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, 79 episodes of The Dumping Ground have aired.

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1134 January 2013 (2013-01-04)15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Special16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)
21310 January 2014 (2014-01-10)28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
3201016 January 2015 (2015-01-16)13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
106 October 2015 (2015-10-06)8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
4201029 January 2016 (2016-01-29)25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
1030 September 2016 (2016-09-30)2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Special25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
5241220 January 2017 (2017-01-20)31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
12September 2017 (2017-09)December 2017 (2017-12)
624[4]12January 2018 (2018-01)March 2018 (2018-03)
12September 2018 (2018-09)December 2018 (2018-12)
724[5]12January 2019 (2019-01)March 2019 (2019-03)
12September 2019 (2019-09)December 2019 (2019-12)

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [6]
11"Home Alone (Freedom - Part 1)"Craig LinesElly Brewer4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)0.63
22"Liberty in the DG (Freedom - Part 2)"Craig LinesEmma Reeves4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)0.63
33"Baby"Craig LinesDawn Harrison11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)0.68
44"S.O.S."Craig LinesDawn Harrison18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)0.50
55"What Would Gus Want?"Stewart SvaasandElly Brewer25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)0.63
66"The Real Faith Davis"Stewart SvaasandHeather Imani1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)0.55
77"The Truth Is Out There"Stewart SvaasandEmma Reeves8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)0.59
88"Dreamland"Stewart SvaasandMark Burt15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)0.49
99"A Day in the Past"Diana PatrickSteve Turner22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)0.46
1010"Oh, Mo!"Diana PatrickElly Brewer1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)0.43
1111"Seriously Funny"Diana PatrickMatt Evans8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)0.42
1212"Esme"Diana PatrickNimer Rashed15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)0.48
1313"Scary Beasts"Diana PatrickDawn Harrison15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)0.65

Special (2013)

No.
overall		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [7]
14"Jody in Wonderland"Nigel DouglasElly Brewer16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)0.50
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		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [8]
151"Kick Off (Booting Up - Part 1)"Sallie AprahamianElly Brewer10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)0.57
162"Quitters (Booting Up - Part 2)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)0.57
173"The Dumping Ground Experience"Sallie AprahamianSarah-Louise Hawkins17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)0.32
184"The Barbecue"Sallie AprahamianDebbie Oates24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)0.45
195"Finding Frank"Nigel DouglasEmma Reeves31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)0.30
206"Holding On"Nigel DouglasMatt Evans7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)0.30
217"Endurance"Nigel DouglasSarah-Louise Hawkins14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)0.36
228"I Have a Dream"Diana PatrickJulie Dixon21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)0.34
239"Sticks and Stones"Diana PatrickMark Burt28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)0.38
2410"G.I. Johnny"Diana PatrickElly Brewer7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)0.47
2511"Be My Girl"Diana PatrickDawn Harrison14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)0.36
2612"Hope"Diana PatrickEmma Reeves21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)0.41
2713"Face the Music"Diana PatrickElly Brewer28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)0.30

Series 3 (2015)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [9]
Part 1
281"Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)0.27
292"Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)0.27
303"Stuck with You"Roberto BanguraSarah-Louise Hawkins23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)0.30
314"Mischief"Roberto BanguraDawn Harrison30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)0.25
325"Now You See Me"Nigel DouglasJane Eden6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)0.25
336"It's Not About the Money"Roberto BanguraJulie Dixon13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)0.25
347"Fake it to Make It"Nigel DouglasDavey Jones20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)0.26
358"Breaking In"Nigel DouglasJeff Povey27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)0.34
369"The Long Way Home"Nigel DouglasMatthew Leys6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)0.27
3710"Dragon Slayer"Nigel DouglasJulie Dixon13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)0.31
Part 2
3811"Three Days (The New Girl - Part 1)"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)0.35
3912"Free to Good Home (The New Girl - Part 2)"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)0.42
4013"Better Than You"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)0.39
4114"Who Are You?"Matthew EvansDavey Jones27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)0.35
4215"Where Is Love?"Matthew EvansRichard Lazarus3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)0.44
4316"The Goodbye Girl"Sallie AprahamianJeff Povey10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)0.26
4417"Something Borrowed"Sallie AprahamianSophie Petzal17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)0.36
4518"What Matters?"Sallie AprahamianJulie Dixon24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)0.36
4619"Coming Round"Sallie AprahamianJane Eden1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)0.31
4720"Refuge"Sallie AprahamianEmma Reeves8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)0.45

Series 4 (2016)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [10]
Part 1
481"Lost and Found (Slings and Arrows - Part 1)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)0.38
492"Bear-Faced Liar (Slings and Arrows - Part 2)"Sallie AprahamianDawn Harrison29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)0.38
503"Stepping Up"Sarah WalkerSarah-Louise Hawkins5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)0.45
514"They Walk Among Us"Sallie AprahamianJeff Povey12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)0.31
525"Hold the Front Page"Sallie AprahamianJulie Dixon19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)0.26
536"Growing Pains"Sallie AprahamianMatt Evans26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)0.36
547"Submarine"Sarah WalkerIan Kershaw4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)0.27
558"First Past the Post"Sarah WalkerMatthew Leys11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)0.26
569"Survivors"Sarah WalkerIan Kershaw18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)0.35
5710"The End of It All"Sarah WalkerJulie Dixon25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)0.22
Part 2
5811"Perfect Match"Duncan FosterDawn Harrison30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)0.29
5912"Doris"Duncan FosterDawn Harrison7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)0.27
6013"Risky Business"Duncan FosterJessica Lea14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)0.37
6114"Troll [lower-alpha 1]"Sarah WalkerOwen Lloyd-Fox21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)0.19
6215"It Takes Two"Duncan FosterSarah-Louise Hawkins28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)0.20
6316"Getting To Know You"Noreen KershawMatt Evans4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)0.20
6417"Two Camps"Noreen KershawJames Gillam-Smith11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)0.21
6518"How to Be Perfect"Sarah WalkerNick Leather18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)0.35
6619"One for Sorrow"Noreen KershawIan Kershaw25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)0.25
6720"Two for Joy"Noreen KershawIan Kershaw2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)0.23

Special (2016)

After the end of the episode The End Of It All in series 4, a five minute crossover between The Dumping Ground and Hetty Feather aired on CBBC, titled A Special Dumping Ground Adventure. Its official title (according to CBBC Online) is Floss The Foundling and has instead used this title online and in subsequent TV airings.

No.
overall		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
—"Floss The Foundling[11]"Makalla McPherson[11]Matt Evans[11]25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

When Floss has to do the vacuuming. she ruins a picture that Tyler, Billie and Toni work on when they don't want her help. Floss falls asleep on the sofa and ends up in the Foundling Hospital. She encounters Hetty Feather, who introduces Floss to the Foundling Hospital ways. Sheila and Elizabeth are mean towards Floss and Hetty gets Floss out of trouble with Matron Bottomley. Floss and Hetty make friends. When Floss wakes up, she draws a replacement picture.

Guest Starring: Isabel Clifton as Hetty Feather, Polly Allen as Sheila Ormsby, Isabelle Allen as Elizabeth and Eva Pope as Matron Bottomley

Series 5 (2017)

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [12]
Part 1
681"Miscreants, Robots and Bullies (Back In The Game - Part 1)"Duncan FosterDawn Harrison20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)0.24
692"Back in the Game (Back In The Game - Part 2)"Duncan FosterDawn Harrison20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)0.24
703"One Giant Leap"Duncan FosterOwen Lloyd Fox27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)0.23
714"The Fairytale Princess"Duncan FosterOwen Lloyd Fox and Jessica Lea3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)0.21
725"Sittin' in a Tree"Delyth ThomasSarah-Louise Hawkins10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)0.27
736"Faking It"Delyth ThomasMatt Evans17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)0.17
747"Sasha Bellman P.I."Delyth ThomasJeff Povey24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)0.20
758"Belief"Delyth ThomasIan Kershaw3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)0.20
769"Vox Populi"Jordan HoggGareth Sergeant10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)0.19
7710"Free"Jordan HoggIan Kershaw17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)0.21
7811"The Wardrobe"Jordan HoggJeff Povey24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)0.16
7912"Farvel"Jordan HoggIan Kershaw31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)0.16
Part 2

Notes

  1. ↑ On screen, the episode was titled "I Troll" for an unknown reason.

References

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