Henry was the Grandfather of Charlie Morris until his death which was mentioned in "Missing Presumed Single". Jay mentioned that he and his brother have been in 10 different homes, and they both moved into the 'Dumping Ground' in the middle of the night. When Sasha comes home after going to the park with Dexter and his friend, Kelly tells Sasha she is managing with Dexter and Murphy (Fred Montgomery Scott), but having her back would be a risk. Meaning May-Li was in the clear and wouldn't risk losing her job. Frank witnesses this and when Faith starts to order Frank about, Frank gives her a piece of his mind by telling her that she's not useless and that she's in a wheelchair and she will get better. Gina arrives and she is furious with Denise for not protecting Jody from Kingsley, as Denise was meant to be the parent. May-Li comforts Kazima, reassuring her they are going to appeal the decision and Carmen arranges for Kazima's appeal to be filmed. Alex ended up running away from his care homes a lot, and at just 12 years old he found himself homeless and living on the streets. In "Breaking in" Toni was upset as since there weren't enough tickets she wouldn't be allowed to go to a theme park with Billie and the other dumping ground kids. However she dumped Mike, breaking his heart,as after a few months of dating as she felt like she needed someone different in her life. Candi-Rose then moves in, much to Chloe and Ryan's surprise. Later, after Harry had had his costume made by Tee, Mo suggested that Harry have a tattoo on his face, which he agreed to. Luckily there had been a sighting of him on a street nearby. May-Li tells Floss she can live at the 'Dumping Ground'. However, this also ends in casualty as May-li says to Mike that she will leave. After finally rounding them up, Mo revealed to the rest of the 'DG' why he had bought them: they were bait for Rocky to perform tricks in a show he was putting on. At the foster parents' house they ask her to remove her nail varnish causing Floss to throw food around. Henry Lawrence, portrayed by Louis Mahoney, made his first appearance on 5 October 2018 in series 6 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Home". In "The Switch", Billie and her twin sister Toni are adopted by a couple called Dom and Sally Harper. In series 6, his storyline is told by Charlie on how his father put in care in the day he was born. Kazima plans to sleep in the garage, but Carmen finds out and makes up with her. Sasha was originally having a trip to the beach just for her, but much to Sasha annoyance, Mike invited half of the kids along on the trip. Taz and Katy are made to share rooms which neither one is happy about. In Series 7 Episode 23, Katy arrives at the 'DG'. Elektra emerges when Peter leaves, impressed with how things are going. She had been through at least two before coming to Ashdene Ridge. Floss is an incredibly bubbly young girl, with short curly Ginger hair and green eyes. Archie tends to get on well with everyone. Ryan takes Harry and his foster brother, Finn (Ruben Reuter), from their foster home and when they arrive at the 'Dumping Ground', Harry doesn't want to go back. In the quiz section, one of the tasks was to remember what objects appeared in a video showed to them. They end up locking Max in the attic and trick Maz into the kitchen before tying her up. 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He is a very interesting character with little backstory shown. After going home to collect her bedroom key, Sasha goes shopping with May-Li and Kazima. This is supposedly what changed May-li mind into staying at the 'DG'. Floss then persuades the director in charge of the advert to allow Candi-Rose to play a part in the advert as Floss' friend. However, she was allowed to go after all as Tee gave Toni her ticket. Whilst out shopping with May-Li, Sasha kicks a display intentionally when she sees her Brother, Dexter (Alexander Aze), shoplifting, she deliberately knocks a display down and Kazima tells May-Li. Candi-Rose was much more enthusiastic than usual as she had never had a trip to the beach before. As when a resident makes a serious accusation like this, it has to be taken seriously and fully investigated. Aileen used to be very poor when she gave birth to Alex, and when Alex was just 5 years old, Aileen left Alex out on the street outside the workplace of Alex's father and drove off. Archie tries to meditate in the garden, but struggles to do so as insects kept buzzing and flying around him. Series 8 of The Dumping Ground is an upcoming series. It's possible that Ross is Floss's twin Brother. And Ryan made Archie feel better by telling him that he had got too attached to a care worker in the past. The first episode, "Home Alone" aired on January 4, 2013 on CBBC.The series was renewed for a second series, which began airing in January 2014.A year later, a third series began airing. Mo, fearing the dentist, hid in the garden, but was found by Floss and Harry. Peter and Janet are the parents of Edward (Jaimie Boubezari). Jimmy Wharton, portrayed by Mark Theodore, made his first appearance on 10 January 2014 in series 2 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Quitters - Booting Up: Part 2". Find out when The Dumping Ground is on TV, including Series 8-Episode 18: Sasha Clause. Denise Jackson is set to appear in the opener episode of Series 6 of The Dumping Ground, called "Jody on Ropes". In "Go Your Own Way", Jody gave him the Peter Pan book, which was passed onto different care kids when they leave care. And what made Gina even more angry was that Denise knew what Kingsley was doing to Jody and never said anything. When Kazima Tako (Akuc Bol) asks May-Li to adopt her (to help with her application to stay in the UK), Archie is one of the others to compete with Kazima to be adopted. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Ross Maydons, portrayed by William Talbot, made his first appearance on 5 October 2018 in series 6 of The Dumping Ground during the episode "Home". In Series 3, Floss took up dancing. When Johnny goes to see his mum, Keith answers the door and Lucy arrives home shortly after. This upset Mo, who told May-Li that she needed to turn away any parents who wanted to adopt him, to which May-Li said to him that Mo was not going to be adopted and was only living at Ashdene Ridge until his parents were fit to take care of him. shown to have calmed down and eventually it is opened up to his sensitive nature when he comforts Mo and meets his 'mother' in Series 4. Alex gets very angry with his Mum for leaving him homeless but eventually agrees to go on visits to see his Mum. It's assumed that they were abused in the past. On the day the older residents went out to look for Frank, Mo was due to have a dentist appointment. Toni and Billie Trent, both manage to somehow convince Archie that he's ageing backwards, because he told them he remembers being in a wheelchair giving talks to students, as well as knowing a really old song, and then concludes he only has 8 years left of his life until he turns into nothing, and so develops a bucket list including things like to swim with dolphins, learn to swim (again) and see the Queen. Some time afterwards, the other 'DG' residents teased Mo's snake, now renamed "Rocky", saying that he was boring. Tee makes amends with the young people and convinces May-Li and Mike to let Sasha stay. They both end up fighting over the last sausage, causing drinks and plates to fall off and over the table. ... Kyanne's character is called Evie. As Harry was just trying to give Floss "The Gus Tour". The Dumping Ground Series 1 – Mo arrived at the Elm Tree House prior to the episode Oh, Mo! When Sasha finds out their stepbrother, Roddy (Alfie Browne-Sykes), is involving Dexter in burglaries, she finds Dexter in a building with stolen things and that Kelly is involved. The door was knocked back in Archie's face giving him a bloody nose. With a fourth series airing in 2016, a fifth in 2017, a sixth in 2018, and a seventh in 2019. In "Kick Off", Floss and Harry decided to continuously take sweets from Tyler's diet plan bucket, after Bailey said Tyler needed to lose weight. May-Li returns from a holiday, where a boy and an old man, Alex (Connor Lawson) and George (Paul Barber), are in the attic, who Kazima and Tyler are trying to help. May-Li's Grandmother, PoPo (Pik-Sen Lim) and May-Li does not want to take over her shop. Consequently, Mo, with Harry and Floss, set about rounding up the 50+ locusts from other places in the 'Dumping Ground'. (That later turned out it wasn't for Ashdene Ridge). But all the boxes ended up falling on Mo. She has also shown to be quite air-headed, also like Carmen in Tracy Beaker Returns. Jody didn't mean to hurt Archie, or Sasha. In this episode, she meets Sasha and she and Sasha become competitive over general knowledge of some of the other YP at Ashdene Ridge. In "The Fairytail Princess", Chloe meets Candi-Rose, and wants to make a good impression on her. Later that day, Mo found a golden wrapper in the vegetable patch and believed it to be treasure (when really it was from one of Floss's sweets). They came to arrest Bailey to question him about the window incident. This eventually annoyed Tyler to the point that one day, he took Mo's "treasure" and dumped it over the stairs onto the ground floor, declaring that it was what he had to put up with. As part of her application to stay in the UK, Kazima must prove she is a minor and undergo an age assessment. Archie found it hard to meditate as he couldn't find a quiet place to do it. In "Experience", Carmen used Floss to sabotage Jody's film documentary she was making to new social workers about kids in care. He is shown to be gentle and sensitive at times, particularly to those he cares about. However, the plan backfired when Bailey, Mo and Tyler started avoiding the twins because of it. 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". Which is unlike Faith been as she's very optimistic and ambitions most of the time, but feeling like she was stuck in the wheelchair made her think she'd never run or walk again. Kazima and Carmen question everyone and they later reveal Mischief (Sage) as the culprit. Later, Bird stopped Jay from running away and begged him to stay, as he was sick of fresh starts, new places and handout clothes. Frank uses this as a way to get more sponsors for her charity run. 24 Dexter promised to Sasha he would never steal other people's things again but he may not be able to keep his promise. Sid eventually led his team to victory, upsetting Jay. Bored at the club, they sneak off home to The Dumping Ground, only to come face to face with thieves. They scrapped this plan when they tasted the ice cream and were disgusted with the taste. When the young people are divided on what to watch on TV, May-Li sides with those who want to watch football, but they all fall asleep after a competition. In Series 5 Episode 20, the 'DG' is in pieces as Mike and May-li fight because Mike had written 'not nice stuff' about May-li on her form. She wasn't in Newcastle during the filming of the prom scenes of the 7B finale and hasn't been involved in series 8 filming. Series 8: 2. Bailey Wharton, Billie Trent, Carmen Howle, Finn McLaine, Floss Guppy, Harry Jones, Jody Jackson, Johnny Taylor, Kazima Tako, May-Li Wang, Mike Milligan, Mischief, Mo Michaels, Ryan Reeves, Sasha Bellman, Tee Taylor, Toni Trent, Tyler Lewis. On the same day, Mo discovered the purses that had gone missing had been dumped in a bin outside the 'DG'. She felt like she was doing the right thing for Alex at the time, and thought she was protecting him, but any stranger could've just taken Alex. And then goes on to tell her that he has to talk really slow every day of his life so people can understand him. In series 4, Mo has shown an annoyance to younger residents like Joseph. May-Li allows Tee (Mia McKenna-Bruce) to go with Floss to Doug and Nerys' house, but after the visit, Floss shows Tee and May-Li her scrapbook full of celebrity images as Floss tries to imagine her Mum. When Carmen thinks about getting it back, she enlists Kazima's help to get it back and they arrange for a plumber to fix the toilet. In "Wardrobe" Ryan blames Joseph for staying behind with him and Kazima because Ryan wanted to cheat in the card game by making Tyler pick Finn but Joseph asks Finn that he likes dinosaurs as they both got along in "One Giant Leap", as the wardrobe got delivered as Kazima and Joseph are trying to move the wardrobe in the house but when Joseph checks inside he gets locked inside as they start to chase after the wardrobe, later they lose track as Joseph escapes from the wardrobe using Ryan's grandfathers' medal as to make him move the wardrobe as Kazima emotionally gets happy that Joseph is found and later Ryan patches up with him. He has also shown to be quite close with Dexter Bellman. The next day she completes her charity run with everyone supporting her. In "Sasha Bellman P.I." Mike and May-Li talk to Joseph and Archie after this and to get them to make up, Mike and May-Li pretend that if they do not make up, one of them will move to Sleepy Hollow, a house on an island. He has been shown to be closest to Joseph, Bailey and Ryan. When asked where Frank was, Mo told Liam that he was at the cinema with Johnny, prompting Liam to leave, despite Mo offering to get Mike. In "Trouble in Paradise", Jay and new boy Nazeer did not get along well. When he first arrives he always wore headphones. Animal Wrangler / animal wrangler (2 episodes, 2019-2020) Catriona Burnett. Mo decided that he wanted to submit a story, but had trouble deciding what it would be on (though he did get as far as the first line "I like cheese"). Mike tricks Peter inside and the young people tell him they know he is getting a new house and Peter gives in. In series 5, Faith does not appear however in #SaveTheDG, Tee mentions that she made a £50 donation to help keep the 'Dumping Ground' running. 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