Reece Buttery
| The Dumping Ground | |
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| Genre | Children's drama |
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The Story of Tracy Beaker by Jacqueline Wilson |
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| Theme music composer | Jeremy Holland-Smith |
| Composer(s) | Jeremy Holland-Smith (Series 1) Simon Rogers (Series 2-Present) |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 5 |
| No. of episodes | 79 (list of episodes) |
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| Editor(s) | Natasha Wilkinson |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 28 minutes (regular episodes) |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Distributor | BBC Worldwide |
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| Picture format | HDTV 1080i |
| Original release | 4 January 2013 – Present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Tracy Beaker Returns |
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| The Dumping Ground | |
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 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.
In July 2016, it was confirmed that 48 more episodes of The Dumping Ground will be made.
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.
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,
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