The Dumping Ground

The Dumping Ground is a British Mockumentary TV series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who live in a care home with their care workers in care, broadcast on BBC One, BBC Three since 4 January 2013. The series is a continuation of Tracy Beaker Returns and the pilot series, consisting of twenty, thirty-minute episodes. The first season consists twenty, thirty-minute episodes was commissioned in mid 2013. A second series, also with twenty, thirty-minute episodes was announced in 2014. The third, fourth, firth and sixth series, announced in 2015 and 2018 respectively.
A seventh began airing on January 2019 to May 2019, and a eighth series broadcast from 11 January 2020 to May 2020. A ninth series broadcast from January 2021 to June 2021. A tenth series is set to broadcast in 2022.
== Plot synopsis ==
=== Pilot (2013) ===
=== Series 1 (2013) ===
=== Series 2 (2014) ===
=== Series 3 (2015) ===
=== Series 4 (2016) ===
=== Series 5 (2017) ===
=== Series 6 (2018) ===
=== Series 7 (2019) ===
=== Series 8 (2020-2021) ===
=== Series 9 (2021-2022) ===
=== Series 10 (2022-2023) ===
== Spin Offs ==
=== Amelia Beaker: The Movie (2013) ===
=== Amelia Beaker: Children in Need (2014) ===
=== The Dumping Ground Survival Files (2013-2020) ===
=== Liam's Story (2014) ===
=== The Dumping Ground Dish Up (2015) ===
=== The Dumping Ground: I'm (2016-2021) ===