The Dumping Ground (series 6)

The Dumping Ground (series 6)
Series Six Title Card
Country of origin United Kingdom
Release
Original network CBBC
CBBC HD
Original release 12 January 2018 (2018-01-12) – present
Series chronology

The sixth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 12 January 2018 on CBBC.[1] The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Ashdene Ridge, nicknamed by them "The Dumping Ground". It is set to consist of twenty-four, thirty-minute episodes,[2] airing in two halves in January and September; episodes for the second half premiere a week early on BBC IPlayer. It is the fourteenth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.

Series synopsis

Alexander Aze returned as Dexter Bellman, but as a guest character in episode 1 and 5. Archie Able (Jethro Baliba) departed in episode 8.

Jody pretends she lives at home for the sake of Denise's boyfriend Grant and the pressure causes Jody to snap at Mike and May-Li as the young people compete for the attic when they think it will be converted into a luxury bedroom.[3][4] The truth about Jody being in care is eventually revealed to Grant and Chloe and Candi-Rose briefly fall out over an embarrassing photo of Candi-Rose.[5][6] Candi-Rose shoplifts things for the young people, but Taz is caught and Charlie attempts to raise money to fund yoga classes for her injured grandfather.[7][8] Finn begins to think about his dad and is held a Blackpool-themed birthday party.[9][10] When Sasha is due to leave The Dumping Ground to return home, she realises she is not ready to leave and Floss fakes a foot injury.[11][12] Alex meets a woman Aileen and her daughter Alice, who he believes to be his mum and sister, but chooses not to ruin Alice's life by exposing a successful Aileen and Taz opens up about her dad when the piano is being sold.[13][14] The Dumping Ground take part in a competition against another care home, Greybridge, Mike is reunited with a woman he once dated, Fiona Johnsom and brothers Jay and Bird arrive at The Dumping Ground; Bird is revealed to have diabetes.[15][16] Jay accuses May-Li of hitting him and after unsuccessfully persuading Jay to tell the truth, Bird admits the allegation is false.[17][18] Tyler declares no rules in The Dumping Ground when Mike cancels a theme park trip, but Tyler later brings the rebellion to an end.[19][20] May-Li runs The Dimping Ground alone when Mike turns up ill, be she later falls sick herself and gets fed up of Mike's wallowing and Joseph wants to make a chickem soup that his former foster mother made and remembers that the hug he got off his foster mother was the amazing part. Floss gets the young people to help her convince Finn that zombies are real.[21][22] The Dumping Ground is broken into and the thief runs into Ryan, but he earns praise for stopping the thief and receives praise and attention, but takes a watch that later goes missing.[23][24] Ryan is left messages, being ordered what to do and confides in Chloe about the watch, who urges him to tell Mike and May-Li and Chloe confesses she left the messages for Ryan due to his behaviour; Ryan gives his reward to the young people. May-Li announces she is pregnant and is due before Christmas when she has been eating coal.[25][26]

Sasha finds herself reliving the same day, where she repeatedly gets grounded, but when she does the right thing by helping others, she finally wakes up on the following day.[27][28] Joseph spends time with his prospective foster parents, John and Jacinda, but decides he does not want to be fostered, but is reluctant to admit it so he does not hurt them and Ryan goes around fixing broken things, but the young people find it hard to believe.[29][30]

Cast

Main

Guest

Casting

Leo James and Cole Wealleans-Watts joined the series, playing brothers Bird and Jay.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
series		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUK viewers
(millions) [32]
Part 1
911"Jody on the Ropes"David Innes EdwardsDawn Harrison12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)0.29

Jody borrows or takes things from the other young people and Swedish woman Hilde from the council's planning department arrives to see how The Dumping Ground uses its space. Jody arrives at her mum's for Denise's boyfriend Grant's visit and Sasha speaks to Dexter on video chat, who is now living with their mum and stepdad with Sasha due to move in later. Hilde agrees for Floss to help her and Jody struggles to tell Grant about a made up trip in Venice and Denise is against telling Grant that Jody is in care and orders Jody to bring some of her stuff to make it like she lives with her. Floss finds plans for a luxury bedroom conversion in the attic and the young people argue over who should get it, so Alex decides they should compete for it, with Sasha and Chloe making the rules. The competition Sasha sets is everyone having a red tag with their name on and if it's pulled off, they are eliminated and whoever has their tag remaining wins. Charlie climbs onto the shed roof with Alex refusing to move from near her. Jody packs some of her stuff, but opts to go to the gym when Mike won't let her go out herself and Archie helps Charlie move Alex by using the hose, so Charlie and Archie team up. Floss copies Hilde's style and accent and at the boxing gym, Jody is initially unenthusiastic, but soon takes to it. Floss wants Hilde to teach her Hygge and Jody runs away from the gym to Denise's when she calls whilst Floss gets Chloe to help make Swedish food for Hilde. Jody is unimpressed about having to wear a dress and heels for Denise to join Grant for a ballet show and when Grant tells Jody he wants him, her and Denise to be a family, Jody runs off. Hilde is reluctant to try the Swedish food and Jody snaps at Mike and May-Li when she returns to The Dumping Ground when they question what is wrong with her. Alex and Charlie are the only remaining players left, so they decide to both remove their tags and Hilde reveals the attic plans are for a billionaire and it turns out she is not Swedish. Denise threatens Jody to make things right with Grant or she will never forgive her.

Guest Appearance: Alexander Aze as Dexter Bellman
922"Saved by the Bell"David Innes EdwardsDawn Harrison19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)0.22
May-Li takes Jody to the boxing gym and Jody snaps at Mike and May-Li when they disagree over boxing helping Jody's anger. Denise visits Jody and tells her that Grant is worried that she is missing as she is not with her, so later that day, Jody will have to come over to make herself look like a good mum. Candi-Rose is annoyed with Chloe when she shares an embarrassing photo between the young people and when Sasha finds Jody's ticket for the ballet, she confront her and Jody admits she has been seeing her mum outside of contact and pretending she lives at home for Grant. A house meeting is called when Jody accidentally injures Archie by kicking her door, where the young people complain about Jody's recent attitude and Jody loses her control, insisting they are not a family and Mike and May-Li don't care and Mike contacts Jody's social worker about her placement. Candi-Rose takes Chloe's mobile phone, so Ryan takes Candi-Rose's makeup for Chloe's revenge. Jody turns up at Denise's and when Grant has reported her missing, Grant is confused that Jody has been reported missing by The Dumping Ground and whilst trying to delete the embarrassing photo, Candi-Rose deletes all Chloe's photos. Denise makes out to Grant that Jody is in a care home for difficult children, but Jody reveals that she is in care for Denise neglecting her, being in prison and for the way Kingsley treated her and Grant ends the relationship. Denise angrily orders Jody to leave and Sasha explains to Mike about Jody and Denise, though Denise lies she hasn't seen Jody and Chloe breaks Candi-Rose's make up when she discovers her photos have been deleted. Jody spends the night sleeping rough before going to the boxing gym and May-Li is informed whilst Chloe and Candi-Rose mend their friendship. May-Li tells Jody she needs to find a way to deal with and control things. At The Dumping Ground, Denise apologises and tells Jody she will try and help herself, but Jody will only contact her when she is ready and when Jody confides in Mike and May-Li about her fears on being on her own, she is reassured that she won't be leaving for ages.
933"Give and Take"David Innes EdwardsSarah-Louise Hawkins26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)—

Floss compiles a list of the young people's qualities and Candi-Rose is annoyed that she is not noted as no one can think of anything she is good at, but Chloe makes Candi-Rose feel better by complimenting her shopping skills. Sasha finds out Charlie is selling her favourite things online whilst Archie loses his temper when he loses in a game of football. The young people are impressed with Candi-Rose when she manages to get Chloe some boots for half the price and May-Li is concerned for Charlie since she returned from her grandfather, so she asks Sasha to keep an eye on her. Sasha suggests to Charlie that they can make t-shirts to make money and May-Li recommends that Archie meditates to control his anger. Candi-Rose returns from shopping and further impresses the young people when she gets Jody a jacket for her budget amount, so Floss asks for a bag identical to Candi-Rose's, Alex asks for jeans and Taz wants some gold trainers, but with everything too expensive, Candi-Rose steals some jeans and the bag, which delight Floss and Alex. After Archie wants her help meditating, May-Li tells him to do it in the garden so she can finish her book and Charlie grows annoyed with Jody and Finn's help on making the t-shirts. Alex shows Candi-Rose a problem with his jeans and she admits to Taz she stole the trousers, so they cannot be returned as planned and Taz asks Floss to come with them and Mike. The jeans are taken back and Taz finds gold trainers, which Candi-Rose encourages her to take, but Taz doesn't want to, however, Candi-Rose puts them in her bag and they are chased by security. Taz is caught and banned from the shoe shop, but Candi-Rose confesses that she stole the trainers and Charlie tells Sasha that she needs money to pay for yoga for her grandfather that helped him when he fell, but he is no longer getting classes as his home has stopped paying. Candi-Rose is taken to the shop to apologise with Chloe, Floss and Taz for support.

Absent: Lewis G Hamilton as Ryan Reeves and Yousef Naseer as Joseph Stubbs.
944"Heroes"David Innes EdwardsIan Kershaw2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)0.22
Finn dreams about playing football professionally with his dad, but he annoys Sasha when he kicks a football that damages her art work. Finn overhears Alex telling May-Li he does not want to celebrate his birthday. Finn gains the idea from thinking of his dad to organise a birthday party for Alex whilst Joseph plans to move into Archie's room, but Archie is annoyed with Joseph when he accuses him of stealing his coat that Mike accidentally gave to him. Charlie agrees to help Finn organise Alex a birthday party after little interest from the other young people At lunch, Alex is furious to learn that Finn is planning a birthday, which hurts Finn as he takes his remarks personally. Archie and Joseph argue over the final sausage and spoil Sasha's art work with baked beans, so to get them to make up, Mike and May-Li pretend that if they do not make up, one of them will move to Sleepy Hollow, a house on an island. Charlie tells Alex that Finn has never had a birthday prior to living at The Dumping Ground or met his dad and when Joseph and Archie ask for votes, the young people refuse to vote for either of them over the other. Mike and May-Li are surprised that Sasha received positive feedback on her work and Finn is left with the deciding vote on Joseph and Archie, however, he insists they end arguing and share a room. Finn runs off when he is surprised by a Blackpool themed party in the garden, admitting to Alex that he never had a Blackpool birthday, but he enjoys the party and his bedroom is decorated like the Blackpool illuminations.
955"SorryNotSorry"Fiona WaltonKim Millar9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)—

Sasha vlogs her last day at The Dumping Ground and Dexter arrives for a visit whilst Floss returns from the hospital with crutches after chipping a bone in her foot. Taz has to help Floss, but agrees as the injury was a result of using her rollerblades and Dexter is unhappy his things have been moved out of his old room as Joseph now shares with Archie. Dexter is excluded from Sasha's vlog by Joseph and Archie as he has left care and Jody is reluctant to be involved in the vlog. Dexter joins Joseph and Archie for a game of monopoly, but Joseph and Archie have changed the rules. To get Jody and Sasha to speak, she tricks them into meeting in Sasha's room and locks the door on them. When Sasha records Jody, Jody admits she does not want Sasha to go, so Sasha gives Jody a book given by Tee when she left, but Sasha is angry when she finds a picture she drew that Jody took. At lunch, Sasha insults everyone when she says goodbye and Taz moves some of Floss' things on to some high shelves and the pair fight when Taz catches Floss climbing to get them. When Sasha is leaving, Jody tries to get Sasha to confess that she is scared about leaving as she likes The Dumping Ground. May-Li grounds Floss for faking her injury and Sasha becomes emotional in the car as Dexter makes her realise that The Dumping Ground is home for her. Sasha returns to The Dumping Ground with Mike, telling him she wants to remain at The Dumping Ground whilst she goes to college and the young people are thrilled with Sasha's choice.

Last Appearance: Alexander Aze as Dexter Bellman
966"Cat's in the Cradle"Fiona WaltonMark Stevenson16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)0.25

Alex and Charlie go round houses, offering to do gardening, but Alex leaves when he thinks he recognises one of the homeowners, Aileen and tells Finn and Charlie he thinks that Aileen is his mum. Taz is upset that Mike is selling the piano and Alex and Charlie return to Aileen. Taz argues with Mike over the sale of the piano and after overhearing Aileen on the phone, Alex attempts to ask about her job and Taz asks Tyler and Jody for help. May-Li is shocked when Archie purchases a load of carrots and Alex meets Aileen's daughter, Alice and Mike is baffled with the piano's disappearance. Taz pays Floss when she finds out about the piano being moved and Alice shows Alex her family photos, a trophy Aileen won and a newspaper clipping on Alex, which Alex takes. Archie struggles to sell the carrots, Alice arrives at The Dumping Ground and when Mike finds out the piano was not collected, he confronts the young people and threatens to take away their TV privileges for a week. Alex threatens to go to the papers about what Aileen did and when he walks Alice home, Alex and Alice talk about Aileen's job and that she was poor before and Alice plays knock a door and run. May-Li gives Archie the money back for the carrots and Mike talks to Taz about the piano, with Taz opening up about her dad teaching her to play and Taz impresses everyone when she plays. May-Li is annoyed when Archie buys parsnips and Alex returns the cutting to Alice, deciding not to ruin hers or Aileen's life.

Absent: Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves.
977"Challenging Times"Fiona WaltonKeith Brumpton23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)0.25

Brothers Jay and Bird arrive at The Dumping Ground late at night, taking Candi-Rose's room, so she moves in with Chloe. The next day, the young people are practising in preparation for their competition against Graybridge as Candi-Rose waits for Valentine's cards. When Graybridge arrive, Mike is shocked to see Fiona Johnson, a woman he once knew, who is acting careworker at Graybridge, but is a regional manager and she introduces the Graybridge young people to The Dumping Ground young people. The young people have little expectation from Graybridge, but find out that they are intelligent and Mike embarrassingly explains how he knows Fiona to May-Li. When food for Graybridge go missing, Floss is determined to prove that Graybridge were responsible, Tyler gets a Valentine's card and Mike and Fiona reminisce over their time at Glastonbury. Greybridge win the first quiz in the competition. The Dumping Ground win the next round where they have to build a square out of foam pieces, but Graybridge win the following round when they have to answer questions on a reenacted Doctor Who scene. When Fiona remarks Mike on his competitiveness, Mike remembers their dart march and them kissing and The Dumping Ground win the basketball round. Floss accuses Amelie of taking the food when she mistakes toothpaste for cream and is forced to apologise. Before the race in the competition, Amelie tells Charlie that Fiona has made things great at Graybridge in her time there, but will go back to rubbish when she leaves. Mike declares The Dumping Ground the winners of the competition when Amelie helps Emi cross the finishing line when her asthma plays up, but helping is against the rules. When Charlie sees how upset Emi is, the young people ask Mike to declare Graybridge the winners. Floss catches Jay taking a cake, but he tells May-Li that Bird has diabetes and May-Li is angry about Jay potentially putting Bird in danger due to no medical diagnosis and Jay vows to never stop taking care of Bird.

First Appearance: Leo James as Bird and Cole Wealleans-Watts as Jay
988"Two Sides to Every Story"Fiona WaltonKeith Brumpton2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)0.19

Jay has a nightmare that Bird ignores him in favour of the other young people. The young people are not happy that the food has been changed to accommodate Bird's diabetes. Sasha films a vlog of Mike and Fiona discussing the competition as May-Li discusses Bird's new diet. Candi-Rose wants Mike and Fiona to be a couple, so reads up about Fiona online and to get more personal details out of her, they interview Fiona, pretending it is for an interview for woman in leadership. Jay sternly reminds Bird that they are better on their own and the young people are not their friends. May-Li talks to Jay about supporting Bird with his diet, but he gets annoyed and alleges to Mike and Fiona that May-Li hit him, with Bird supporting Jay. Mike tells May-Li about Jay's allegation and she ridicules it, wanting an apology from Jay, but Fiona suspends her. Floss spreads the news to the young people when she overhears a conversation and Fiona allows Mike to investigate for a while off the record. Mike breaks up the young people when they are angry with Jay and Bird and later, they try to get Jay and Bird to admit May-Li did not hit him whilst locked in the attic. Sasha speaks to Bird on his home and tells them that The Dumping Ground is different to any other home they have been in and it can be home for them, which makes Bird admit that Jay lied. After talking it through, Mike and May-Li decide that Jay and Bird can stay and Bird stands up to Jay. Mike asks Fiona out for a coffee and Bird insists to Jay he wants to stay at The Dumping Ground.

Absent: Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine

Last Appearance: Jethro Baliba as Archie Able
999"Utopia"Dave BeauchampGareth Sergeant9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)0.22
The young people's constant arguing leads Mike into cancelling their theme park trip, so Tyler decides to try and prevent the young people from arguing for the whole day when Mike says he'd buy VIP wristbands for the theme park. Tyler gets the young people to paint a happy image and when Joseph, Tyler and Floss argue over what to watch on television, Floss and Taz challenge each other to a dance off with Joseph as judge. The young people agree that they should get revenge on Mike, believing arguing is normal, but Tyler suggests the young people say the truth without anger and at the swimming pool, Alex backs out of joining Finn and is defensive when Finn questions if he can swim and when Finn asks Mike and May-Li if Alex can have swimming lessons, Jay overhears, so winds Alex up. Tyler snaps when Mike orders him to his room, declaring no rules and Mike and May-Li are locked in the office as the young people cause chaos. When Tyler orders the theme park trip to be reinstated to end the chaos, Mike crosses off future plans off the calendar and Alex rejects Finn's offer of help. Tyler is pressured into deciding what the young people should do about trips being cancelled and Jody shows her painting of Tyler she did. After speaking with Jody, Tyler decides they should end their rebellion and let Mike and May-Li out of the office and apologise. Floss and Taz fall asleep after their dance off, the young people clean up and Alex announces that he wants swimming lessons.
10010"The Lurgy"Dave BeauchampOwen Lloyd-Fox16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)0.15
Mike arrives at The Dumping Ground, ill and complaining to May-Li and Finn begins to believe zombies are real. The young people recall to Mike the times May-Li had to run The Dumping Ground by herself, so she decides to do so again. Chloe and Joseph decide to make chicken soup when Joseph finds a recipe from his foster mum whilst May-Li sorts out the young people's problems. Whilst preparing the ingredients, Mike writes down a medication on the recipe, ripping off the last part of it and Chloe and Joseph look through the bin. Chloe finds an article on taste, so she suggests they taste to find the ingredient. May-Li helps Bird and Jay choose a colour for their room and she ends up fainting whilst Tyler falls asleep on the living room floor. Chloe and Joseph taste soup with different flavours and the young people declare the office as quarantine as Mike and May-Li are both ill, but May-Li becomes annoyed by Mike's complaining, so decides to work. Bird and Jay almost decide to keep their room the colour Candi-Rose had it, but let May-Li paint it and leave her so they don't get ill. Floss asks the young people to help pretend to be zombies for Finn and Joseph gets the final part of the recipe, which was up Mike's sleeve. Joseph gives Chloe a mug of soup and reveals the final part was for it to be served in a mug and with a hug, which was the amazing part. Floss gets Finn out into the garden under the pretense that there has been a zombie outbreak and the young people are pretending to be zombies. Mike and May-Li leave The Dumping Ground to go home, leaving the young people down to relief careworker, Dee.
10111"RyanMan"Dave BeauchampJeff Povey23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)0.21
The young people and Mike return to The Dumping Ground to find The Dumping Ground has been broken into and when Ryan sneaks off, the intruder runs into him when he hears Mike and Ryan is praised by everyone for catching the thief. Ryan is let off his chores and given a medal from Joseph. When Alex is annoyed with having to do Ryan's chores, he reminds Alex that he considered number 1. Ryan is offered a reward, but makes out he is interested in being rewarded, earning more praise from Mike, but Ryan responds to the email, stating he wants a new games console. A boy from Jody's boxing gym, Brandon, arrives and gives Jody a new gum shield as a small gift and asks if Jody can help with his training. Ryan wants Joseph's help to do a reconstruction of stopping the thief for a blog, but he changes his mind and agrees with Chloe and Candi-Rose that it is dangerous upon spotting a watch in the tree. Jody gains consent from May-Li to help Brandon and Ryan hides the watch in his room whilst Tyler introduces himself to Brandon, stating that he is Jody's best friend. Ryan denies seeing the watch when Mike and May-Li tell him it has not been recovered and Candi-Rose's video of Ryan stopping the thief goes viral and he is also invited to be interviewed on TV. Jody rejects Brandon when he invites her out and Ryan appears nervous when he is interviewed on TV . When he returns to The Dumping Ground, Ryan finds the watch missing from his room and Jody goes out with Brandon. Ryan subtly warns the young people about the watch and over lunch, he becomes paranoid of everyone.
10212"Holding Out for a Hero"Dave BeauchampJeff Povey30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)0.21
Ryan gets a note, ordering him to make breakfast for everyone and searches everyone's room for the watch whilst Mike finds Floss asleep in the office because of Taz's suspicion that the thief has returned. Mike gets a phone call from the Mayoress, who wants to meet Ryan, and Joseph and Finn find a piece of coal with tooth marks in the fruit bowl. Ryan panics when Mike and May-Li discuss Ryan and an image that was printed from the office, thinking it's one of him with the watch, but it turns out to be his face imposed on a clown. He thinks Sasha has been blackmailing him when he gets a call from her phone and confides in Chloe about the messages and that he found the watch. Chloe urges him to tell Mike and May-Li to put a stop to the messages, but he gets another note that instructs him to wash the car, but then it turns out he has to ride a tricycle until the end of lunch. Ryan gets another note and he has to dress up as a clown, which amuses the young people when he meets the Mayoress and Finn and Joseph are confused when May-Li confesses to eating coal. Taz confides in Floss when she asks that she doesn't like the door shut as the one time she had it shut, she never heard her mum and the next day, it was too late to help her. When Finn and Joseph try to figure out why May-Li eats coal, Ryan recalls that his mum ate coal when she was pregnant with Chloe. May-Li announces to Mike and the young people that she is pregnant and due before Christmas. Chloe admits she left the notes for Ryan as she felt he deserved it for the way he was acting and when Ryan gets his games console, he gives it to the young people.
Part 2
10313"Stuck"Sean GlynnKim Millar14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) (BBC IPlayer)
21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) (TV)		N/A
Sasha jumps the queue for the bathroom, complains about breakfast, shows little interest in Candi-Rose's school disco problems and gets agitated with the other young people. After failing to supervise the younger ones, where Taz breaks a picture with a football, Mike grounds Sasha, so she is unable to go to a gig the following day. When Sasha wakes up, she is confused her calendar still is the same day, she has her gig tickets and is convinced everything is the same as the day before. Sasha is grounded again when Taz breaks a picture again with the football. When Sasha wakes up again on the same day, she uses the bathroom first and decides to do what she wants as well as refusing to help Joseph with his project and ruining Candi-Rose's dress, but is grounded again when the photo breaks. After repeatedly living the same day, Sasha sorts out the bathroom queue, helps out Mike and May-Li and makes breakfast for the young people, but Floss is pleased when Sasha gets annoyed over the photo that gets broken and she is grounded. When Sasha relives the day again, she helps Mike and May-Li out more, assigns jobs to the young people, compliments Candi-Rose on her dress, prevents Taz from breaking the photo and helps Joseph with his project. Sasha is pleased when she wakes up not on the same day with no bathroom queue with breakfast she likes and is allowed to the gig.
10414"The Secret"Sean GlynnSuzanne Cowie21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) (BBC IPlayer)
28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) (TV)		N/A
Joseph prepares for a visit from his prospective foster parents, John and Jacinda, and Floss uses a fortune teller. When John and Jacinda arrive, they give Joseph some clothes that are not his style, viewed as out of fashion by the others, and the young people question John and before they leave, John plays football with the young people that Joseph pretends to like. When Jody's tooth hurts, May-Li suggests a dentist appointment and Mike gets scared when Floss exaggerates a trip to the dentist. When Sasha blasts Ryan for his selfish attitude, he goes around the house and secretly helps people, so the young people form a plan to find out who it is helping. At John and Jacinda's house, Joseph tires himself out by playing all the garden games, faking his enthsiasm, and pretends to like Jacinda's healthy food. May-Li books in Mike and Jody at the dentist after Jody is visibly in pain as Mike tries to hide his fear, Finn finds Joseph in the shed before his visit to John and Jacinda's whilst Sasha believes Alex is the one helping out and receives praise, but Ryan claims responsibility, though he is not believed and ridiculed. Mike runs out of the dentist and admits to Jody he has not been to the dentist for ages, but Jody reassures him and Ryan destroys what he fixed. Joseph goes missing at John and Jacinda's, but Finn finds him in their shed and realises Joseph is unhappy, but will not admit it due to the fear of hurting John and Jacinda, but later reveals his true feelings.
10515"Bird's Song"David Innes EdwardsMarissa Lestrade28 September 2018 (2018-09-28) (BBC IPlayer
5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) (TV)		TBD
The young people search for a limited number of tickets to a launch party, with those who do not find a ticket having to go to the forest with Mike and Charlie and Jay forces Bird to give him the last found ticket. Charlie, Taz, Sasha, Bird and Candi-Rose arrive at the forest with Mike, who is using a step counter watch, and are greeted by Mavis Crinkle, the forest guide, who Charlie is a fan of and are given an orienteering activity to complete. Bird is wary when the presence of a possible big cat is mentioned and Candi-Rose goes off to look for particular plants. In the next activity of collecting unnatural forest objects, Bird is put in charge of timekeeping, and with the rubbish collected, they are given the activity of building a forest related creature and then have to build a den. Bird's confidence improves when he takes lead on building his and Candi-Rose's den and win whilst Charlie destroys hers and Taz's in retaliation of Mavis' comments; Mavis allows Charlie to take lead on finding a flower no one has ever found. Candi-Rose opens up about her older sister and family to Bird; Bird guesses Candi-Rose's name is not her real name and Bird talks about the impact of moving homes had on Jay and Bird runs off when Candi-Rose teases Jay's bed wetting. With her knowledge and skills picked up from Mavis, Charlie finds the spot the flower should be and Mavis confesses the flower no longer grows, but compliments Charlie.
10616"Home"Sean GlynnFurquan Akhtar5 October 2018 (2018-10-05) (BBC IPlayer
12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) (TV)		TBD
Charlie's granddad, Henry, arrives at The Dumping Ground to visit after initially cancelling and Taz is annoyed by Floss recording her singing in her sleep as Tyler prepares to host the kids in care forum and his pitch to gain a share of a surplus of spare council money; Floss believes she should be representative in place of Tyler, so under stress, he agrees. Henry meets everyone, talks about Charlie's gran and his care home and joins in a cricket match. Henry later discusses with everyone what Charlie was like when she was younger and that she believed babies came from plssticine when she wanted siblings, but the young people have fulfilled her wish. In the debate, Floss wins over the other care kids with her belief that sugary treats should be retained and fellow kids in care forum representative Ross suggests he and Floss work together. Charlie grows worried for Henry when he tells her that she should go alone to their future planned trip to the Galapagos Islands when she is 18 and Charlie is told by Henry he is ill; Charlie wants to take care of Lawrence. Taz and Chloe try to work out what she is singing in the video and she could be singing in a Filipino language. Lawrence reassures Charlie is he is fine at the home and they still have time and during the pitch, Floss is unhappy that Ross pitches her idea. Taz works out she has been singing a food rhyme her mum sang to her and Charlie is made a bucket list by Alex and Joseph with Henry's wishes for her.
10717"Faker"Sean GlynnDawn Harrison12 October 2018 (2018-10-12) (BBC IPlayer
19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) (TV)		TBD
When his mum does not arrive on time for contact and worried, Tyler decides to go to see her and is introduced to Sally's boyfriend, Kamal. Bird agrees to take on jobs for the young people and Taz decides to enter a science competition alongside Joseph. Tyler is further shocked when Sally reveals she and Kamal are getting married in Las Vegas as Bird decides to stand up for himself, so decides to do a game where if he wins, he does no jobs or if the young people win, he does double; Floss wins round one as Chloe wins round two. Jody advises Tyler to keep out of Sally's relationship and Bird looses another two rounds to Alex and Charlie. Believing Kamal is a fraud, Tyler turns up at one of his motivational talks, where he witnesses Kamal hugging another woman and after losing against Ryan, Bird demands a rematch with the prize for Bird winning is Ryan doing all the jobs, but if Bird loses, he will take on Ryan's chores. Bird wins after using his right hand in snooker as revenge for people not taking their jobs back, which disgusts everyone, especially Candi-Rose. Tyler confides in Sally about his suspicions of Kamal and both Joseph and Taz cheat with their slime making for the competition, but work together. After filming footage of Kamal putting the engagement ring he gave to Sally on the other woman, Sally dumps him, but Kamal explains to Tyler he was going to give Sally his grandmother's engagement ring and the woman was his sister. After Tyler explains to Sally, she reconciles with Kamal and instead of a robot, Joseph receives slime or his prize.
10818"Me, Myself and I"[33]TBATBA19 October 2018 (2018-10-19) (BBC IPlayer
26 October 2018 (2018-10-26) (TV)		TBD

References

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  5. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 2". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  6. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 2 - CBBC on YouTube
  7. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 3". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  8. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 3 - CBBC on YouTube
  9. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 4". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  10. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 4 - CBBC on YouTube
  11. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 5". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 5 - CBBC on YouTube
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  14. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 6 - CBBC on YouTube
  15. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 7". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  16. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 7 - CBBC on YouTube
  17. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 8". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
  18. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 8 - CBBC on YouTube
  19. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 9". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  20. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 9 - CBBC on YouTube
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  22. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 10 - CBBC on YouTube
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  24. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 11 - CBBC on YouTube
  25. ↑ "The Dumping Ground Series 6 - 12". Radio Times. 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  26. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 12 - CBBC on YouTube
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  28. ↑ The Dumping Ground - Series 6 Episode 13 - CBBC on YouTube
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