Name The Ground Starring Current cast Role British television series Cast Daniel Pearson | Composer(s) Jeremy Holland-Smith Language English | |
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Directed by Craig LinesStewart SvaasandDiana PatrickNigel DouglasSallie AprahamianRoberto Bangura Episodes 20 RefugeSeason 3 - Dec 8 - 2015, 20 Refuge, 19 Coming RoundSeason 3 - Dec 1 - 2015, 19 Coming Round, 18 What Matters?Season 3 - Nov 24 - 2015, 18 What Matters?, 17 Something BorrowedSeason 3 - Nov 17 - 2015, 17 Something Borrowed, 16 The Goodbye GirlSeason 3 - Nov 10 - 2015, 16 The Goodbye Girl, 15 Where is Love?Season 3 - Nov 3 - 2015, 15 Where is Love?, 14 Who Are You?Season 3 - Oct 27 - 2015, 14 Who Are You?, 13 Better Than YouSeason 3 - Oct 20 - 2015, 13 Better Than You, 12 Free to Good HomeSeason 3 - Oct 13 - 2015, 12 Free to Good Home, 11 Three DaysSeason 3 - Oct 6 - 2015, 11 Three Days, 10 Dragon SlayerSeason 3 - Mar 13 - 2015, 10 Dragon Slayer, 9 Long Way HomeSeason 3 - Mar 6 - 2015, 9 Long Way Home, 8 Breaking InSeason 3 - Feb 27 - 2015, 8 Breaking In, 7 Fake it to Make ItSeason 3 - Feb 20 - 2015, 7 Fake it to Make It, 6 It's Not about the MoneySeason 3 - Feb 13 - 2015, 6 It's Not about the Money, 5 Now You See MeSeason 3 - Feb 6 - 2015, 5 Now You See Me, 3 Stuck with YouSeason 3 - Jan 23 - 2015, 3 Stuck with You, 2 Grand Theft DGSeason 3 - Mar 7 - 2015, 2 Grand Theft DG, 1 Party GamesSeason 3 - Mar 7 - 2015, 1 Party Games, 13 Face the MusicSeason 2 - Mar 28 - 2014, 13 Face the Music, 12 HopeSeason 2 - Mar 21 - 2014, 12 Hope, 10 GI JohnnySeason 2 - Mar 7 - 2014, 10 GI Johnny, 9 Sticks and StonesSeason 2 - Mar 1 - 2014, 9 Sticks and Stones, 8 I Have a DreamSeason 2 - Feb 21 - 2014, 8 I Have a Dream, 7 EnduranceSeason 2 - Feb 14 - 2014, 7 Endurance, 6 Holding OnSeason 2 - Feb 7 - 2014, 6 Holding On, 9 A Day in the PastSeason 1 - Feb 22 - 2013, 9 A Day in the Past, 8 DreamlandSeason 1 - Feb 15 - 2013, 8 Dreamland, 7 The Truth is Out ThereSeason 1 - Feb 8 - 2013, 7 The Truth is Out There, 6 The Real Faith DavisSeason 1 - Feb 1 - 2013, 6 The Real Faith Davis, 5 What Would Gus Want?Season 1 - Jan 25 - 2013, 5 What Would Gus Want?, 4 SOSSeason 1 - Jan 18 - 2013, 4 SOS, 3 BabySeason 1 - Jan 11 - 2013, 3 Baby, 2 Liberty in the DGSeason 1 - Jan 4 - 2013, 2 Liberty in the DG, 1 Freedom: Home AloneSeason 1 - Jan 4 - 2013, 1 Freedom: Home Alone Similar Tracy Beaker Returns, Tracy Beaker Survival F, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Sparticle Mystery, The Sarah Jane Adventures | ||
Theme music composer Jeremy Holland-Smith First episode date January 4, 2013 | ||
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The Dumping Ground is a BAFTA Award Winning British children's drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care. Filmed around the Newcastle suburb of Jesmond, the setting for the first series was 'Elm Tree House', 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.
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- The dumping ground series 3 episode 12 cbbc
- The dumping ground series 4 official trailer cbbc
- Premises
- Episodes
- Cast and characters
- References
In July 2016, it was confirmed that 48 more episodes of The Dumping Ground will be made.
The dumping ground series 4 official trailer cbbc
Premises
The premise of the series revolves around the life of children in the Ashdene Ridge care home; typically each episode follows one or more characters' adventures and includes subplots featuring other characters. Episodes frequently include moral messages and tackle social issues.
The first series of The Dumping Ground was announced in March 2012, when Amy-Leigh Hickman (Carmen Howle) announced it live in the CBBC office. The first series was filmed for 13 weeks at the recently closed La Sagesse School in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, the same setting used for Tracy Beaker Returns. This series was the last to feature the school as the general setting in the Tracy Beaker franchise. The second series featured a new home called 'Ashdene Ridge', because La Sagesse School and its surrounding land was to be demolished and converted into a luxury housing estate. Each series is filmed in the summer, before being shown the following year.and the series are currently being filmed in The Charter school . In the southeast of London
Episodes
The Dumping Ground Series 1-2 consisted of 13 episodes, then Series 3-4 consisted of 20, and Series 5 will consist of 24. Series 3-5 are split into two parts, Part A airing January–March and then Part B airing September/October–December. All episodes are half an hour, with the exception of the double length episodes to première the series (episodes 1 & 2 combined) and the 2013 Christmas Special.
There has been a 2013 Christmas special and on-line TV spin-off Liam's Story, which received a TV broadcast on 23 March 2014. Another TV spin-off series entitled 'The Dumping Ground: I'm...' aired from 25 January 2016 until 10 February 2016, when all the residents and care workers gathered round the TV and watched 'my life in care' videos. It consisted of 10 episodes. The characters that did not have a video were Harry Jones (Wasn't even in the front room with everyone else watching the other's videos), Billie and Toni Trent and Finn McLaine Although a second series of 'The Dumping Ground: I'm...' aired from 6 January 2017 until 9 January 2017. It consisted 4 episodes and included videos of Mike, May-Li, Finn and Toni and Billie. The characters that did not have a video were Chloe Reeves, Dexter Bellman and Candi-Rose. Joseph Stubbs and Archie Able didn't have a video either and were not present in the living room. Kazima Tako, Tyler Lewis and Sasha Bellman were also not in the room. Although Sasha appeared in Finn's I'm Video, bursting into his room and interrupting.
Cast and characters
The series revolves around a group of children living in a care home with all the troubles and dramas that happen within their lives. The longest-serving character is Mike Milligan, who previously appeared in "The Story of Tracy Beaker" in 2002 and 2006, and then reappeared in "Tracy Beaker Returns" (2010–12); he has featured in 77 of 79 episodes of "The Dumping Ground" since then.