has changed, everybody is singing in this episode, in a style not dissimilar to Chicago. Cam, playing a more-than-passable 'Velma Kelly'-type character as head careworker, has bottled the kids souls and spark, turning them into docile, obedient drones that do housework all day. Note: In this episode we revisit the old Dumping Ground kitchen from Stowey House

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Temper, Temper!

8. Temper, Temper!

15 min

Sid, in a badly conceived idea to compensate for the Dumping Ground having only two members of permanent staff, decides to install a small number of surveillance cameras, which Duke helps to set up, and Lol and Bouncer take mischievous exception to. Meanwhile, Crash, Jackie and Tracy have a master plan as they take nasty pranks from the Wellards in unusual good cheer. But after a while of inordinate kindness and tolerance (especially from Jackie), Chantal becomes emotional, suggesting she hasn't seen much of this in her life so far...

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Love and War

9. Love and War

15 min

Bouncer has feelings over careworker Jane but the Wellards try their hardest to foil his plans to show his affection. Meanwhile, Hayley suspects that Duke is plotting to poison all the kids with a batch of special soup, that includes a sinister ingredient!

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Beam Me Up, Scottie

10. Beam Me Up, Scottie

15 min

Hayley's gone to live with Mark and Helen, and Layla is upset because Hayley never told her she would be leaving that day. Meanwhile, Elaine has been pulling out all the stops to find a perfect foster family for Marco.

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Testing Times

11. Testing Times

15 min

An Inspector comes to the Dumping Ground and isn't pleased in what he sees at the start.

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Best of Enemies

12. Best of Enemies

15 min

Tracy bumps into her old Dumping Ground enemy, Justine Littlewood, and they later realise they've both been duped/bribed into helping Elaine portray herself as some sort of 'super-careworker' to a journalist at a hotel function. Meanwhile, Lol sets up a show like "The Jeremy Kyle Show" when Chantal tries on Crash's parents' wedding ring without his permission.

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The Finishing Line

13. The Finishing Line

15 min

Jackie's grandfather dies and she is having doubts about her future without him.

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Dear Dad

14. Dear Dad

15 min

Rio and Crash fall out over a game, Rio finds out about Crash's dad and decides to make up lies about his father.

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Democracy

15. Democracy

15 min

Duke is interested in a new job, and it's the battle of the sexes at the Dumping Ground, as the rulebook is out the window.

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The Snake

16. The Snake

15 min

Rio's secret pet snake goes missing, but will he find it? Meanwhile, the Plakova boys try to restore Sid's sense of humour, not really to much avail. **WARNING** End scenes may prove scary for younger viewers...

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Rebel Without a Clue

17. Rebel Without a Clue

15 min

A new care worker arrives unannounced at the Dumping Ground – could she be better than Sid?

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The Long Run

18. The Long Run

15 min

Jackie receives an important letter for a Sports Academy, but will she take it? Meanwhile, after seeing Tracy flash the cash, the rest of the Dumping Ground kids try to sweet-talk a couple from an old folks home into parting with their cash...

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Independence Day

19. Independence Day

15 min

Bouncer moves ever closer to the big shift from Dumping Ground to Halfway House. Meanwhile, will new boy Wolfie settle in with the other kids, or even sleep in the house?

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The Beaker Witch Project

20. The Beaker Witch Project

15 min

Tracy Beaker's very own 'The Blair Witch Project'. Things go 'bump' in the night.

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Roxy the Rock

21. Roxy the Rock

15 min

In a 'no grown-ups' episode, the challenge for Queen of the Dumping Ground begins. The only two contenders, Tracy and Roxy, battle out challenges for the title. Meanwhile, Chantal receives a letter and present from her dad as it's her birthday, while Lol and Bouncer try to get into the Guinness Book Of World Records for 'Standing On Your Head In The Airing Cupboard All Day'.

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We're off the Map Now

22. We're off the Map Now

15 min

The kids at the Dumping Ground have planned to meet Tracy and Cam at Carters Woods for Jackie and Bouncers last day. At the end of this episode, a big surprise is waiting for Tracy and Cam.

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