The Dumping Ground

The Dumping Ground
The Dumping Ground Title Card
Genre Children's drama
Based on The Story of Tracy Beaker
by Jacqueline Wilson
Directed by
  • Craig Lines
  • Stewart Svaasand
  • Diana Patrick
  • Nigel Douglas
  • Sallie Aprahamian
  • Roberto Bangura
  • Sarah Walkerhr
  • Noreen Kershaw
Starring
Theme music composer Jeremy Holland-Smith
Composer(s) Jeremy Holland-Smith (Series 1)
Simon Rogers (Series 2-Present)[1]
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 6
No. of episodes 105 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Foz Allan (series 1)
  • Lis Steele (series 2–3)
  • Lucy Martin (series 4)
  • Kim Crowther (series 4)
  • Jonathan Phillips (series 5–6)
Producer(s)
  • Louise Sutton
  • Simon Nelson
  • Philip Leach
  • Gert Thomas
Cinematography
  • Chris Goodger
  • Steve Buckland
  • Rich Mahoney
Editor(s) Natasha Wilkinson
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 28 minutes (regular episodes)
Production company(s) BBC
Distributor BBC Worldwide
Release
Original network
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Original release 4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) – present
Chronology
Preceded by Tracy Beaker Returns
Related shows
External links
The Dumping Ground

The Dumping Ground (also informally referred to as TDG) is an award winning British children's drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care, broadcast on CBBC since 4 January 2013. The series is a spin-off to Tracy Beaker Returns and the first series, consisting of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes, was commissioned in early 2012.[2][3] A second series, also with thirteen, thirty-minute episodes, was announced in 2013.[4] The third and fourth series, announced in 2014 and 2015 respectively, both had an increase in episodes: twenty, thirty-minute episodes.[5] In 2016, it was confirmed that two further series, with 24 episodes in each series, would be made.[6][7] An eighth series was announced in 2018.[8]

The Dumping Ground was initially aimed at CBBC's target audience of 6 to 12-year-olds, but is popular with older children and families, and is now aimed at their maturing fans, up to age 16.[9] The Dumping Ground broadcast its 100th Episode on 16 March 2018, which was the tenth episode of series six.[10]

Plot

The series revolves around the life of children in the Ashdene Ridge (previously Elm Tree House) care home; typically each episode follows one or more characters' life and includes subplots featuring other characters. The Dumping Ground deals with issues related to the care system as well as social issues such as friendships, family, relationships, mental health, adolescence and LGBT parenting.[9]

Episodes

Cast and characters

Spin-offs

Since its inception, The Dumping Ground has had four spin-off's. The Dumping Ground Survival Files aired for two series from 6 January to 12 December 2014.[11] Webisode series Liam's Story aired from 17 January to 14 March 2014 and aired in a full episode on television on 23 March 2014. The series followed the character of Liam O'Donovan, played by Richard Wisker, after his life in care.[12] In November 2015, a five-part miniseries aired, titled The Dumping Ground Dish Up, that featured five former cast members - Joe Maw, Jessie Williams, Chris Slater, Jessica Revell and Saffron Coomber - in character and showing how to make different dishes.[13] The Dumping Ground: I'm..., another webisode series where young people and staff describe living and working in care, aired for two series from 25 January 2016 to 9 February 2017.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] On 6 April 2018, a five-part mini webisode series was released called Sasha's Contact Meeting, which followed Sasha with her social worker planning her pathway plan for when she leaves care.[24]

Production and casting

Amy-Leigh Hickman announced that The Dumping Ground had been commissioned in March 2012. Like in Tracy Beaker Returns, the former La Sagesse school was used for The Dumping Ground set and the first series was filmed in summer 2012. Additional scenes are shot across the North East of England.[3][25] The exterior set is filmed at Rowlands Gill, Tyne and Wear whilst the former Loansdean fire station in Morpeth, Northumberland has been used for The Dumping Ground interior set since the second series when La Sagesse school was sold to property developers, with additional filming across the North East.[6][26][27] To portray life accurately in a children's care home, the show works with children's advocate, Bev Costello, who acts as an adviser.[9]

All the main cast, apart from Dani Harmer and Saffron Coomber, from the last episode of the third series of Tracy Beaker Returns reprised their roles and Leanne Dunstan, Reece Buttery and Sarah Rayson were cast as Faith Davis, Mo Michaels and Floss Guppy respectively.[3][28][29] Stacy Liu joined as new care worker May-Li Wang from the 2013 Christmas special and Kasey McKellar joined as Bailey Wharton in series two.[30]

Ratings

Series No. Episode No. Airdate Viewers Avg. Viewers CBBC Weekly Ranking BBC iPlayer requests [nb 1] Source
1 1 4 January 2013 625,000 545,000 1 1,479,000 [31]
2
3 11 January 2013 684,000 1 1,072,000 [31]
4 18 January 2013 500,000 1 1,076,000 [31]
5 25 January 2013 631,000 1 TBA TBA
6 1 February 2013 545,000 1 943,000 [32]
7 8 February 2013 594,000 1 810,000 [32]
8 15 February 2013 486,000 2 TBA TBA
9 22 February 2013 463,000 1 TBA TBA
10 1 March 2013 438,000 1 977,000 [33]
11 8 March 2013 422,000 2 928,000 [33]
12 15 March 2013 479,000 2 877,000 [33]
13 649,000 1 823,000 [33]
Special 16 December 2013 504,000 N/A 1 913,000 [34]
2 1 10 January 2014 565,000 396,000 1 1,241,000 [35]
2
3 17 January 2014 322,000 2 TBA TBA
4 24 January 2014 449,000 1 TBA TBA
5 31 January 2014 Outside Top 10 Outside Top 10 TBA TBA
6 7 February 2014 Outside Top 10 Outside Top 10 TBA TBA
7 14 February 2014 358,000 5 856,000 [36]
8 21 February 2014 341,000 1 TBA TBA
9 28 February 2014 382,000 2 TBA TBA
10 7 March 2014 467,000 1 TBA TBA
11 14 March 2014 361,000 1 TBA TBA
12 21 March 2014 412,000 1 TBA TBA
13 28 March 2014 302,000 2 TBA TBA
3 1 16 January 2015 269,000 311,000 3 1,400,000 [37]
2
3 23 January 2015 298,000 1 TBA TBA
4 30 January 2015 248,000 1 TBA TBA
5 6 February 2015 247,000 3 950,000 [38]
6 13 February 2015 251,000 1 TBA TBA
7 20 February 2015 255,000 2 TBA TBA
8 27 February 2015 332,000 2 TBA TBA
9 6 March 2015 274,000 1 TBA TBA
10 13 March 2015 306,000 1 826,000 [39]
11 6 October 2015 323,000 4 904,000 [40]
12 13 October 2015 386,000 1 TBA TBA
13 20 October 2015 355,000 2 TBA TBA
14 27 October 2015 325,000 5 TBA TBA
15 3 November 2015 396,000 2 755,000 [41]
16 10 November 2015 254,000 6 TBA TBA
17 17 November 2015 327,000 2 TBA TBA
18 24 November 2015 360,000 1 TBA TBA
19 1 December 2015 263,000 3 719,000 [41]
20 8 December 2015 443,000 1 TBA TBA
4 1 29 January 2016 370,000 290,000 1 N/A N/A
2
3 5 February 2016 447,000 1 845,000 [42]
4 12 February 2016 309,000 1 N/A N/A
5 19 February 2016 237,000 7 N/A N/A
6 26 February 2016 341,000 1 666,000 [42]
7 4 March 2016 269,000 1 N/A N/A
8 11 March 2016 247,000 2 N/A N/A
9 18 March 2016 333,000 1 N/A N/A
10 25 March 2016 Outside Top 10 Outside Top 10 N/A N/A
11 30 September 2016 285,000 2 N/A N/A
12 7 October 2016 271,000 3 551,000 [43]
13 14 October 2016 371,000 1 N/A N/A
14 21 October 2016 Outside Top 10 Outside Top 10 N/A N/A
15 29 October 2016 195,000 6 N/A N/A
16 4 November 2016 196,000 7 N/A N/A
17 11 November 2016 207,000 10 N/A N/A
18 18 November 2016 342,000 1 N/A N/A
19 25 November 2016 221,000 6 N/A N/A
20 2 December 2016 N/A N/A N/A N/A
5 1 20 January 2017 231,000 2 587,000 [44]
2
3 27 January 2017 232,000 2 N/A N/A
4 3 February 2017 210,000 2 619,000 [45]
5 10 February 2017 267,000 3 N/A N/A
6 17 February 2017 165,000 9 N/A N/A
7 24 February 2017 182,000 8 N/A N/A
8 3 March 2017 197,000 2 549,000 [46]
9 10 March 2017 190,000 2 N/A N/A
10 17 March 2017 209,000 2 N/A N/A
11 24 March 2017 162,000 4 N/A N/A
12 31 March 2017 147,000 2 N/A N/A
13 13 October 2017 253,000 2 N/A N/A
14 20 October 2017 190,000 3 N/A N/A
15 27 October 2017 240,000 3 N/A N/A
16 3 November 2017 230,000 1 N/A N/A
17 10 November 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A
18 17 November 2017 220,000 4 N/A N/A
19 24 November 2017 183,000 6 N/A N/A
20 1 December 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A
21 8 December 2017 236,000 1 N/A N/A
22 15 December 2017 251,000 2 N/A N/A
23 22 December 2017 N/A N/A N/A N/A
6 1 12 January 2018 266,000 4 N/A N/A
2 19 January 2018 215,000 3 N/A N/A
3 26 January 2018 N/A N/A N/A N/A
4 2 February 2018 214,000 4 N/A N/A
5 9 February 2018 N/A N/A N/A N/A
6 16 February 2018 223,000 2 N/A N/A
7 23 February 2018 239,000 2 N/A N/A
8 2 March 2018 194,000 8 N/A N/A
9 9 March 2018 283,000 2 N/A N/A
10 16 March 2018 153,000 10 N/A N/A
11 23 March 2018 211,000 2 N/A N/A
12 30 March 2018 211,000 2 N/A N/A

Awards and nominations

Ceremony Award Nominee Result
2013 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards Best Children's Television Script Elly Brewer for "What Would Gus Want?" Won
Emma Reeves for "The Truth is Out There" Nominated
2013 British Academy Children's Awards[47] Best Drama The Dumping Ground Won
2014 British Academy Children's Awards[48] BAFTA Kid's Vote – Television The Dumping Ground Nominated
Best Actor Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson Nominated
2015 British Academy Children's Awards[49] Best Drama The Dumping Ground Nominated
Interactive: Adapted in 2015 The Dumping Ground: You're The Boss Won
2016 Royal Television Society North East and the Border Awards Drama in 2016 The Dumping Ground Won
2016 British Academy Children's Awards[50] Best Drama The Dumping Ground Nominated
2018 Royal Television Society NETB Awards Best Drama (Long Form) Ian Kershaw for "Farvel"[51] Nominated
Performance of the Year Annabelle Davis[52] Won
Lewis G Hamilton[53] Nominated
Rising Star Jordan Barrett, Script Editor[54] Nominated
Rachel Smee, Make Up Trainee[54] Nominated
Professional Excellence – Costume and Make-up Michael Birtley[55] Won

References

  1. ↑ "The Dumping Ground (TV Series 2013-) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb". Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "CBBC commissions The Dumping Ground". BBC. 21 March 2012. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "CBBC's The Dumping Ground in production in Newcastle". BBC Media Centre. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "The Dumping Ground returns to CBBC for new series and exclusive webisodes". BBC. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "CBBC in-house productions announce a range of new commissions and re-commissions". BBC. 14 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 Whetstone, David (29 July 2016). "Series five of The Dumping Ground is taking shape in Morpeth with some new stars". Chronice Live. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "BBC - BBC Children's announce raft of new commissions - Media Centre". BBC. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "BBC Children's in-house productions announce new commissions". BBC. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 Wain, Deborah (2 June 2016). "The Dumping Ground: inside a social care drama set in a children's home". Community Care. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "Mia Mckenna-Bruce on Instagram: “100 eps of #TDG, what an honour it is to be a part of thatđ&#x;'ƒđ&#x;?źproud of our crazy little familyâ€?". Instagram.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  11. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Survival Files CBBC Website". BBC. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Liam's Story CBBC Website". BBC. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  13. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Dish Up CBBC Website". BBC. 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Floss". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Sasha". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Mo". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  17. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Tee". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  18. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Bailey". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  19. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Jody". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  20. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Carmen". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  21. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Ryan". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  22. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Kazima". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  23. ↑ "The Dumping Ground I'm...Tyler". Radio Times. 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Sasha's Contact Meeting". BBC. 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  25. ↑ "The Dumping Ground show to replace Tracy Beaker on CBBC". Newsround. 27 March 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  26. ↑ "History in the making for town as TV cameras roll". Morpeth Herald. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "The Dumping Ground exterior". Carers Trust. 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
  28. ↑ "Meet the new stars of Thev Dumping Ground". ScreenTerrier. 17 September 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
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  30. ↑ "The Dumping Ground returns for second series". Screen Terrier. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  31. 1 2 3 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jan13.pdf
  32. 1 2 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-feb13.pdf
  33. 1 2 3 4 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-mar13.pdf
  34. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-dec13.pdf
  35. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jan14.pdf
  36. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-feb14.pdf
  37. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jan15.pdf
  38. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-feb15.pdf
  39. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-mar15.pdf
  40. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-oct15.pdf
  41. 1 2 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-dec15.pdf
  42. 1 2
  43. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-nov16.pdf
  44. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-jan17.pdf
  45. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-feb17.pdf
  46. ↑ http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/iplayer/iplayer-performance-apr17.pdf
  47. ↑ "Children's in 2013".
  48. ↑ "Children's in 2014".
  49. ↑ "Children's in 2015".
  50. ↑ "Children's in 2016".
  51. ↑ "Drama in 2018".
  52. ↑ "Performance in 2018".
  53. ↑ "Performance in 2018".
  54. 1 2 "Rising Star in 2018".
  55. ↑ "Costume and Make-up in 2018".
  1. ↑ Up to the end of the relevant month
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