| Series Number: | 5 |
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| Image Upright: | 1.15 |
| Starring: | Connor Byrne Miles Butler-Hughton Kia Pegg Sarah Rayson Reece Buttery Stacy Liu Kasey McKellar Akuc Bol Lewis Hamilton Nelly Currant Gwen Currant Ruben Reuter Annabelle Davis Hannah Moncur Yousef Naseer Jethro Baliba Alexander Aze Carma Hylton Connor Lawson Jasmine Uson Emily Burnett |
| Network: | CBBC CBBC HD |
| Num Episodes: | 22 |
| Episode List: | List of The Dumping Ground episodes |
| Next Series: | Series 6 |
The fifth series of the British children's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 20 January 2017 on CBBC and ended on 15 December 2017.[1] 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 consists of twenty-two, thirty-minute episodes, airing in two halves in January–March and October–December 2017.[2] It is the thirteenth series in The Story of Tracy Beaker franchise.
18-year-old Connor Lawson, 19-year-old Emily Burnett, 9-year-old Jasmine Uson and 12-year-old Carma Hylton were cast as Alex, Charlie, Taz and Candi-Rose respectively.[3] [4]