The Dumping Ground Survival Files
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| The Dumping Ground Survival Files | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Genre | Children Comedy drama |
| Starring | Amy-Leigh Hickman Miles Butler-Hughton Leanne Dunstan Joe Maw Philip Graham Scott Mia McKenna-Bruce Jessie Williams Sarah Rayson Reece Buttery Kia Pegg Daniel Pearson Akuc Bol Kasey McKellar Chris Slater Carma Hylton Hannah Moncur Leo James Cole Wealleans-Watts Emily Burnett Ruben Ruter Annabelle Davis Jasmine Uson Chloe Lea Connor Byrne Stacy Liu |
| Theme music composer | Jeremy Howlland-Smith |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Producers | John Piper Lis Steele |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBBC |
| Release | 6 January 2014 – 4 December 2020 |
| Related | |
| Tracy Beaker Survival Files The Story of Tracy Beaker Tracy Beaker Returns The Dumping Ground My Mum Tracy Beaker | |
The Dumping Ground Survival Files is a fifteen-part CBBC miniseries featuring various Dumping Ground characters giving information on how to survive in the Dumping Ground. The show was made to accompany Series 2 of The Dumping Ground, it shows archive footage from Tracy Beaker Returns and interviews with characters.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Dumping Ground had to have a transmission break, and therefore, a third series of The Dumping Ground Survival Files was commissioned, with filming being done remotely and on the set of The Dumping Ground. Series 3 began on 6 November 2020 and aired during the transmission break of Series 8.
Episodes
[edit]Series 1 (2014)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Promises" | Pip Banyard | Emma Reeves | 6 January 2014 | 0.30> |
| 2 | "Being the Boss" | Pip Banyard | Emma Reeves | 7 January 2014 | 0.30> |
| 3 | "Revenge" | Pip Banyard | Emma Reeves | 8 January 2014 | 0.30> |
| 4 | "Truth" | Pip Banyard | Emma Reeves | 9 January 2014 | 0.30> |
| 5 | "Change" | Pip Banyard | Emma Reeves | 10 January 2014 | 0.35 |
Series 2 (2014)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Teamwork" | Pip Banyard | Julie Dixon | 8 December 2014 | 0.19 |
| 2 | "Challenges" | Pip Banyard | Julie Dixon | 9 December 2014 | 0.19> |
| 3 | "Coming Clean" | Pip Banyard | Julie Dixon | 10 December 2014 | 0.19> |
| 4 | "Big Decisions" | Pip Banyard | Julie Dixon | 11 December 2014 | 0.20 |
| 5 | "Second Chances" | Pip Banyard | Julie Dixon | 12 December 2014 | 0.19> |
Series 3 (2020)
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Secrets & Lies" | Rob Jenkinson | Jordan Barrett | 6 November 2020 | 0.07> |
| 2 | "Competitions" | Rob Jenkinson | Jordan Barrett | 13 November 2020 | 0.07> |
| 3 | "Romance & Relationships" | Rob Jenkinson | Jordan Barrett | 20 November 2020 | 0.07> |
| 4 | "Growing Up" | Rob Jenkinson | Jordan Barrett | 27 November 2020 | 0.06> |
| 5 | "Family" | Rob Jenkinson | Jordan Barrett | 4 December 2020 | 0.08> |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Weekly Top 10 Programmes". Broadcasters' Audience Research Board. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
