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Season of television series
| The Dumping Ground series 3 | |
|---|---|
| Series 3 | |
| File:The Dumping Ground Title Card.jpgTitle card for series three | |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBBC CBBC HD |
| Original release | 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) – Late 2015 |
| Series chronology | |
| ← Previous Series 2 Next → Series 4 | |
| 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 in care the fictional children's care home of Ashdene Ridge. It is set to consist of twenty thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves in January and September 2015, 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. Their characters were not mentioned in series 3.
Casting calls confirmed that this series will feature at least five new characters, including; twins Toni and Billie, played by Nelly and Gwen Currant; dog Mischief, which CBBC ran a competition for viewers to name it and is played by Sage; a disabled character called Finn, as well as Sasha and Ryan, played by Ruben Reuter, Annabelle Davis and Lewis Hamilton respectively.
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). 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. Former Casualty actress, Martina Laird starred as Mrs Underwood, a potential foster mother for Tyler Lewis in episode 1. 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. Other actors that appeared throughout the course of the series include; Ray Emmet Brown; Dai Bradley; and Dallas Campbell.
Main characters
- Mike Milligan - Connor Byrne
- Carmen Howle - Amy-Leigh Hickman
- Tee Taylor - Mia Mckenna-Bruce
- Tyler Lewis - Miles Butler-Hughton
- Jody Jackson - Kia Pegg
- May-Li Wang - Stacy Liu
- Floss Guppy - Sarah Rayson
- Mo Michaels - Reece Buttery
- Bailey Wharton - Kasey McKellar
- Kazima Tako (until episode 11) - Akuc Bol
- Harry Jones (until episode 6, from episode 9) - Phillip Graham Scott
- Ryan Reeves (from episode 2) - Lewis Hamilton
- Toni Trent (from episode 3) - Nelly Currant
- Billie Trent (from episode 3) - Gwen Currant
- Mischief (from episode 4) - Sage
- Finn McLaine (from episode 9) - Ruben Reuter
- Johnny Taylor - (until episode 10) - Joe Maw
- Sasha (from episode ??) - Annabelle Davis
Guest characters
- Matt Branston, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Stuart Manning (episode 1)
- Stephanie Branston, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Charlie Brooks (episode 1)
- Mr Gordon, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Grant Burgin (episodes 1 and 2)
- Mrs Gordon, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Tanya French (episodes 1 and 2)
- Maude Gordon, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Kiki Brooks-Truman (episodes 1 and 2)
- Mrs Underwood, visitor to The Dumping Ground - Martina Laird (episode 1)
- Sally Lewis, the mother of Tyler Lewis - Diveen Henry (episode 1 and 2)
- Homeless man - Dai Bradley (episode 4)
- Adam, foster parent of Harry, (episodes 6 and 9) - Ray Emmett Brown
- Himself - Dallas Campbell (episode 7)
- Lucy Taylor, the mother of Johnny and Tee Taylor - Sally Rogers (episode 10)
- Keith, the abusive step-father of Johnny and Tee Taylor (episode 10) - Neil Morrissey
Episodes
- Reece Buttery was absent as Mo Michaels for one episode (3x04).
- Sage was absent as Mischief for three episodes (episodes 3x06, 3x08 and 3x09).
- Philip Graham Scott was absent as Harry Jones for two episodes (episodes 3x07 and 3x08).
- Kia Pegg was absent as Jody Jackson for one episode (3x09).
- Joe Maw departed the cast in 3x10 and therefore does not appear in ten episodes (3x11–3x20).
- Akuc Bol departs the cast in 3x11 she makes a short apperance in the final episode but doesn't appear in eight episdoes (3x12–3x19).
| Episode in total |
Episode in series |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 | |||||||||
| 28 | 1 | "Party Games (Law & Disorder, Part 1)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) | ||||
| 29 | 2 | "Grand Theft DG (Law & Disorder, Part 2)" | Roberto Bangura | Emma Reeves | 16 January 2015 (2015-01-16) | ||||
| 30 | 3 | "Stuck with You" | Roberto Bangura | Sarah-Louise Hawkins | 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) | ||||
| 31 | 4 | "Mischief" | Roberto Bangura | Dawn Harrison | 30 January 2015 (2015-01-30) | ||||
| 32 | 5 | "Now You See Me" | Nigel Douglas | Jane Eden | 6 February 2015 (2015-02-06) | ||||
| 33 | 6 | "It's Not About The Money" | Roberto Bangura | Julie Dixon | 13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) | ||||
| 34 | 7 | "Fake It to Make It" | Nigel Douglas | Davey Jones | 20 February 2015 (2015-02-20) | ||||
| 35 | 8 | "Breaking In " | Nigel Douglas | Jeff Povey | 27 February 2015 (2015-02-27) | ||||
| 36 | 9 | "Long Way Home " | Nigel Douglas | Matthew Leys | 6 March 2015 (2015-03-06) | ||||
| 37 | 10 | "Dragon Slayer " | Nigel Douglas | Julie Dixon | 13 March 2015 (2015-03-13) | ||||
| Part 2 | |||||||||
| 38 | 11 | TBA | TBD | TBD | September 2015 (2015-09) | ||||
Production
This series will feature scripts from Reeves, Richard Lazarus and Sophie Petzal, among others. Philip Gladwin has been confirmed as the show’s new script editor.
Philip Leach will be taking over from Simon Nelson as producer and Lis Steele will continue her position as executive producer. Roberto Bangura, who was worked on shows such as Waterloo Road has joined the directing team. Other directors that will be directing the new series include; Nigel Douglas, who previously worked on The Dumping Ground; and former Wolfblood director, Matthew Evans.
Production began on 16 June 2014, and completed on 10 November 2014.
References
- ^ "BBC - Identical twins from Hertfordshire cast in new series of CBBC's The Dumping Ground - Media centre".
- ^ "CBBC Newsround - The Dumping Ground dog name revealed". CBBC Newsround.
- ^ http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/DocumentLibrary/Education/transend/Updates/Whats-On-Feb-Mar-14.pdf
- ^ "BBC - Neil Morrissey and Charlie Brooks to guest star in series three of The Dumping Ground - Media centre".
- ^ "News - GLOBAL ARTISTS".
- ^ "Gordon and French - Martina Laird Profile".
- Cite error: The named reference
Ep9was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ The credits of the first joint episode said the character name and actor's name
- ^ "Emma Reeves".
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dg2p42/the-dumping-ground--series-3---2-grand-theft-dg
- "The Dumping Ground". RadioTimes.
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dfgkz5/the-dumping-ground--series-3---4-mischief
- digiguide.tv/programme-details/CBBC/6+February+2015/17:30/The+Dumping+Ground/Kids+Drama/
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dfvzyv/the-dumping-ground--series-3---5-now-you-see-me
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dgb92v/the-dumping-ground--series-3---7-fake-it-to-make-it
- http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/CBBC/27+February+2015/17:30/The+Dumping+Ground/Kids+Drama/
- http://digiguide.tv/programme-details/CBBC/6+March+2015/17:30/The+Dumping+Ground/Kids+Drama/
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dgsyq7/the-dumping-ground--series-3---9-long-way-home
- http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/dg2v5p/the-dumping-ground--series-3---10-family-troubles
- "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.
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