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, 67 episodes of The Dumping Ground have aired..
Series overview
| Series | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 13 | 4 January 2013 | 15 March 2013 | ||
| Special | 16 December 2013 | ||||
| 2 | 13 | 10 January 2014 | 28 March 2014 | ||
| 3 | 20 | 10 | 16 January 2015 | 13 March 2015 | |
| 10 | 6 October 2015 | 8 December 2015 | |||
| 4 | 20 | 10 | 29 January 2016 | 25 March 2016 | |
| 10 | 30 September 2016 | 2 December 2016 | |||
| 5 | 24 | 12 | January 2017 | March 2017 | |
| 12 | September 2017 | December 2017 | |||
| Special | 25 March 2016 | ||||
Episodes
Series 1 (2013)
Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 1)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Home Alone (Freedom - Part 1)" | Craig Lines | Elly Brewer | 4 January 2013 | 0.625 |
| 2 | 2 | "Liberty in the DG (Freedom - Part 2)" | Craig Lines | Emma Reeves | 4 January 2013 | 0.625 |
| 3 | 3 | "Baby" | Craig Lines | Dawn Harrison | 11 January 2013 | 0.684 |
| 4 | 4 | "S.O.S." | Craig Lines | Dawn Harrison | 18 January 2013 | 0.500 |
| 5 | 5 | "What Would Gus Want?" | Stewart Svaasand | Elly Brewer | 25 January 2013 | 0.631 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Real Faith Davis" | Stewart Svaasand | Heather Imani | 1 February 2013 | 0.545 |
| 7 | 7 | "The Truth Is Out There" | Stewart Svaasand | Emma Reeves | 8 February 2013 | 0.594 |
| 8 | 8 | "Dreamland" | Stewart Svaasand | Mark Burt | 15 February 2013 | 0.486 |
| 9 | 9 | "A Day in the Past" | Diana Patrick | Steve Turner | 22 February 2013 | 0.463 |
| 10 | 10 | "Oh, Mo!" | Diana Patrick | Elly Brewer | 1 March 2013 | 0.433 |
| 11 | 11 | "Seriously Funny" | Diana Patrick | Matt Evans | 8 March 2013 | 0.422 |
| 12 | 12 | "Esme" | Diana Patrick | Nimer Rashed | 15 March 2013 | 0.479 |
| 13 | 13 | "Scary Beasts" | Diana Patrick | Dawn Harrison | 15 March 2013 | 0.649 |
Special (2013)
| No. overall | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | "Jody in Wonderland" | Nigel Douglas | Elly Brewer | 16 December 2013 | 0.504 |
| 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)
Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 2)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 1 | "Kick Off (Booting Up - Part 1)" | Sallie Aprahamian | Elly Brewer | 10 January 2014 | 0.565 |
| 16 | 2 | "Quitters (Booting Up - Part 2)" | Sallie Aprahamian | Dawn Harrison | 10 January 2014 | 0.565 |
| 17 | 3 | "The Dumping Ground Experience" | Sallie Aprahamian | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 17 January 2014 | 0.322 |
| 18 | 4 | "The Barbecue" | Sallie Aprahamian | Debbie Oates | 24 January 2014 | 0.449 |
| 19 | 5 | "Finding Frank" | Nigel Douglas | Emma Reeves | 31 January 2014 | 0.303 |
| 20 | 6 | "Holding On" | Nigel Douglas | Matt Evans | 7 February 2014 | 0.303 |
| 21 | 7 | "Endurance" | Nigel Douglas | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 14 February 2014 | 0.358 |
| 22 | 8 | "I Have a Dream" | Diana Patrick | Julie Dixon | 21 February 2014 | 0.341 |
| 23 | 9 | "Sticks and Stones" | Diana Patrick | Mark Burt | 28 February 2014 | 0.382 |
| 24 | 10 | "G.I. Johnny" | Diana Patrick | Elly Brewer | 7 March 2014 | 0.467 |
| 25 | 11 | "Be My Girl" | Diana Patrick | Dawn Harrison | 14 March 2014 | 0.361 |
| 26 | 12 | "Hope" | Diana Patrick | Emma Reeves | 21 March 2014 | 0.412 |
| 27 | 13 | "Face the Music" | Diana Patrick | Elly Brewer | 28 March 2014 | 0.302 |
Series 3 (2015)
Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 3)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [7] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | 1 | "Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 | 0.273 | ||||||
| 29 | 2 | "Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 | 0.273 | ||||||
| 30 | 3 | "Stuck with You" | Roberto Bangura | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 23 January 2015 | 0.298 | ||||||
| 31 | 4 | "Mischief" | Roberto Bangura | Dawn Harrison | 30 January 2015 | 0.248 | ||||||
| 32 | 5 | "Now You See Me" | Nigel Douglas | Jane Eden | 6 February 2015 | 0.247 | ||||||
| 33 | 6 | "It's Not About the Money" | Roberto Bangura | Julie Dixon | 13 February 2015 | 0.252 | ||||||
| 34 | 7 | "Fake it to Make It" | Nigel Douglas | Davey Jones | 20 February 2015 | 0.255 | ||||||
| 35 | 8 | "Breaking In" | Nigel Douglas | Jeff Povey | 27 February 2015 | 0.341 | ||||||
| 36 | 9 | "The Long Way Home" | Nigel Douglas | Matthew Leys | 6 March 2015 | 0.274 | ||||||
| 37 | 10 | "Dragon Slayer" | Nigel Douglas | Julie Dixon | 13 March 2015 | 0.306 | ||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 38 | 11 | "Three Days (The New Girl - Part 1)" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 6 October 2015 | 0.347 | ||||||
| 39 | 12 | "Free to Good Home (The New Girl - Part 2)" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 13 October 2015 | 0.417 | ||||||
| 40 | 13 | "Better Than You" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 20 October 2015 | 0.390 | ||||||
| 41 | 14 | "Who Are You?" | Matthew Evans | Davey Jones | 27 October 2015 | 0.345 | ||||||
| 42 | 15 | "Where Is Love?" | Matthew Evans | Richard Lazarus | 3 November 2015 | 0.442 | ||||||
| 43 | 16 | "The Goodbye Girl" | Sallie Aprahamian | Jeff Povey | 10 November 2015 | 0.257 | ||||||
| 44 | 17 | "Something Borrowed" | Sallie Aprahamian | Sophie Petzal | 17 November 2015 | 0.359 | ||||||
| 45 | 18 | "What Matters?" | Sallie Aprahamian | Julie Dixon | 24 November 2015 | 0.362 | ||||||
| 46 | 19 | "Coming Round" | Sallie Aprahamian | Jane Eden | 1 December 2015 | 0.305 | ||||||
| 47 | 20 | "Refuge" | Sallie Aprahamian | Emma Reeves | 8 December 2015 | 0.449 | ||||||
Series 4 (2016)
Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 4)
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [8] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 48 | 1 | "Lost and Found (Slings and Arrows - Part 1)" | Sallie Aprahamian | Dawn Harrison | 29 January 2016 | 0.377 | ||||||
| 49 | 2 | "Bear-Faced Liar (Slings and Arrows - Part 2)" | Sallie Aprahamian | Dawn Harrison | 29 January 2016 | 0.377 | ||||||
| 50 | 3 | "Stepping Up" | Sarah Walker | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 5 February 2016 | 0.450 | ||||||
| 51 | 4 | "They Walk Among Us" | Sallie Aprahamian | Jeff Povey | 12 February 2016 | 0.314 | ||||||
| 52 | 5 | "Hold the Front Page" | Sallie Aprahamian | Julie Dixon | 19 February 2016 | 0.256 | ||||||
| 53 | 6 | "Growing Pains" | Sallie Aprahamian | Matt Evans | 26 February 2016 | 0.357 | ||||||
| 54 | 7 | "Submarine" | Sarah Walker | Ian Kershaw | 4 March 2016 | 0.274 | ||||||
| 55 | 8 | "First Past the Post" | Sarah Walker | Matthew Leys | 11 March 2016 | 0.258 | ||||||
| 56 | 9 | "Survivors" | Sarah Walker | Ian Kershaw | 18 March 2016 | 0.348 | ||||||
| 57 | 10 | "The End of It All" | Sarah Walker | Julie Dixon | 25 March 2016 | 0.219 | ||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 58 | 11 | "Perfect Match" | Duncan Foster | Dawn Harrison | 30 September 2016 | 0.285 | ||||||
| 59 | 12 | "Doris" | Duncan Foster | Dawn Harrison | 7 October 2016 | 0.271 | ||||||
| 60 | 13 | "Risky Business" | Duncan Foster | Jessica Lea | 14 October 2016 | 0.371 | ||||||
| 61 | 14 | "Troll [lower-alpha 1]" | Sarah Walker | Owen Lloyd-Fox | 21 October 2016 | 0.183 | ||||||
| 62 | 15 | "It Takes Two" | Duncan Foster | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 28 October 2016 | 0.195 | ||||||
| 63 | 16 | "Getting To Know You" | Noreen Kershaw | Matt Evans | 4 November 2016 | 0.196 | ||||||
| 64 | 17 | "Two Camps" | Noreen Kershaw | James Gillam-Smith | 11 November 2016 | 0.207 | ||||||
| 65 | 18 | "How to Be Perfect" | Sarah Walker | Nick Leather | 18 November 2016 | 0.342 | ||||||
| 66 | 19 | "One For Sorrow" | Noreen Kershaw | Ian Kershaw | 25 November 2016 | 0.221 | ||||||
| 67 | 20 | "Two for Joy" | Noreen Kershaw | Ian Kershaw | 2 December 2016 | TBD | ||||||
Special (2016)
Further information: Hetty Feather (TV series)
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 | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TBA | "Floss The Foundling[9]" | Makalla McPherson[9] | Matt Evans[9] | 25 March 2016 |
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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
A fifth series of twenty half-hour episodes was confirmed on 14 May 2015.[10] TV writer Ian Kershaw confirmed he has written four episodes of "The Dumping Ground".[11] Production began on 21 March 2016.[12]
Notes
- ↑ On screen, the episode was titled "I Troll" for an unknown reason.
References
- ↑ Lawson, Rush (8 October 2012). "Old La Sagesse school is location for new CBBC show". Evening Chronicle. (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "CBBC commissions The Dumping Ground". BBC. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "BBC to launch five new HD channels as Freeview expands". BBC News. 16 July 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Weekly Top 10 Programmes Broadcasters' Audience Research Board
- ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ↑ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- 1 2 3 "BBC - CBBC - Floss The Foundling". CBBC Online.
- ↑ "BBC - CBBC in-house productions announce a range of new commissions and re-commissions - Media Centre".
- ↑ Sane and Able. "Ian Kershaw - - The Agency".
- ↑ duncanfo (21 March 2016). "Day 1 : Block 1 #TheDumpingGround series 5. Let's smash it guys. @cbbc" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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