The Dumping Ground series 8
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| The Dumping Ground | |
|---|---|
| Series 8 | |
 Series Eight Title Card | |
| Starring | Miles Butler-Hughton Kia Pegg Sarah Rayson Stacy Liu Ruben Reuter Annabelle Davis Hannah Moncur Carma Hylton Jasmine Uson Leo James Cole Welleans-Watts Josh Sangha Ava Potter Anya Cooke Louis Payne Chloe Lea Tut Nyuot Jed Jefferson |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC CBBC HD |
| Original release | 10 January 2020 – 5 February 2021 |
| Series chronology | |
The eighth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 10 January 2020 on CBBC[1] and ended on 5 February 2021.[2] 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 consisted of twenty-four, thirty-minute episodes. It is the 16th series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.
Cast
Main
- Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis (until episode 12)
- Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson
- Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy
- Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang
- Ruben Reuter as Finn McLaine
- Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman
- Hannah Moncur as Chloe Reeves
- Carma Hylton as Candi-Rose
- Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza
- Leo James as Bird Wallis
- Cole Wealleans-Watts as Jay Wallis
- Josh Sangha as Sid Khan
- Ava Potter as Bec Hyde
- Anya Cooke as Katy White
- Louis Payne as Scott Jenson[3]
- Chloe Lea as Viv (from episode 5)
- Tut Nyuot as Nazeer (episodes 11-14, 17)
- Jed Jefferson as Max Riley (from episode 16)
Guest
- Gary Webster as Al Winters[4]
- Steven Blakeley as Ed Grayson
- Endy McKay as Jenny Holmes
- Cherry Campbell as Iona
- Scott Karim as K'Alias
- Lucy Thackeray as Stef
- Matilda Shapland as Emma
- Bethany Asher as Ivy
- Geoff Berrisford as Jake
- Omar Malik as Kamal Hameed
- Connor Lawson as Alex Walker
- Carlos Mapano as Jerome De Souza
- Vanessa Hehir as Amanda
- Solomon Israel as Ray
- Jessica Revell as Elektra Perkins
- Adam Little as Elliot
- Sian Reeves as Daphne Davis
- Liv De-Vulgt as Ruby Butler
- Nia Gwynne as Hazel Butler
- Lola Sattar as Zara
- Kellie Shirley as Maria White
- Christina Berriman Dawson as Annie
- James Bartlett as Luke Jackson
- Laura Whitmore as Savannah B
- Michele Austin as Alice
- William Talbot as Ross Maydons
- Richard Blackwood as Reggie Wallis
- India Jean-Jacques as Gemma
- Lucy Carless as Cara
- Derek Griffiths as Larry Meadow
Episodes
The series' second half's directors include Hildegard Ryan (4 episodes),[5] Vicki Kisner,[6] and Gary Williams (4 episodes),[7] and produced by Emma Bodger.[8]
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [9] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 139 | 1 | "Natural Selection" | Nicole Volavka | Julie Dixon | 10 January 2020 | 0.15 | ||||||
| 140 | 2 | "Follow My Leader" | Nicole Volavka | Dawn Harrison | 17 January 2020 | 0.15 | ||||||
| 141 | 3 | "Auld Lang Syne" | Nicole Volavka | Claire Miller | 24 January 2020 | 0.17 | ||||||
| 142 | 4 | "Somebody" | Nicole Volavka | Rachel Smith | 31 January 2020 | 0.15 | ||||||
| 143 | 5 | "Sugar and Spice" | Sean Glynn | Christine Robertson | 7 February 2020 | 0.14 | ||||||
| 144 | 6 | "Love Hearts And Roses" | Sean Glynn | John Hickman | 14 February 2020 | 0.17 | ||||||
| 145 | 7 | "A Matter of Life and Debt" | Sean Glynn | Anthony MacMurray | 21 February 2020 | 0.16 | ||||||
| 146 | 8 | "Risk" | Sean Glynn | Gareth Sergeant | 28 February 2020 | 0.19 | ||||||
| 147 | 9 | "The Replacement" | Alex Jacob | Hannah George | 6 March 2020 | 0.13 | ||||||
| 148 | 10 | "Do the Right Thing" | Alex Jacob | Suzanne Cowie | 13 March 2020 | 0.11 | ||||||
| 149 | 11 | "Trouble in Paradise" | Alex Jacob | Claire Miller | 20 March 2020 | 0.16 | ||||||
| 150 | 12 | "Go Your Own Way" | Alex Jacob | Mark Stevenson | 27 March 2020 | 0.13 | ||||||
| Part 2 | ||||||||||||
| 151 | 13 | "What's Mine Is Mine" | John Howlett | Zoe Lister | 25 September 2020 | 0.08 | ||||||
| 152 | 14 | "Shattered" | John Howlett | Matt Sinclair | 2 October 2020 | 0.09 | ||||||
| 153 | 15 | "Keeping Face" | Hildegard Ryan | Dawn Harrison | 9 October 2020 | 0.08 | ||||||
| 154 | 16 | "Everybody Needs a Friend" | Hildegard Ryan | Dare Aiyegbayo | 16 October 2020 | 0.10> | ||||||
| 155 | 17 | "Truth or Scare" | John Howlett | Jeff Povey and Anthony MacMurray | 23 October 2020 | 0.10> | ||||||
| 156 | 18 | "Sasha Claus" | Gary Williams | Gareth Sergeant | 11 December 2020 | 0.08> | ||||||
| 157 | 19 | "Great Expectations" | Hildegard Ryan | Hannah George | 8 January 2021 | 0.09 | ||||||
| 158 | 20 | "Snakes and Ladders" | Vicki Kisner | David Chikwe | 15 January 2021 | 0.13> | ||||||
| 159 | 21 | "Nobody's Perfect" | Hildegard Ryan | Kim Millar | 22 January 2021 | 0.10> | ||||||
| 160 | 22 | "Broken Record" | Gary Williams | Asher Pirie | 29 January 2021 | 0.10> | ||||||
| 161 | 23 | "Far From The Tree" | Gary Williams | Christine Robertson | 5 February 2021 | 0.10 | ||||||
| 162 | 24 | "Dream Life" | Gary Williams | John Hickman | 5 February 2021 | 0.11 | ||||||
References
- ^ "CBBC - Schedules, Friday 10 January 2020". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Schedules, February 5 2021". CBBC. BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Spotlight: LOUIS PAYNE". Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Hildegard Ryan" (PDF). Rochellestevens.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ "Offline Editor". Mark McKenny - Avid Editor.
- ^ "Hayley Boyd". Gemsagency.co.uk.
- ^ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 7 January 2017.