<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
when does the dumping ground start again 2017
when does the dumping ground start again 2017
January and October 2017
January and October 2017