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The Dumping Ground

2013 – nowShow13 seasons233 episodes

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72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.9
72
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb6.9

Summary

Following the exploits and antics of children living in a care home. Growing up in a care home brings all sorts of tough challenges, but the kids know that if they stick together, they can get through anything life throws at them.

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  • Family movie night
  • Friends night
  • Kids

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The Dumping Ground episodes

13 seasons · 233 episodes

  1. S1 E1 Freedom Part 1: Home Alone, 9.0
  2. S1 E2 Freedom Part 2: Liberty in the DG, 9.0
  3. S1 E3 Baby, 7.6
  4. S1 E4 S.O.S., 9.2
  5. S1 E5 What Would Gus Want?, 9.2
  6. S1 E6 The Real Faith Davis, 8.2
  7. S1 E7 The Truth Is Out There, 7.0
  8. S1 E8 Dreamland, 7.6
  9. S1 E9 A Day in the Past, 8.5
  10. S1 E10 Oh Mo!, 8.4
  11. S1 E11 Seriously Funny, 6.7
  12. S1 E12 Esme, 8.6
  13. S1 E13 Scary Beasts, 8.7
  1. S2 E0 Jody in Wonderland, 5.4
  2. S2 E1 Booting Up Part One: Kick Off, 6.4
  3. S2 E2 Booting Up Part Two: Quitters, 6.7
  4. S2 E3 The Dumping Ground Experience, 7.8
  5. S2 E4 The Barbecue, 8.9
  6. S2 E5 Finding Frank, 8.4
  7. S2 E6 Holding On, 7.5
  8. S2 E7 Endurance, 8.3
  9. S2 E8 I Have a Dream, 8.0
  10. S2 E9 Sticks and Stones, 8.5
  11. S2 E10 G.I. Johnny, 8.3
  12. S2 E11 Be My Girl, 7.6
  13. S2 E12 Hope, 9.2
  14. S2 E13 Liam's Story, 5.9
  15. S2 E14 Face the Music, 7.1
  1. S3 E1 Law & Disorder Part One: Party Games, 8.4
  2. S3 E2 Law & Disorder Part Two: Grand Theft DG, 8.6
  3. S3 E3 Stuck with You, 8.7
  4. S3 E4 Mischief, 8.3
  5. S3 E5 Now You See Me, 5.2
  6. S3 E6 It's Not About the Money, 6.8
  7. S3 E7 Fake It to Make It, 7.2
  8. S3 E8 Breaking In, 8.0
  9. S3 E9 The Long Way Home, 8.8
  10. S3 E10 Dragon Slayer, 8.4
  11. S3 E11 Three Days, 7.4
  12. S3 E12 Free to Good Home, 8.1
  13. S3 E13 Better Than You, 5.8
  14. S3 E14 Who Are You?, 8.6
  15. S3 E15 Where Is Love?, 8.6
  16. S3 E16 Goodbye Girl, 5.8
  17. S3 E17 Something Borrowed, 8.5
  18. S3 E18 What Matters?, 8.7
  19. S3 E19 Coming Round, 7.9
  20. S3 E20 Refuge, 9.0
  1. S4 E1 Lost and Found, 6.3
  2. S4 E2 Bear-Faced Liar, 6.1
  3. S4 E3 Stepping Up, 7.8
  4. S4 E4 They Walk Among Us, 3.9
  5. S4 E5 Hold the Front Page, 7.1
  6. S4 E6 Growing Pains, 8.9
  7. S4 E7 Submarine, 6.3
  8. S4 E8 First Past the Post, 7.3
  9. S4 E9 Survivors, 6.4
  10. S4 E10 The End of It All, 7.5
  11. S4 E11 Perfect Match, 6.2
  12. S4 E12 Doris, 6.9
  13. S4 E13 Risky Business, 6.0
  14. S4 E14 Troll, 7.2
  15. S4 E15 It Takes Two, 6.7
  16. S4 E16 Getting to Know You, 6.2
  17. S4 E17 Two Camps, 7.1
  18. S4 E18 How to Be Perfect, 5.2
  19. S4 E19 One for Sorrow, 7.8
  20. S4 E20 Two for Joy, 7.3
  1. S5 E1 Miscreants, Robots and Bullies, 6.1
  2. S5 E2 Back in the Game, 6.4
  3. S5 E3 One Giant Leap, 5.5
  4. S5 E4 The Fairytale Princess, 6.9
  5. S5 E5 Sittin in a Tree, 7.2
  6. S5 E6 Faking It, 6.5
  7. S5 E7 Sasha Bellman P.I., 5.5
  8. S5 E8 Belief, 8.4
  9. S5 E9 Vox Populi, 5.7
  10. S5 E10 Free, 5.6
  11. S5 E11 The Wardrobe, 4.7
  12. S5 E12 Farvel, 9.2
  13. S5 E13 Choose Your Own Adventure, 4.2
  14. S5 E14 Making Waves, 6.4
  15. S5 E15 The Phantom of Ashdene Ridge, 5.4
  16. S5 E16 The Switch, 9.1
  17. S5 E17 Mission Totally Possible, 4.4
  18. S5 E18 Sick, 6.9
  19. S5 E19 Rough Justice, 7.9
  20. S5 E20 Where You Belong, 8.5
  21. S5 E21 #SaveTheDG, 8.1
  22. S5 E22 What Lies Beneath, 7.4
  23. S5 E23 Dumping Ground Island, 6.8
  1. S6 E1 Jody on the Ropes, 8.6
  2. S6 E2 Saved by the Bell, 7.6
  3. S6 E3 Give and Take, 7.9
  4. S6 E4 Heroes, 8.8
  5. S6 E5 SorryNotSorry, 6.4
  6. S6 E6 Cat's in the Cradle, 8.2
  7. S6 E7 Challenging Times, 5.4
  8. S6 E8 Two Sides to Every Story, 6.4
  9. S6 E9 Utopia, 7.9
  10. S6 E10 The Lurgy, 8.2
  11. S6 E11 RyanMan, 7.5
  12. S6 E12 Holding Out for a Hero, 7.7
  13. S6 E13 Stuck, 5.8
  14. S6 E14 The Secret, 4.3
  15. S6 E15 Bird's Song, 6.6
  16. S6 E16 Home, 8.1
  17. S6 E17 Faker, 5.4
  18. S6 E18 Me, Myself and I, 8.8
  19. S6 E19 Jay and Bird's Day Off, 6.6
  20. S6 E20 Wasters, 8.6
  21. S6 E21 Joyless Division, 5.5
  22. S6 E22 No Escaping, 6.5
  23. S6 E23 To Have and Not to Hold, 8.6
  24. S6 E24 Missing Presumed Single, 7.2
  1. S7 E1 Rage, 8.2
  2. S7 E2 Five Doors, 7.2
  3. S7 E3 The Lone Ranger, 8.6
  4. S7 E4 Face Your Fear, 7.2
  5. S7 E5 Run the Risk, 4.0
  6. S7 E6 Candi-Rose?, 6.4
  7. S7 E7 The Return of the Freaky Twins, 6.5
  8. S7 E8 Snake, 7.1
  9. S7 E9 Three's A Crowd, 6.4
  10. S7 E10 A Mother's Love, 8.7
  11. S7 E11 2 + 2 = 5, 6.1
  12. S7 E12 A Million Ways to Say Goodbye, 7.4
  13. S7 E13 The Boss, 8.0
  14. S7 E14 The Movie Business, 7.1
  15. S7 E15 Two Hands, Four Hands, 6.2
  16. S7 E16 Letting Go, 8.7
  17. S7 E17 Tyler Means Business, 4.6
  18. S7 E18 Go Fish, 8.2
  19. S7 E19 King of Comedy, 5.8
  20. S7 E20 Champions, 8.2
  21. S7 E21 Another Planet, 7.2
  22. S7 E22 Reunion, 4.9
  23. S7 E23 Mighty Mike Milligan, 6.9
  24. S7 E24 The Last Dance, 6.9
  1. S8 E1 Natural Selection, 7.6
  2. S8 E2 Follow My Leader, 6.9
  3. S8 E3 Auld Lang Syne, 6.5
  4. S8 E4 Somebody, 6.0
  5. S8 E5 Sugar and Spice, 7.6
  6. S8 E6 Love Hearts and Roses, 5.5
  7. S8 E7 A Matter of Life and Debt, 6.8
  8. S8 E8 Risk, 5.8
  9. S8 E9 The Replacement, 6.6
  10. S8 E10 Do the Right Thing, 7.5
  11. S8 E11 Trouble in Paradise, 8.2
  12. S8 E12 Go Your Own Way, 8.2
  13. S8 E13 What's Mine is Mine, 4.5
  14. S8 E14 Shattered, 3.3
  15. S8 E15 Keeping Face, 7.5
  16. S8 E16 Everybody Needs a Friend, 6.6
  17. S8 E17 Truth or Scare, 5.4
  18. S8 E18 Sasha Claus, 7.4
  19. S8 E19 Great Expectations, 7.5
  20. S8 E20 Snakes and Ladders, 7.1
  21. S8 E21 Nobody's Perfect, 7.2
  22. S8 E22 Broken Record, 6.8
  23. S8 E23 Far From the Tree, 9.1
  24. S8 E24 Dream Life, 6.1
  1. S9 E1 Moment of Truth, 4.0
  2. S9 E2 Sweet and Sour, 8.6
  3. S9 E3 The Remote, 7.3
  4. S9 E4 The Diwata of Ogleton Wood, 4.6
  5. S9 E5 Old Friends, 4.2
  6. S9 E6 Partners in Crime, 6.0
  7. S9 E7 Festival Fibber, 8.1
  8. S9 E8 Losing Your Cool, 4.1
  9. S9 E9 Memory Lane, 7.0
  10. S9 E10 Run, Rescue, Repeat, 6.3
  11. S9 E11 Saviour, 6.2
  12. S9 E12 Friend Zone, 6.0
  13. S9 E13 Face to Face, 8.6
  14. S9 E14 Finders Keepers, 5.1
  15. S9 E15 The Beat Goes On, 7.1
  16. S9 E16 The Brothers Murray, 4.5
  17. S9 E17 Rocket Man, 5.2
  18. S9 E18 Stand Up, 5.1
  19. S9 E19 The Master Plan, 7.8
  20. S9 E20 Breaking Chains, 8.6
  1. S10 E1 A Hole New Start, 6.9
  2. S10 E2 Over and Out, 5.0
  3. S10 E3 We Aren't Family, 6.7
  4. S10 E4 My Greatest Composition, 6.8
  5. S10 E5 Frogs on a Train, 7.5
  6. S10 E6 Take Flight, 5.8
  7. S10 E7 The Real Candi-Rose, 7.2
  8. S10 E8 The Dodo, 7.8
  9. S10 E9 Trapped, 6.0
  10. S10 E10 The Hardest Word, 8.0
  11. S10 E11 Under New Management, 7.4
  12. S10 E12 The Mole Hunt, 6.8
  13. S10 E13 Natural Habitat, 6.4
  14. S10 E14 Karma Drama Queen, 6.5
  15. S10 E15 Intergalactic, 4.8
  16. S10 E16 Sister to Sister, 6.9
  17. S10 E17 Mother's Day, 6.9
  18. S10 E18 Life Is What You Bake It, 8.1
  19. S10 E19 The Monster Within, 7.1
  20. S10 E20 Bright Sparks, 6.2
  1. S11 E1 Welcome Home, 3.4
  2. S11 E2 I Can Explain, 3.7
  3. S11 E3 Imagine, 5.5
  4. S11 E4 Seeing Red, 5.9
  5. S11 E5 Likes, 6.7
  6. S11 E6 Mum's The Word, 5.7
  7. S11 E7 Coming Clean, 4.7
  8. S11 E8 Big Little Fibs, 6.1
  9. S11 E9 Fly Away Home, 7.4
  10. S11 E10 Bring the House Down, 6.0
  1. S12 E1 The Tooth Fairy, 3.6
  2. S12 E2 Picnic 'n' Mix, 4.2
  3. S12 E3 Trouble Doubled, 6.9
  4. S12 E4 Same But Different, 6.1
  5. S12 E5 Best Day Ever, 4.7
  6. S12 E6 Swapsies, 5.7
  7. S12 E7 The Howling, 5.3
  8. S12 E8 Day Trip, 4.5
  1. S13 E1 The Wild Card, 6.5
  2. S13 E2 Bonnie Rides Again, 5.0
  3. S13 E3 WrestlePalooza, 7.5
  4. S13 E4 Game Over, 7.0
  5. S13 E5 The Right Place, 6.3
  6. S13 E6 The Magicians Oath, 5.2
  7. S13 E7 Chaos and Confessions, 7.6
  1. S14 E1 Skid Row, 8.6

Cast

24 of 31 · most episodes first

Crew

Directors
Sallie Aprahamian, Diana Patrick, Nigel Douglas
Written by
Elly Brewer, Dawn Harrison, Emma Reeves

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Facts

January 4, 2013 · March 14, 2025 · Still running

First aired
January 4, 2013
Latest episode
March 14, 2025
Status
Still running
Length
13 seasons · 233 episodes
Genres
Family, Kids
Original language
English
Available in
2 countries

Tropes

House Fire, Halloween Episode, Sick Episode +9

Q&A

7 questions, like "Where can I stream The Dumping Ground?"

Questions about The Dumping Ground

Quick answers from GoodWatch data.

Where can I stream The Dumping Ground?

It streams in 2 other countries, but not in the United States.

Is The Dumping Ground worth watching?

72
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 72 (IMDb 6.9). Season 11 is the weak spot, with an IMDb average of 5.1 against 8.6 for the best season.

Which season of The Dumping Ground is best?

Season 14, with an IMDb average of 8.6. Seasons 11 and 12 are the weakest at 5.1. The highest-rated episode is S.O.S. (season 1, episode 4) at 9.2, and the lowest is Shattered (season 8, episode 14) at 3.3.

Is The Dumping Ground okay for kids?

Yes: the viewing guide lists it for kids.

How long does it take to watch The Dumping Ground?

117 h

About 117 hours: 233 episodes in 13 seasons of about 30 minutes each since 2013, and it's still in production.

Is The Dumping Ground plot-driven or character-driven?

CharactersPlot

Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (8 of 10) and pathos (7 of 10) more than on its plot.

Can I half-watch The Dumping Ground?

Easy watchDemanding

Yes: it's easy to follow, with complexity at only 5 of 10, and the viewing guide calls it drop-in friendly.