Nathan Jones

This article is about the former Stowey House care worker. You may be looking for The Dumping Ground (Series 9) guest character. You can find the disambiguation page here.

Nathan Jones
Full Name	Nathan Jones
Nicknames	Older boy (by Shelley)
Information
Classification	Former; regular
Introducer	Cas Lester
Duration	2003-2004
Series Arrival	TSOTB: Series 2
Series Departure	TSOTB: Series 3
Guest Series	Parties with Pudsey
Number of Appearance	41
Date of Birth	1980s
Description
Gender	Male
Hair Colour	Blonde, short
Eye Colour	Hazel
Skin Colour	Light
Relationships
Current Best Friends	Dolly
Current Friends	Tracy, Jackie, Justine, Louise, Bouncer, Lol, Amber, Crash, Jackie, Marco, Layla, Duke
Former Colleagues	Duke, Elaine, Jenny, Shelley
Former Love Interests	Anna (ex-girlfriend)
Former Carekids	Adele, Amber, Bouncer, Crash, Dolly, Hayley, Justine, Layla, Lol, Louise, Marco, Michael, Tracy
Affilations
Occupation	Care worker
Work Place	Stowey House II (former)
Production
First Appearance	"Back and Bad"
Last Appearance	"Parties with Pudsey - Episode 5"
Show Appearances	The Story of Tracy Beaker (2003 - 2004) Parties with Pudsey (2004)
Portrayed By	James Cartwright

Nathan Jones was a care worker introduced in the Series 2 of The Story of Tracy Beaker. Nathan was originally a trainee care worker, but he officially become a proper care worker later on.

Although he has been accused by his co-workers as well as some of the other children of being unprofessional, his 'childlike' manner allows the residents to trust him. Unfortunately, his behaviour also causes trouble and unintentionally hurts the residents' feelings.

Nathan has also has to be reminded to complete his coursework. Nathan, however, can always be relied upon to view situations from the residents' point of view. Nathan is particularly fond and protective of Dolly even though she lost him a girlfriend.

It's unknown what happened to Nathan, as he left off-screen in-between Series 3 and The Movie of Me, but made a comeback for Part 4 of Parties with Pudsey. He was mentioned again in The Tracy Beaker Survival Files.

Background

Nothing is known about Nathan's background. It's unknown if he has any family as his family or childhood was never brought up during his time in the show.

The Story of Tracy Beaker

Series 2

When he moves to the Dumping Ground, he automatically finds himself as a big kid himself, however his rules were still strict, like not giving Dolly too much sugar and cooking the kids nutritious foods, rather than fish fingers and chips and pizzas and burgers like Duke did in Series 1.

In "Home Truths", Nathan becomes even more distracted from work when he gets himself a girlfriend. Dolly grows jealous of his girlfriend and ultimately causes him and Anna to break-up.

Series 3

In "Crashed and Thrashed", Shelley becomes extremely annoyed with Nathan, as she felt like he acts more like one of the kids, then being a care worker. He, Shelley and Duke take Crash's side when Elaine says that he could be better off in a different care home.

Nathan and Shelley never used to get along, such as when Shelley decided to send Tracy to another home, he sides with Elaine, Duke and the kids to protest about it.

Parties with Pudsey

Nathan returns in Part 4 of the Parties with Pudsey Special.

The Tracy Beaker Survival Files

Nathan is mentioned by Tracy in the episode "Growing Up".

Former work place

• Stowey House II (TSOTB: EP27 - EP78)

Former care kids

• Tracy Beaker (Series 2 - 3)
• Justine Littlewood (Series 2 - 3)
• Louise Govern (Series 2)
• Adele Azupadi (Series 2)
• Bouncer Plakova (Series 2 - 3)
• Lol Plakova (Series 2 - 3)
• Dolly (Series 2 - 3)
• Amber Hearst (Series 2)
• Crash Daniels (Series 3)
• Marco Maloney (Series 3)
• Layla Jones (Series 3)
• Hayley Sparks (Series 3)
• Michael Grice (Series 3)
• Jackie Hopper (Series 3)

Former colleagues

• Duke Ellington (Series 2 - 3)
• Jenny Edwards (Series 2)
• Elaine Boyak (Series 2 - 3)
• Shelley Appleton (Series 3)

Relationships

Main article: Nathan Jones/Relationships

Trivia

• James Cartwright who portrayed Nathan, was actually only just 17 years old when he first starred in Tracy Beaker. He is also 4 years younger than Rochelle Gadd, who played Adele, one of the residents.

Quotes

"Hi, dudes!"

"Face it dudes, you're not quite good enough for.... The Man!"

"You want to stay home? Fine! Meet your new tutor... Dudes!"

"Get those knickers off your head!"

"I'll buy you a new top! I'll buy you two new tops!"

"You're an evil man, Duke!"

"It's called style! I wouldn't expect you lot to understand!"

Appearances

• The Story of Tracy Beaker: Series 2

1. Back and Bad (first appearance)
2. Bedsit
3. Brothers
4. Action Therapy
5. Alien
6. Doggie
7. Bad Girls
8. Big Fight
9. Home Truths
10. Day Trip
11. Christmas
12. Work
13. Bridesmaid
14. Quiz
15. Two-Timing Adele
16. Secrets and Lies
17. Music
18. Family Tree
19. Ben's Party
20. Get Lost
21. The Long Goodbye (cameo)
22. Genius at Work
23. Nathan's Assessment
24. Home and Hosed (cameo)

• The Story of Tracy Beaker: Series 3

1. Leavin' on a Jet Plane
2. Supernatural Shelley
3. Jackie
4. The Bygraves (picture cameo)
5. Down with School
6. Crashed and Thrashed
7. No-one Quite Like Grandpa (picture cameo)
8. Down to Earth (picture cameo)
9. The Beaker Club
10. Powercut (picture cameo)
11. Mind Your Own Business (mentioned, picture cameo)
12. Time Capsule
13. Football Trial
14. We Are Family
15. Be Prepared
16. Sufia the Silent
17. Babies Suck! (picture cameo)
18. Exploited (picture cameo)
19. Be Quiet
20. Dad Trouble
21. The Big Race
22. Good as Gold

• The Movie of Me (picture cameo)

• Parties with Pudsey

1. Parties with Pudsey - Episode 4
2. Parties with Pudsey - Episode 5 (last appearance)

• Tracy Beaker Returns: Series 2

1. Money (stock footage cameo)

• Total appearances: 41