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The Dumping Ground series 3
Series 3
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkCBBC
CBBC HD
Original release16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) –
present
Series chronology
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List of episodes

The third series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground is currently broadcasting until late 2015 on CBBC and CBBC HD. 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 is set to consist of twenty thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves, and is the eleventh series in the Tracy Beaker franchise. It was confirmed that head writer, Elly Brewer, who has been the head writer for Tracy Beaker Returns and the previous The Dumping Ground series, will not be a part of the writing team for this series.

Cast

All of the series 2 cast returned, with the exceptions of Daniel Pearson, Chris Slater and Leanne Dunstan, who play Rick Barber, Frank Matthews and Faith Davis. Faith and Rick were not mentioned again in series 3 but CBBC said that he went to live with his dad in New Zealand. Frank was mentioned twice by Kazima Tako and Tee Taylor in episode "Mischief". The ex-main character of Faith, played by Leanne Dunstan,, will reappear in the thirteen episode, "Better Than You", for a guest appearance.[1]

Casting calls confirmed that there would feature at least five new characters, including; twins Toni and Billie, played by Nelly and Gwen Currant;[2] dog Mischief, which CBBC ran a competition for viewers to name it and is played by Sage;[3] a disabled character called Finn,[4] as well as Sasha and Ryan, played by Ruben Reuter, Annabelle Davis and Lewis Hamilton respectively.[5]

It has been confirmed that there will be several guest stars in this series. Former EastEnders actress, Charlie Brooks, played Stephanie Branston who appeared in episode one with her footballer husband, Matt (played by Stuart Manning).[6] At a foster event, they meet Maude Gordon, who is played by Brooks’ daughter Kiki. Maude is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gordon (played by Grant Burgin and Tanya French) attending the fostering day.[5] Former Casualty actress, Martina Laird starred as Mrs Underwood, a potential foster mother for Tyler Lewis in episode 1.[7] Diveen Henry starred as Tyler's mother, Sally, whom he reunites with. Former Waterloo Road star, Neil Morrissey will appear as Johnny and Tee Taylor’s abusive step-father, Keith. Having previously abandoned his family, Keith threatens the domestic stability that the Taylors' mother, who appeared in the previous series, has created for Johnny, Tee and baby Hope, who also appeared with her mother in the previous series.[5] Other actors that appeared throughout the course of the series include; Ray Emmet Brown;[5] Dai Bradley;[5] and Dallas Campbell.[5]

Main characters

Guest characters

  • Dexter Bellman, the brother of Sasha (episode 11 and 12) - Alexander Aze
  • Murphy Bellman, the brother of Sasha (episode 12) - Thomas & Oliver Waldram
  • Faith Davis, ex care-kid (episode 13) - Leanne Dunstan

Episodes

Episode
in total 		Episode
in series 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
281"Party Games (Law and Disorder - Part 1)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
292"Grand Theft DG (Law and Disorder - Part 2)"Roberto BanguraEmma Reeves16 January 2015 (2015-01-16)
303"Stuck with You"Roberto BanguraSarah Hawkins23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)
314"Mischief"Roberto BanguraDawn Harrison30 January 2015 (2015-01-30)
325"Now You See Me"Nigel DouglasJane Eden6 February 2015 (2015-02-06)
336"It's Not About the Money"Roberto BanguraJulie Dixon13 February 2015 (2015-02-13)
347"Fake It to Make It"Nigel DouglasDavey Jones20 February 2015 (2015-02-20)
358"Breaking In"Nigel DouglasJeff Povey27 February 2015 (2015-02-27)
369"The Long Way Home"Nigel DouglasMatthew Leys6 March 2015 (2015-03-06)
3710"Dragon Slayer"Nigel DouglasJulie Dixon13 March 2015 (2015-03-13)
3811"Three Days"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison6 October 2015 (2015-10-06)
3912"Free to Good Home"Matthew EvansDawn Harrison13 October 2015 (2015-10-13)
4013"Better Than You"[9]Matthew EvansDawn Harrison20 October 2015 (2015-10-20)
4114"Who Are You?"[10]Matthew EvansDavey Jones27 October 2015 (2015-10-27)
4215"Where Is Love?"[11]Matthew EvansRichard Lazarus3 November 2015 (2015-11-03)
4316"The Goodbye Girl"[12]Sallie Aprahamian[13]Jeff Povey10 November 2015 (2015-11-10)

Production

This series will feature scripts from Reeves, Richard Lazarus[14] and Sophie Petzal,[15] among others. Philip Gladwin has been confirmed as the show’s new script editor.[4]

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.[16]

Production began on 16 June 2014, and was completed on 10 November 2014.[17]

References

  1. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ma_X1u0Xacc
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "BBC - Identical twins from Hertfordshire cast in new series of CBBC's The Dumping Ground - Media centre".
  3. ^ a b "CBBC Newsround - The Dumping Ground dog name revealed". CBBC Newsround.
  4. ^ a b http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Education/transend/Updates/Whats-On-Feb-Mar-14.pdf
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "BBC - Neil Morrissey and Charlie Brooks to guest star in series three of The Dumping Ground - Media centre".
  6. ^ "News - GLOBAL ARTISTS".
  7. ^ "Gordon and French - Martina Laird Profile".
  8. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2015/09/the-dumping-ground
  9. ^ http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/CBBC/20+October+2015/15:30/The+Dumping+Ground/Kids+Drama/
  10. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/programmes/schedules/2015/10/27
  11. ^ http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dtrn8q/the-dumping-ground--series-3---15-where-is-love
  12. ^ http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/CBBC/10+November+2015/16:30/The+Dumping+Ground/Kids+Drama/
  13. ^ http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dt2hyg/the-dumping-ground--series-3---16-the-goodbye-girl
  14. ^ "Richard Lazarus - Rochelle Stevens & Co". rochellestevens.com.
  15. ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/sophie-petzal/41/863/a7a?trk=pub-pbmap
  16. ^ Sara Putt Associates. "Charles Bates".
  17. ^ "Connor Byrne on Twitter". Twitter.
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