Tracy Beaker fans enjoy a trip down memory lane as Dani Harmer reunites with her former co-stars after 21 years

Tracy Beaker fans were left overjoyed this weekend when the cast of the much-loved show reunited 21 years after the original series ended.

Dani Harmer, 37, who played the iconic role of troubled Tracy, took fans down memory lane as she shared snaps of herself posing alongside her co-stars as they got together at Bournemouth Comic-Con on Saturday.

In photos shared on her Instagram the following day, Dani is seen posing playfully alongside Montanna Thompson, who played her rival Justine Littlewood and Nisha Nayar, known to diehard fans as annoying social worker Elaine ‘The Pain’ Boyak.

Joining them in the photo was Lisa Coleman, who starred as Tracy's eventual adoptive mother Camilla 'Cam' Lawson and Chelsie Padley, who portrayed kind-hearted pal Louise Govern.

Based on the book series by Jacqueline Wilson, the hit CBBC show followed the life of Tracy, a young girl who lived in a children's care home nicknamed The Dumping Ground. 

The Story Of Tracy Beaker ran for four years and finished with the lead character getting adopted in 2005.

And despite it being over two decades since the original series came to an end, the women looked closer than ever as they posed for a series of playful snaps.

Captioning the post, Dani penned: 'This isn’t friendship! This is family.' 

Taking to the comments, fans went wild over the wave of nostalgia that the images evoked, with many remarking that the TV show was their 'childhood'.

They penned: 'MY WHOLE CHILDHOOD IN ONE PHOTO, so gutted I couldn’t come today, this is everything to me.'

'Omg so iconic. I think I’d get emotional if I got this meet and greet. You all made so many childhoods great!'

'THE GOATS OF MY CHILDHOOD!!!' 

Following the success of The Story Of Tracy Beaker, fans were then treated to several spin offs.

Tracy Beaker Returns aired from 2010 to 2012, again with Dani at the helm as Tracy. 

She also starred in the 2004 feature-length film Tracy Beaker: The Movie Of Me.

Spin-off show The Dumping Ground aired from 2013 to the present day on CBBC, though Dani didn't appear. 

Dani continued to expand the Tracy Beaker franchise and returned to play her iconic character in the mini-series My Mum Tracy Beaker in 2021.

In the updated series, Tracy was a doting single mother to her daughter Jess, who was played by Emma Maggie Davies.