List of The Dumping Ground episodes

The Dumping Ground is a British children's drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people and their care workers in care, broadcast on CBBC. The first series, consisting of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes broadcast from 4 January to 15 March 2013. The second series also consisted of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes and broadcast from 10 January to 28 March 2014. A third series of twenty, thirty-minute episodes aired in two halves from 16 January to 13 March 2015 and then 6 October to 8 December 2015. A fourth series of also twenty, thirty-minute episodes also aired in two halves from 29 January to 25 March 2016 and then 30 September to 2 December 2016. The fifth series aired in two halves from 20 January to 31 March 2017 and then 13 October and 15 December 2017 and had 24, thirty-minute episodes. The sixth series is currently airing two halves from 12 January to 30 March 2018 and then from 21 September; episodes for the second half premiere a week early on BBC IPlayer from 14 September. As of 30 March 2018, 102 episodes of The Dumping Ground have aired.

Series overview

Series	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	13		4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Jody In Wonderland			16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)
2	13		10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)	28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)
3	20	10	16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)	13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
		10	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)	8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)
4	20	10	29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)	25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
		10	30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)	2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)
Floss The Foundling			25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
5	22	12	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)
		10	13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)	15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)
Dumping Ground Island			22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)
6	24	12	12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)
		12	14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) (BBC IPlayer) 21 September 2018 (2018-09-21) (TV)	2018 (2018)
Sasha's Contact Meeting			6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)
After The DG			16 July 2018 (2018-07-16)	4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)
The Joseph & Taz Files (2018)			27 August 2018 (2018-08-27)

Episodes

Series 1 (2013)

Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 1)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Home Alone (Freedom – Part 1)"	Craig Lines	Elly Brewer	4 January 2013 (2013-01-04)	0.63
2	2	"Liberty in the DG (Freedom – Part 2)"	Craig Lines	Emma Reeves	5 January 2013 (2013-01-05)	0.63
3	3	"Baby"	Craig Lines	Dawn Harrison	11 January 2013 (2013-01-11)	0.68
4	4	"S.O.S."	Craig Lines	Dawn Harrison	18 January 2013 (2013-01-18)	0.50
5	5	"What Would Gus Want?"	Stewart Svaasand	Elly Brewer	25 January 2013 (2013-01-25)	0.63
6	6	"The Real Faith Davis"	Stewart Svaasand	Heather Imani	1 February 2013 (2013-02-01)	0.55
7	7	"The Truth Is Out There"	Stewart Svaasand	Emma Reeves	8 February 2013 (2013-02-08)	0.59
8	8	"Dreamland"	Stewart Svaasand	Mark Burt	15 February 2013 (2013-02-15)	0.49
9	9	"A Day in the Past"	Diana Patrick	Steve Turner	22 February 2013 (2013-02-22)	0.46
10	10	"Oh, Mo!"	Diana Patrick	Elly Brewer	1 March 2013 (2013-03-01)	0.43
11	11	"Seriously Funny"	Diana Patrick	Matt Evans	8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)	0.42
12	12	"Esme"	Diana Patrick	Nimer Rashed	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	0.48
13	13	"Scary Beasts"	Diana Patrick	Dawn Harrison	15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)	0.65

Jody In Wonderland (2013)

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
14	"Jody in Wonderland"	Nigel Douglas	Elly Brewer	16 December 2013 (2013-12-16)	0.50
Jody is faced with a terrible dilemma when she's asked to make a witness statement against her brother Kingsley. Jody leaves Mike's office seeing a rabbit. Following the rabbit, she enters a rather unfamiliar world with strangely familiar – yet utterly different – characters. First Appearance: Stacy Liu as May Li Wang

Series 2 (2014)

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No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
15	1	"Kick Off (Booting Up – Part 1)"	Sallie Aprahamian	Elly Brewer	10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)	0.57
16	2	"Quitters (Booting Up – Part 2)"	Sallie Aprahamian	Dawn Harrison	10 January 2014 (2014-01-10)	0.57
17	3	"The Dumping Ground Experience"	Sallie Aprahamian	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	17 January 2014 (2014-01-17)	0.32
18	4	"The Barbecue"	Sallie Aprahamian	Debbie Oates	24 January 2014 (2014-01-24)	0.45
19	5	"Finding Frank"	Nigel Douglas	Emma Reeves	31 January 2014 (2014-01-31)	0.30
20	6	"Holding On"	Nigel Douglas	Matt Evans	7 February 2014 (2014-02-07)	0.30
21	7	"Endurance"	Nigel Douglas	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	14 February 2014 (2014-02-14)	0.36
22	8	"I Have a Dream"	Diana Patrick	Julie Dixon	21 February 2014 (2014-02-21)	0.34
23	9	"Sticks and Stones"	Diana Patrick	Mark Burt	28 February 2014 (2014-02-28)	0.38
24	10	"G.I. Johnny"	Diana Patrick	Elly Brewer	7 March 2014 (2014-03-07)	0.47
25	11	"Be My Girl"	Diana Patrick	Dawn Harrison	14 March 2014 (2014-03-14)	0.36
26	12	"Hope"	Diana Patrick	Emma Reeves	21 March 2014 (2014-03-21)	0.41
27	13	"Face the Music"	Diana Patrick	Elly Brewer	28 March 2014 (2014-03-28)	0.30

Series 3 (2015)

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No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
Part 1
28	1	"Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)"	Roberto Bangura	Emma Reeves	16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)	0.27
29	2	"Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)"	Roberto Bangura	Emma Reeves	16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)	0.27
30	3	"Stuck with You"	Roberto Bangura	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)	0.30
31	4	"Mischief"	Roberto Bangura	Dawn Harrison	30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)	0.25
32	5	"Now You See Me"	Nigel Douglas	Jane Eden	6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)	0.25
33	6	"It's Not About the Money"	Roberto Bangura	Julie Dixon	13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)	0.25
34	7	"Fake it to Make It"	Nigel Douglas	Davey Jones	20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)	0.26
35	8	"Breaking In"	Nigel Douglas	Jeff Povey	27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)	0.34
36	9	"The Long Way Home"	Nigel Douglas	Matthew Leys	6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)	0.27
37	10	"Dragon Slayer"	Nigel Douglas	Julie Dixon	13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)	0.31
Part 2
38	11	"Three Days"	Matthew Evans	Dawn Harrison	6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)	0.35
39	12	"Free to Good Home"	Matthew Evans	Dawn Harrison	13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)	0.42
40	13	"Better Than You"	Matthew Evans	Dawn Harrison	20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)	0.39
41	14	"Who Are You?"	Matthew Evans	Davey Jones	27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)	0.35
42	15	"Where Is Love?"	Matthew Evans	Richard Lazarus	3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)	0.44
43	16	"The Goodbye Girl"	Sallie Aprahamian	Jeff Povey	10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)	0.26
44	17	"Something Borrowed"	Sallie Aprahamian	Sophie Petzal	17 November 2015 (2015-11-17)	0.36
45	18	"What Matters?"	Sallie Aprahamian	Julie Dixon	24 November 2015 (2015-11-24)	0.36
46	19	"Coming Round"	Sallie Aprahamian	Jane Eden	1 December 2015 (2015-12-01)	0.31
47	20	"Refuge"	Sallie Aprahamian	Emma Reeves	8 December 2015 (2015-12-08)	0.45

Series 4 (2016)

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No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
Part 1
48	1	"Lost and Found (Slings and Arrows - Part 1)"	Sallie Aprahamian	Dawn Harrison	29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)	0.38
49	2	"Bear-Faced Liar (Slings and Arrows - Part 2)"	Sallie Aprahamian	Dawn Harrison	29 January 2016 (2016-01-29)	0.38
50	3	"Stepping Up"	Sallie Aprahamian	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)	0.45
51	4	"They Walk Among Us"	Sallie Aprahamian	Jeff Povey	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)	0.31
52	5	"Hold the Front Page"	Sallie Aprahamian	Julie Dixon	19 February 2016 (2016-02-19)	0.26
53	6	"Growing Pains"	Sarah Walker	Matt Evans	26 February 2016 (2016-02-26)	0.36
54	7	"Submarine"	Sarah Walker	Ian Kershaw	4 March 2016 (2016-03-04)	0.27
55	8	"First Past the Post"	Sarah Walker	Matthew Leys	11 March 2016 (2016-03-11)	0.26
56	9	"Survivors"	Sarah Walker	Ian Kershaw	18 March 2016 (2016-03-18)	0.35
57	10	"The End of It All"	Sarah Walker	Julie Dixon	25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)	0.22
Part 2
58	11	"Perfect Match"	Duncan Foster	Dawn Harrison	30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)	0.29
59	12	"Doris"	Duncan Foster	Dawn Harrison	7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)	0.27
60	13	"Risky Business"	Duncan Foster	Jessica Lea	14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)	0.37
61	14	"Troll "	Duncan Foster	Owen Lloyd-Fox	21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)	0.19
62	15	"It Takes Two"	Duncan Foster	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	28 October 2016 (2016-10-28)	0.20
63	16	"Getting To Know You"	Noreen Kershaw	Matt Evans	4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)	0.20
64	17	"Two Camps"	Noreen Kershaw	James Gillam-Smith	11 November 2016 (2016-11-11)	0.21
65	18	"How to Be Perfect"	Noreen Kershaw	Nick Leather	18 November 2016 (2016-11-18)	0.35
66	19	"One for Sorrow"	Noreen Kershaw	Ian Kershaw	25 November 2016 (2016-11-25)	0.25
67	20	"Two for Joy"	Noreen Kershaw	Ian Kershaw	2 December 2016 (2016-12-02)	0.23

Floss The Foundling (2016)

Further information: Hetty Feather (TV series)

After the end of the episode The End Of It All in series 4, a five minute crossover between The Dumping Ground and Hetty Feather aired on CBBC, titled A Special Dumping Ground Adventure. Its official title (according to CBBC Online) is Floss The Foundling and has instead used this title online and in subsequent TV airings.

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
—	"Floss The Foundling"	Makalla McPherson	Matt Evans	25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)
When Floss has to do the vacuuming. she ruins a picture that Tyler, Billie and Toni work on when they don't want her help. Floss falls asleep on the sofa and ends up in the Foundling Hospital. She encounters Hetty Feather, who introduces Floss to the Foundling Hospital ways. Sheila and Elizabeth are mean towards Floss and Hetty gets Floss out of trouble with Matron Bottomley. Floss and Hetty make friends. When Floss wakes up, she draws a replacement picture. Guest Starring: Isabel Clifton as Hetty Feather, Polly Allen as Sheila Ormsby, Isabelle Allen as Elizabeth and Eva Pope as Matron Bottomley

Series 5 (2017)

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No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
Part 1
68	1	"Miscreants, Robots and Bullies (Back in the Game - Part 1)"	Duncan Foster	Dawn Harrison	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)	0.24
69	2	"Back in the Game (Back in the Game - Part 2)"	Duncan Foster	Dawn Harrison	20 January 2017 (2017-01-20)	0.24
70	3	"One Giant Leap"	Duncan Foster	Owen Lloyd-Fox	27 January 2017 (2017-01-27)	0.23
71	4	"The Fairytale Princess"	Duncan Foster	Owen Lloyd-Fox and Jessica Lea	3 February 2017 (2017-02-03)	0.21
72	5	"Sittin' in a Tree"	Delyth Thomas	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	10 February 2017 (2017-02-10)	0.27
73	6	"Faking It"	Delyth Thomas	Matt Evans	17 February 2017 (2017-02-17)	0.17
74	7	"Sasha Bellman P.I."	Delyth Thomas	Jeff Povey	24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)	0.20
75	8	"Belief"	Delyth Thomas	Ian Kershaw	3 March 2017 (2017-03-03)	0.20
76	9	"Vox Populi"	Jordan Hogg	Gareth Sergeant	10 March 2017 (2017-03-10)	0.19
77	10	"Free"	Jordan Hogg	Ian Kershaw	17 March 2017 (2017-03-17)	0.21
78	11	"The Wardrobe"	Jordan Hogg	Jeff Povey	24 March 2017 (2017-03-24)	0.16
79	12	"Farvel"	Jordan Hogg	Ian Kershaw	31 March 2017 (2017-03-31)	0.16
Part 2
80	13	"Choose Your Own Adventure"	David Innes Edwards	Owen Lloyd-Fox	13 October 2017 (2017-10-13)	0.25
81	14	"Making Waves"	David Innes Edwards	Ella Greenhill	20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)	0.19
82	15	"The Phantom of Ashdene Ridge"	David Innes Edwards	Vincent Lund & Matthew Cooke	27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)	0.24
83	16	"The Switch"	David Innes Edwards	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	3 November 2017 (2017-11-03)	0.23
84	17	"Mission Totally Possible"	Simon Massey	Keith Brumpton	10 November 2017 (2017-11-10)	—
85	18	"Sick"	Simon Massey	Kim Millar	17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)	0.24
86	19	"Rough Justice"	Simon Massey	Matt Evans	24 November 2017 (2017-11-24)	0.18
87	20	"Where You Belong"	Simon Massey	Furquan Akhtar	1 December 2017 (2017-12-01)	0.23
88	21	"#SaveTheDG"	Steve Brett	Dawn Harrison	8 December 2017 (2017-12-08)	0.23
89	22	"What Lies Beneath"	Steve Brett	Dawn Harrison	15 December 2017 (2017-12-15)	0.25

Dumping Ground Island (2017)

After the end of series 5, an hour special aired, titled Dumping Ground Island. It is filmed in the North East of England as well as Crete, Greece. It is the first episode across the Tracy Beaker franchise that has been filmed abroad.

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
90	"Dumping Ground Island"	David Innes Edwards	Owen Lloyd-Fox	22 December 2017 (2017-12-22)	N/A
The young people talk to Tyler about their problems for the Kids in Care forum and he is pressured into solving them. May-Li is concerned about Tyler's lack of sleep over his work for his podcast and suggests he interviews the young people. Floss wants Ryan to teach her to be evil. Tyler daydreams when Jody asks for his help with her mum and Tyler tells Jody about an island he dreams he could run away to. For his podcast, Tyler insults the young people using false names and after Ryan finds Tyler's notes for the forum in the bin, Ryan distracts him away. Ryan shares the podcast recording with the young people and Tyler escapes to his room to dream about the island. Tyler finds himself on his dreamm island and explores, swims and climbs, but he isn't happy when Jody, Ryan, Sasha and Dexter turn up and Ryan and Jody insist Tyler is in charge to find food. Floss later arrives on the island. Ryan finds a fridge with fruit and fills up his bag, but when he returns to the young people, he refuses to share. In the cave, Tyler's laptop plays a message to him and Ryan agrees to share the food if they build the shelter. Sasha and Dexter fall out when Sasha calls Dexter names and Sasha works out Jody likes Tyler. Back at the cave, Tyler thinks he has bipolar and Ryan winds Jody up about Tyler not liking her. Jody goes to the cave and tells Tyler it's her birthday and her mum forgot. Tyler rubbishes what Ryan said and kisses Jody, which shocks her, but Jody kisses Tyler back. When Tyler snaps out of his dream, he tells Dexter that Sasha cares about him, he gets Ryan to teach Floss how to be evil and leaves Jody a birthday card.

Series 6 (2018)

Main article: The Dumping Ground (series 6)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
Part 1
91	1	"Jody on the Ropes"	David Innes Edwards	Dawn Harrison	12 January 2018 (2018-01-12)	0.29
92	2	"Saved by the Bell"	David Innes Edwards	Dawn Harrison	19 January 2018 (2018-01-19)	0.22
93	3	"Give and Take"	David Innes Edwards	Sarah-Louise Hawkins	26 January 2018 (2018-01-26)	—
94	4	"Heroes"	David Innes Edwards	Ian Kershaw	2 February 2018 (2018-02-02)	0.22
95	5	"SorryNotSorry"	Fiona Walton	Kim Millar	9 February 2018 (2018-02-09)	—
96	6	"Cat's in the Cradle"	Fiona Walton	Mark Stevenson	16 February 2018 (2018-02-16)	0.25
97	7	"Challenging Times"	Fiona Walton	Keith Brumpton	23 February 2018 (2018-02-23)	0.25
98	8	"Two Sides to Every Story"	Fiona Walton	Keith Brumpton	2 March 2018 (2018-03-02)	0.19
99	9	"Utopia"	Dave Beauchamp	Gareth Sergeant	9 March 2018 (2018-03-09)	0.22
100	10	"The Lurgy"	Dave Beauchamp	Owen Lloyd-Fox	16 March 2018 (2018-03-16)	0.15
101	11	"RyanMan"	Dave Beauchamp	Jeff Povey	23 March 2018 (2018-03-23)	0.21
102	12	"Holding Out for a Hero"	Dave Beauchamp	Jeff Povey	30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)	0.21
Part 2
103	13	"Stuck"	Sean Glynn	Kim Millar	14 September 2018 (2018-09-14)	0.20
104	14	"The Secret"	Sean Glynn	Suzanne Cowie	21 September 2018 (2018-09-21)	0.20
105	15	"Bird's Song"	David Innes Edwards	Marissa Lestrade	28 September 2018 (2018-09-28)	0.17
106	16	"Home"	Sean Glynn	Furquan Akhtar	5 October 2018 (2018-10-05)	0.19
107	17	"Faker"	Sean Glynn	Dawn Harrison	12 October 2018 (2018-10-12)	0.20
108	18	"Me, Myself and I"	Mark Reynaud	Mark Stevenson	19 October 2018 (2018-10-19)	0.25
109	19	"Jay and Bird's Day Off"	Jamie Annett	Gareth Sergeant	26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)	0.16
110	20	"Wasters"	Jamie Annett	Rachel Smith	2 November 2018 (2018-11-02)	0.18
111	21	"Joyless Division"	Alex Jacob	Keith Brumpton	9 November 2018 (2018-11-09)	0.22
112	22	"No Escaping"	Alex Jacob	John Hickman	16 November 2018 (2018-11-16)	0.20
113	23	"To Have and Not to Hold"	Jamie Annett	Jeff Povey	30 November 2018 (2018-11-30)	0.28
114	24	"Missing Presumed Single"	Jamie Annett	Jeff Povey	7 December 2018 (2018-12-07)	0.31

Sasha's Contact Meeting (2018)

After the end of the first half of series 6, a five-part mini webisode series was shown on BBC iPlayer, titled Sasha's Contact Meeting. It featured Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman and Endy McKay as Jenny Holmes, Sasha's new social worker.

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Sasha's Contact Meeting: Episode 1"	Michael J Ferns	Lauren Sequeira	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	N/A
Sasha tells her vlog viewers that she has had to miss a trip to the theme park to see her social worker, Maureen. Sasha goes to see Maureen, but finds another woman there, who introduces herself as Jenny Holmes and her new social worker. Sasha insists she does not need a pathway plan as she knows what she wants to do, but tells her vlog viewers the meeting will not last long.
2	"Sasha's Contact Meeting: Episode 2"	Michael J Ferns	Lauren Sequeira	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	N/A
Sasha tells Jenny that she feels meeting will not be worth it for her. When Jenny asks Sasha about her education, Sasha plans to study Art, but Jenny wants proper answers from Sasha. Sasha attempts to question Jenny about her being a social worker, but Jenny wants to focus on the plan. Jenny then asks Sasha about what she will do for money, but Sasha refuses to answer. When Jenny is out of the room, Sasha pours water over her documents and then wants to film her reaction, but Jenny notices the phone. Jenny insists they are going to complete the plan.
3	"Sasha's Contact Meeting: Episode 3"	Michael J Ferns	Lauren Sequeira	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	N/A
Jenny tells Sasha she has to respect people's privacy and Sasha chooses to ignore Jenny's request by using her phone. Sasha rubbishes Jenny's belief that she is scared and tells Jenny her interests. Jenny then asks Sasha about where she will live when she has left care as she knows Sasha chose not to live with her mum, asking if she wants to live independently. Jenny brings up Sasha's anger, which is the same way she acted when she was going to live in secure accommodation, and Sasha denies she is angry.
4	"Sasha's Contact Meeting: Episode 4"	Michael J Ferns	Lauren Sequeira	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	N/A
When Jenny tries to talk about Sasha's emotions, Sasha insists she is in control and independent and walks out of her meeting. She locks herself in her bedroom and turns up her music to get Jenny to leave her alone. Jenny leaves Sasha a note, telling her she is in the garden and an emotional Sasha destroys her canvas.
5	"Sasha's Contact Meeting: Episode 5"	Michael J Ferns	Lauren Sequeira	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	N/A
Sasha joins Jenny in the garden and Jenny attempts to guess how Sasha feels so she talks. Sasha admits to Jenny she does and does not regret moving back in with her family, but knows it was right not to and has to be independent as well as admitting she is scared. Jenny reassures Sasha that it is normal to feel guilty about putting herself first instead of her family. Sasha also admits she misses Josh and feels like she is the same person she was when she arrived and her anger messes things up. Jenny praises Sasha for talking and encourages her to talk to people.

After The DG (2018)

After The DG, a mini webisode series, is being shown on Instagram. It will feature Jessica Revell and Kasey McKellar, reprising their roles as Elektra Perkins and Bailey Wharton respectively. The series was announced in 2018 and is aimed at older fans.

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Elektra After The DG"	Trim Lamba	Sabrina Mahfouz	16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) – 4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)	N/A
Elektra is selected as a Young Changemaker. On the scheme, Elektra struggles to fit in and is harassed by her violent ex-boyfriend, Matt. Elektra is tasked to make a short video for social media to encourage change and empower young people as part of the scheme. Elektra fails to make a blog for the scheme and she eventually decides to quit the scheme. Elektra also begins to develop feelings previously unexperienced for her former classmate Sula. Elektra has no money, but decides to take a road trip and Sula joins her. Elektra runs out of money and has no food, but cannot return to work until the cover leaves.
2	"Bailey After The DG"	Will Herbert	Emma Hill	16 July 2018 (2018-07-16) – 4 August 2018 (2018-08-04)	N/A

The Joseph & Taz Files (2018)

In August 2018, a five-part mini webisode series was shown on BBC iPlayer, titled The Joseph & Taz Files. It featured Yousef Naseer as Joseph Stubbs and Jasmine Uson as Taz De Souza.

No. overall	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"The Joseph & Taz Files: Episode 1"	Will Herbert	Karrissa Hamilton-Bannis	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A
Joseph tries to video a comet, but captures strange midnight activity instead. He’s convinced it can all be explained by science, but Taz believes it’s a ghost. How will they solve the mystery?
2	"The Joseph & Taz Files: Episode 2"	Will Herbert	Karrissa Hamilton-Bannis	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A
Joseph and Taz aren’t getting along, when they find a mysterious footprint in the attic. It has them thinking there is even more to this mystery – if only they could work together to solve it
3	"The Joseph & Taz Files: Episode 3"	Will Herbert	Karrissa Hamilton-Bannis	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A
Joseph and Taz try to capture more evidence of the ‘ghost’ by setting up another camera and staging a sleepover in the attic. They almost bond before clashing again and Joseph wishes Taz would just disappear…
4	"The Joseph & Taz Files: Episode 4"	Will Herbert	Karrissa Hamilton-Bannis	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A
Joseph frantically searches for Taz, using his app and some cameras. He thinks he’s getting close when he gets a huge surprise…
5	"The Joseph & Taz Files: Episode 5"	Will Herbert	Karrissa Hamilton-Bannis	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25)	N/A
The real ‘ghost’ is finally revealed and Joseph and Taz decide to forge a new partnership for the future

Series 7 (2019)

A seventh series of The Dumping Ground was confirmed in 2016. It is expected to air throughout 2019. It was later confirmed in late August 2018 that Amanda Mealing, who portrays Connie Beauchamp in Casualty, is set to direct the 22nd episode of the series, titled "Reunion".