List of The Dumping Ground episodes

The Dumping Ground is a British children's comedy-drama that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. Filmed around Jesmond, the setting for the first series was 'Elm Tree House',[1] which was later replaced with 'Ashdene Ridge' from the second series onwards. A spin-off to Tracy Beaker Returns, the series was commissioned in early 2012 and first broadcast on CBBC and the now-defunct BBC HD on 4 January 2013.[2][3] As of 12 February 2016, 51 episodes of The Dumping Ground have aired.

Series overview

Series Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 13 4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Special 16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)
2 13 10 January 2014 (2014-01-10) 28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
3 20 10 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
10 6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) 8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
4 24 12 29 January 2016 (2016-01-29) 25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
12 2016 (2016) 2016 (2016)

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)
No.
overall 		 No. in
series 		 Title  Directed by  Written by  Original air date  UK viewers
(millions) [4]
11"Home Alone (Freedom - Part 1)"Craig LinesElly Brewer4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)0.625
22"Liberty in the DG (Freedom - Part 2)"Craig LinesEmma Reeves4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)0.625
33"Baby"Craig LinesDawn Harrison11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)0.684
44"S.O.S."Craig LinesDawn Harrison18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)0.500
55"What Would Gus Want?"Stewart SvaasandElly Brewer25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)0.631
66"The Real Faith Davis"Stewart SvaasandHeather Imani1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)0.545
77"The Truth Is Out There"Stewart SvaasandEmma Reeves8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)0.594
88"Dreamland"Stewart SvaasandMark Burt15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)0.486
99"A Day in the Past"Diana PatrickSteve Turner22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)0.463
1010"Oh, Mo!"Diana PatrickElly Brewer1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)0.433
1111"Seriously Funny"Diana PatrickMatt Evans8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)0.422
1212"Esme"Diana PatrickNimer Rashed15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)0.479
1313"Scary Beasts"Diana PatrickDawn Harrison15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)0.649

Special (2013)
No.
overall 		 Title  Directed by  Written by  Original air date 
14"Jody in Wonderland"Nigel DouglasElly Brewer16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)
Jody is faced with a terrible dilemma when she's asked to make a witness statement against her brother Kingsley. Jody leaves Mike's office seeing a rabbit. Following the rabbit, she enters a rather unfamiliar world with strangely familiar – yet utterly different – characters.

Series 2 (2014)
No.
overall 		 No. in
series 		 Title  Directed by  Written by  Original air date 
151"Kick Off (Booting Up - Part 1)"Sallie AprahamianElly Brewer10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
162"Quitters (Booting Up - Part 2)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)
173"The Dumping Ground Experience"Sallie AprahamianSarah-Louise Hawkins17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)
184"The Barbecue"Sallie AprahamianDebbie Oates24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)
195"Finding Frank"Nigel DouglasEmma Reeves31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)
206"Holding On"Nigel DouglasMatt Evans7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)
217"Endurance"Nigel DouglasSarah-Louise Hawkins14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)
228"I Have a Dream"Diana PatrickJulie Dixon21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)
239"Sticks and Stones"Diana PatrickMark Burt28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)
2410"G.I. Johnny"Diana PatrickElly Brewer7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)
2511"Be My Girl"Diana PatrickDawn Harrison14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)
2612"Hope"Diana PatrickEmma Reeves21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)
2713"Face the Music"Diana PatrickElly Brewer28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)

Series 3 (2015)
No.
overall 		 No. in
series 		 Title  Directed by  Written by  Original air date 
Part 1
281"Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
292"Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
303"Stuck with You"Roberto BanguraSarah-Louise Hawkins23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
314"Mischief"Roberto BanguraDawn Harrison30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
325"Now You See Me"Nigel DouglasJane Eden6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)
336"It's Not About the Money"Roberto BanguraJulie Dixon13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)
347"Fake It to Make It"Nigel DouglasDavey Jones20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)
358"Breaking In"Nigel DouglasJeff Povey27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)
369"The Long Way Home"Nigel DouglasMatthew Leys6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
3710"Dragon Slayer"Nigel DouglasJulie Dixon13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
Part 2
3811"Three Days"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
3912"Free to Good Home"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
4013"Better Than You"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)
4114"Who Are You?"Matthew EvansDavey Jones27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)
4215"Where Is Love?"Matthew EvansRichard Lazarus3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)
4316"The Goodbye Girl"Sallie AprahamianJeff Povey10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)
4417"Something Borrowed"Sallie AprahamianSophie Petzal17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)
4518"What Matters?"Sallie AprahamianJulie Dixon24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)
4619"Coming Round"Sallie AprahamianJane Eden1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)
4720"Refuge"Sallie AprahamianEmma Reeves8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)

Series 4 (2016)
No.
overall 		 No. in
series 		 Title  Directed by  Written by  Original air date 
Part 1
481"Lost and Found (Slings and Arrows - Part 1)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)
492"Bear-Faced Liar (Slings and Arrows - Part 2)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)
503"Stepping Up"Sarah WalkerSarah-Louise Hawkins5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)
514"They Walk Among Us"Sallie AprahamianJeff Povey12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)
525"Hold the Front Page"[5]Sallie AprahamianJulie Dixon19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)
536"Growing Pains"[6]Sallie AprahamianJulie Dixon26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)

Series 5

A fifth series of twenty half-hour episodes was confirmed on 14th May 2015.[7] TV writer Ian Kershaw confirmed he has written four episodes of "The Dumping Ground".[8]

References

  1. ↑ Lawson, Rush (8 October 2012). "Old La Sagesse school is location for new CBBC show". Evening Chronicle. (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "CBBC commissions The Dumping Ground". BBC. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "BBC to launch five new HD channels as Freeview expands". BBC News. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Weekly Top 10 Programmes Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
  5. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 4 - 5.". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 4 - 6.". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "BBC - CBBC in-house productions announce a range of new commissions and re-commissions - Media Centre".
  8. ↑ Sane and Able. "Ian Kershaw - - The Agency".
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