The Dumping Ground series 3
| The Dumping Ground | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
 Series Three Title Card | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC CBBC HD |
| Original release | 16 January – 8 December 2015 |
| Series chronology | |
The third series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 16 January 2015 on CBBC and ended on 8 December 2015. 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, thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves in January and October 2015. It is the eleventh series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.
Cast
All of the cast from the show's second series returned, with the exceptions of Daniel Pearson, the latter of which had left in the series 2 finale. Leanne Dunstan, who played Faith Davis, also left the series, but returned in episode 13 for a guest appearance. Chris Slater reprised his role as Frank Matthews in episode 20 "Refuge" for a guest appearance.
Main
- Connor Byrne as Mike Milligan
- Amy-Leigh Hickman as Carmen Howle[1]
- Phillip Graham Scott as Harry Jones[1]
- Mia Mckenna-Bruce as Tee Taylor[1]
- Miles Butler-Hughton as Tyler Lewis[1]
- Kia Pegg as Jody Jackson[1]
- Sarah Rayson as Floss Guppy[1]
- Reece Buttery as Mo Michaels[1]
- Stacy Liu as May-Li Wang[1]
- Kasey McKellar as Bailey Wharton[1]
- Akuc Bol as Kazima Tako[1]
- Joe Maw as Johnny Taylor[1]
- Lewis Hamilton as Ryan Reeves[2]
- Nelly Currant as Toni Trent[1]
- Gwen Currant as Billie Trent[1]
- Sage as Mischief
- Ruben Reuter[2][3] as Finn MacLaine
- Annabelle Davis as Sasha Bellman[2]
Guest
- Diveen Henry as Sally Lewis
- Amer Nazir as Police Officer
- Charlie Brooks as Stephanie Branston
- Stuart Manning as Matt Branston
- Grant Burgin as Mr. Gordon
- Tonya French as Mrs. Gordon
- Martina Laird as Mrs. Underwood
- Kiki Brooks-Truman as Maude Gordon
- Dai Bradley as Mal
- Avin Shah as Clive
- Simeon Zack as Roscoe Hayden
- Christopher Connel as Security Guard
- Sarah Lewis Obuba as Police Officer
- Dave Francis as Geff
- Ray Emmet Brown as Adam Aycliffe
- Indra Ove as Sylvie
- Himself as Dallas Campbell
- Natifa Mai as Maz
- Frankie Wilson as Max
- Isabelle Burrows-Brown as Claire Aycliffe
- Sally Rogers as Lucy
- Holly & Paige Robinson as Hope
- Neil Morrissey as Keith
- Alexander Aze as Dexter Bellman
- Thomas and Oliver Waldram as Murphy Bellman
- Sandy Foster as Kelly Bellman
- Shameem Ahmed as H&S Inspector
- Angela Murray as Trampoline Assessor
- Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Abi
- Leanne Dunstan as Faith Davis
- Quinton Nyirenda as Laces
- Simon Rouse as David Michaels
- Donna Lavin as Caroline Michaels
- Colin Young as Peter Michaels
- Imogen Faires as Chanelle
- Ashley Artus as Andy
- Sam Cassidy as Plumber/Fireman
- Pik-Sen Lim as PoPo
- Dolya Gavanski as Jasna
- Nisha Joshi as News Reporter
- Richard Pepple as Hakim Tako
- Christopher Slater as Frank Matthews
Casting
Casting calls confirmed that there would feature 8 new characters, including; twins Toni and Billie, played by Nelly and Gwen Currant;[1] dog Mischief, which CBBC ran a competition for viewers to name it and is played by Sage;[4] a disabled character called Finn,[5] as well as Sasha, Dexter and Ryan, played by Ruben Reuter, Annabelle Davis, Alexander Aze and Lewis Hamilton respectively. This series also saw the final appearance of Joe Maw as Johnny Taylor in the part 1 finale "Dragon Slayer".[2]
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) [6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 28 | 1 | "Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 | 0.27 | ||||||
| 29 | 2 | "Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 | 0.27 | ||||||
| 30 | 3 | "Stuck with You" | Roberto Bangura | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 23 January 2015 | 0.30 | ||||||
| 31 | 4 | "Mischief" | Roberto Bangura | Dawn Harrison | 30 January 2015 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 32 | 5 | "Now You See Me" | Nigel Douglas | Jane Eden | 6 February 2015 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 33 | 6 | "It's Not About the Money" | Roberto Bangura | Julie Dixon | 13 February 2015 | 0.25 | ||||||
| 34 | 7 | "Fake it to Make It" | Nigel Douglas | Davey Jones | 20 February 2015 | 0.26 | ||||||
| 35 | 8 | "Breaking In" | Nigel Douglas | Jeff Povey | 27 February 2015 | 0.34 | ||||||
| 36 | 9 | "The Long Way Home" | Nigel Douglas | Matthew Leys | 6 March 2015 | 0.27 | ||||||
| 37 | 10 | "Dragon Slayer" | Nigel Douglas | Julie Dixon | 13 March 2015 | 0.31 | ||||||
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| 38 | 11 | "Three Days (The New Girl - Part 1)" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 6 October 2015 | 0.35 | ||||||
| 39 | 12 | "Free to Good Home (The New Girl - Part 2)" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 13 October 2015 | 0.42 | ||||||
| 40 | 13 | "Better Than You" | Matthew Evans | Dawn Harrison | 20 October 2015 | 0.39 | ||||||
| 41 | 14 | "Who Are You?" | Matthew Evans | Davey Jones | 27 October 2015 | 0.35 | ||||||
| 42 | 15 | "Where Is Love?" | Matthew Evans | Richard Lazarus | 3 November 2015 | 0.44 | ||||||
| 43 | 16 | "The Goodbye Girl" | Sallie Aprahamian | Jeff Povey | 10 November 2015 | 0.26 | ||||||
| 44 | 17 | "Something Borrowed" | Sallie Aprahamian | Sophie Petzal | 17 November 2015 | 0.36 | ||||||
| 45 | 18 | "What Matters?" | Sallie Aprahamian | Julie Dixon | 24 November 2015 | 0.36 | ||||||
| 46 | 19 | "Coming Round" | Sallie Aprahamian | Jane Eden | 1 December 2015 | 0.31 | ||||||
| 47 | 20 | "Refuge" | Sallie Aprahamian | Emma Reeves | 8 December 2015 | 0.45 | ||||||
Production
This series featured scripts from Emma Reeves, Richard Lazarus[7] and Sophie Petzal,[8] among others. Philip Gladwin has been confirmed as the show's new script editor.[5]
Philip Leach took over from Simon Nelson as producer and Lis Steele continued her position as executive producer. Roberto Bangura, who was worked on shows such as Waterloo Road has joined the directing team. Other directors that directed the series include; Nigel Douglas, who previously worked on The Dumping Ground; and former Wolfblood director, Matthew Evans.[9]
Production began on 16 June 2014, and was completed on 10 November 2014.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "BBC as Identical twins from Hertfordshire cast in new series of CBBC's The Dumping Ground as Media centre".
- ^ a b c d "BBC as Neil Morrissey and Charlie Brooks to guest star in series three of The Dumping Ground as Media centre".
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/09/the-dumping-ground as Finn McLaine
- ^ "CBBC Newsround as The Dumping Ground dog name revealed". CBBC Newsround.
- ^ a b http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Education/transend/Updates/Whats-On-Feb-Mar-14.pdf
- ^ "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Richard Lazarus - Rochelle Stevens & Co". rochellestevens.com.
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sophie-petzal/41/863/a7a?trk=pub-pbmap
- ^ Sara Putt Associates. "Charles Bates".
- ^ "Connor Byrne on Twitter". Twitter.