The Dumping Ground ''The Dumping Ground'' (also informally referred to as ''The DG'') is a British children's television drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who live in a children's home with their care workers in care. The ser ...

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series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their

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, broadcast on

CBBC CBBC (initialised as Children's BBC and also known as the CBBC Channel) is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the bran ...

. The programme began on 4 January 2013, with one series airing each year since.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

Series 2 (2014)

Series 3 (2015)

Series 4 (2016)

Series 5 (2017)

Series 6 (2018)

Series 7 (2019)

Series 8 (2020-21)

Series 9 (2021-22)

Series 10 (2022-23)

Specials

Jody In Wonderland (2013)

Floss The Foundling (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

, 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.

Dumping Ground Island (2017)

After the end of series 5, an hour special aired, titled ''Dumping Ground Island''. It is filmed in the North East of England as well as

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. It is the first episode across the Tracy Beaker franchise that has been filmed abroad.

Sasha's Contact Meeting (2018)

After the end of the first half of series 6, a five-part mini webisode series was shown on

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, titled ''Sasha's Contact Meeting''. It featured

Annabelle Davis Annabelle Davis (born 28 March 1997) is an English actress. She portrayed Sasha Bellman in the CBBC series ''The Dumping Ground'' from 2015 to 2022, and from 2023, she is set to play Lacey Lloyd in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. She ...

as Sasha Bellman and Endy McKay as Jenny Holmes, Sasha's new social worker.

After The DG (2018)

''After The DG'', a mini webisode series, is being shown on

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. It featured

Jessica Revell Jessica Revell (born 13 December 1994) is an English actress and singer, best known for her TV role as Mandy "Elektra" Perkins in '' Tracy Beaker Returns'' and in the BBC spin-off series ''The Dumping Ground''. Early and personal life Revell ...

and Kasey McKellar, reprising their roles as

Elektra Perkins This is a list of characters that were introduced in CBBC's ''Tracy Beaker Returns''. The series is based on The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson. It ran on for three series from 2010 to 2012. The series follows ''The Story of Tracy Bea ...

and

Bailey Wharton This is a list of characters that were introduced in CBBC's ''The Dumping Ground''. The series is based on '' The Story of Tracy Beaker'' by Jacqueline Wilson. It has aired since 2013 and has aired eight series so far. The series follows '' The ...

respectively. The series was announced in 2018 and is aimed at older fans.

The Joseph & Taz Files (2018)

In August 2018, a five-part mini webisode series was shown on

, titled ''The Joseph & Taz Files''. It featured Yousef Naseer as Joseph Stubbs and Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza.

Notes

References

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