The fifth series of the British children 's television series The Dumping Ground began broadcasting on 20 January 2017 on CBBC. 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 - four, thirty - minute episodes, airing in two halves, respectively in January and October 2017; it is the thirteenth series in the Tracy Beaker franchise.
when does the dumping ground start again 2017
January and October 2017