The Dumping Ground (also informally referred to as "the DG") is a British children's television drama 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 CBBC since 4 January 2013. The series is a continuation of Tracy Beaker Returns and the first series, consisting of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes, was commissioned in early 2012.
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| The Dumping Ground |
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| Genre | Children's drama |
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| Based on | The Story of Tracy Beaker
by Jacqueline Wilson |
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| Directed by | Various |
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| Starring | |
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| Theme music composer | Jeremy Holland-Smith |
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| Composers |
- Jeremy Holland-Smith (series 1-6)
- Simon Rogers (series 1–6)
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| Original language | English |
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| No. of series | 9 |
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| No. of episodes | 202 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producers |
- Foz Allan (series 1-6)
- Lis Steele (series 1–6)
- Lucy Martin (series 6)
- Kim Crowther (series 6)
- Jonathan Phillips (series 5–)
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| Producers |
- Louise Sutton (series 1-6)
- Simon Nelson (series 1-6)
- Philip Leach (series 1–6)
- Gert Thomas (series 5-7)
- Emma Bodger (series 8-9)
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| Animator | David Gregory (series 1-6) |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
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| Running time | 28 minutes (regular episodes) |
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| Production company | BBC Children's Productions |
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| Network | CBBC |
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| Release | 4 January 2013 (2013-01-04) –
present |
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- The Story Of Tracy Beaker
- Liam's Story
- The Dumping Ground Dish Up
- The Dumping Ground Survival Files
- The Dumping Ground: I'm...
- My Mum Tracy Beaker
- The Beaker Girls
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