The Dumping Ground series 5
| The Dumping Ground | |
|---|---|
| Series 5 | |
 Series Five Title Card | |
| Starring | Connor Byrne Miles Butler-Hughton Kia Pegg Sarah Rayson Reece Buttery Stacy Liu Kasey McKellar Akuc Bol Lewis Hamilton Nelly Currant Gwen Currant Ruben Reuter Annabelle Davis Hannah Moncur Yousef Naseer Jethro Baliba Alexander Aze Carma Hylton Connor Lawson Jasmine Uson Emily Burnett |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC CBBC HD |
| Original release | 20 January – 15 December 2017 |
| Series chronology | |
The fifth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 20 January 2017 on CBBC and ended on 15 December 2017.[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 consists of twenty-two, thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves in January–March and October–December 2017.[2] It is the thirteenth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.
Cast
Main
- Connor Byrne as Mike Milligan
- Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis
- Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson
- Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy
- Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang
- Kasey McKellar as Bailey Wharton (episodes 1-2 only)
- Akuc Bol as Kazima Tako (episodes 1-12 only)
- Lewis Hamilton as Ryan Reeves
- Gwen Currant as Billie Trent (episodes 1-16 only)
- Nelly Currant as Toni Trent (episodes 1-16 only)
- Sage as Mischief (from episodes 1-2 only)
- Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine
- Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman
- Alexander Aze as Dexter Bellman
- Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves
- Yousef Naseer as Joseph Stubbs
- Jethro Baliba as Archie Able
- Carma Hylton as Candi-Rose (from episode 4)
- Connor Lawson as Alex Walker (from episode 8)
- Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza (from episode 14)
- Emily Burnett as Charlie Morris (from episode 17)
Guest
- Simon Ludders as Peter Umbleby
- Alison Pargeter as Janet Umbleby
- Jaimie Boubezari as Edward Umbleby
- Mark Homer as Kev
- Sandy Foster as Kelly Bellman
- Alfie Browne-Sykes as Roddy
- Nigel Planer as Professor Edwin von Trockelbomf III.
- Caitlan Barrett Ward as Sophie
- Andrew Hanratty as Adam
- Julia Haworth as Katherine
- Lawrence Neale as Steve
- Oliver Wellington as Sam
- Paul Barber as George
- Lucy Benjamin as Ms Bloomfield
- Mike Grady as Ralph
- Manpreet Bambra as Anjli
- Steffen Peddie as Manny
- Richard Pepple as Hakim Tako
- Stirling Gallacher as Mimi Blunt
- Samantha Morris as Sally Harper
- Phil Yarrow as Dom Harper
- Poppy Jhakra as Diane
- Dylan Barnes as Police Officer Sykes
- Bailey Hayden as Josh
- Joe Maw as Johnny Taylor[3]
- Mia McKenna-Bruce as Tee Taylor[3]
- Rayna Campbell as TV Journalist
- Jessica Revell as Elektra Perkins[3]
- Christopher Slater as Frank Matthews[3]
Casting
18-year-old Connor Lawson, 19-year-old Emily Burnett, 9-year-old Jasmine Uson and 12-year-old Carma Hylton were cast as Alex, Charlie, Taz and Candi-Rose respectively.[4][5]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 68 | 1 | "Miscreants, Robots and Bullies (Back in the Game - Part 1)" | Duncan Foster | Dawn Harrison | 20 January 2017 | 0.24 | ||||||
| 69 | 2 | "Back in the Game (Back in the Game - Part 2)" | Duncan Foster | Dawn Harrison | 20 January 2017 | 0.24 | ||||||
| 70 | 3 | "One Giant Leap" | Duncan Foster | Owen Lloyd-Fox | 27 January 2017 | 0.23 | ||||||
| 71 | 4 | "The Fairytale Princess" | Duncan Foster | Owen Lloyd-Fox and Jessica Lea | 3 February 2017 | 0.21 | ||||||
| 72 | 5 | "Sittin' in a Tree" | Delyth Thomas | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 10 February 2017 | 0.27 | ||||||
| 73 | 6 | "Faking It" | Delyth Thomas | Matt Evans | 17 February 2017 | 0.17 | ||||||
| 74 | 7 | "Sasha Bellman P.I." | Delyth Thomas | Jeff Povey | 24 February 2017 | 0.20 | ||||||
| 75 | 8 | "Belief" | Delyth Thomas | Ian Kershaw | 3 March 2017 | 0.20 | ||||||
| 76 | 9 | "Vox Populi" | Jordan Hogg | Gareth Sergeant | 10 March 2017 | 0.19 | ||||||
| 77 | 10 | "Free" | Jordan Hogg | Ian Kershaw | 17 March 2017 | 0.21 | ||||||
| 78 | 11 | "The Wardrobe" | Jordan Hogg | Jeff Povey | 24 March 2017 | 0.16 | ||||||
| 79 | 12 | "Farvel" | Jordan Hogg | Ian Kershaw | 31 March 2017 | 0.16 | ||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 80 | 13 | "Choose Your Own Adventure" | David Innes Edwards | Owen Lloyd-Fox | 13 October 2017 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 81 | 14 | "Making Waves" | David Innes Edwards | Ella Greenhill | 20 October 2017 | 0.19 | ||||||
| 82 | 15 | "The Phantom of Ashdene Ridge" | David Innes Edwards | Vincent Lund & Matthew Cooke | 27 October 2017 | 0.24 | ||||||
| 83 | 16 | "The Switch" | David Innes Edwards | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 3 November 2017 | 0.23 | ||||||
| 84 | 17 | "Mission Totally Possible" | Simon Massey | Keith Brumpton | 10 November 2017 | — | ||||||
| 85 | 18 | "Sick" | Simon Massey | Kim Millar | 17 November 2017 | 0.24 | ||||||
| 86 | 19 | "Rough Justice" | Simon Massey | Matt Evans | 24 November 2017 | 0.18 | ||||||
| 87 | 20 | "Where You Belong" | Simon Massey | Furquan Akhtar | 1 December 2017 | 0.23 | ||||||
| 88 | 21 | "#SaveTheDG" | Steve Brett | Dawn Harrison | 8 December 2017 | 0.23 | ||||||
| 89 | 22 | "What Lies Beneath" | Steve Brett | Dawn Harrison | 15 December 2017 | 0.25 | ||||||
References
- ^ "20 January 2017 CBBC schedule". BBC. 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "CBBC Productions announce new commissions and recommissions". BBC Media Centre. 11 February 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ a b c d "The Dumping Ground Heroes And Villains". BBC. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ Whetstone, David (29 July 2016). "Series five of The Dumping Ground is taking shape in Morpeth with some new stars". Chronice Live. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ May, Luke (24 March 2016). "Orpington starlet lands role in Bafta-winning comedy drama". Bromley Times. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 7 January 2017.