Ambridge Extra accessible for people who had never listened to "The Archers" before. "Ambridge Extra" features a number of new or previously silent and minor characters from the main series and initially focussed on several of the younger characters. The programme is broadcast on Tuesday and Thursday with an omnibus on Sunday, all following "The Archers" on Radio 4. "The Archers" theme tune "Barwick Green" has been re-arranged for "Ambridge Extra" and is performed by folk group Bellowhead. The first series of "Ambridge Extra" ran for 13 weeks (26 episodes) from April through to June 2011. A second 13-week series began airing
The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 1) Brewer continued to write for "Tracy Beaker" franchise for another nine series, until the second series of "The Dumping Ground", which is the second spin-off of "The Story of Tracy Beaker". 4 episodes were repeated as part of BBC Schools strand (on BBC Two) in 2003. The Story of Tracy Beaker (series 1) The first series of the British children's television series "The Story of Tracy Beaker" began broadcasting on 8 January 2002 on CBBC and ended on 4 April 2002. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Stowey House, nicknamed