The Dumping Ground series 1

The Dumping Ground
Series 1
Series One Title Card
Starring	Connor Byrne Kay Purcell Amy-Leigh Hickman Philip Graham Scott Noah Marullo Mia McKenna-Bruce Joe Maw Jessie Williams Chris Slater Jessica Revell Daniel Pearson Miles Butler-Hughton Kia Pegg Leanne Dunstan Sarah Rayson Reece Buttery
No. of episodes	13
Release
Original network	CBBC CBBC HD BBC HD (2013)
Original release	4 January (2013-01-04) – 15 March 2013 (2013-03-15)
Series chronology
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List of episodes

The first series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 4 January 2013 on CBBC and ended on 15 March 2013. The series follows the lives of the children living in the fictional children's care home of Elm Tree House, nicknamed by them "The Dumping Ground". It consists of thirteen, thirty-minute episodes.^[1] It is the ninth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.