dominicjameskane
The Dumping Ground is a brilliant series with amazing story lines and drama. But it lost a lot of spark when Gina Conway (Kay Purcell) left the show and was replaced by May-Li Wang (Stacy Liu). Gina had a very good character and acting to her and brought a lot to the show, but May-Li she doesn't really bring anything to the show. She doesn't have a spark like all the other characters. It would be better if they got Gina back, or a new care worker or an old care worker from Tracy Beaker like Duke Ellington (Clive Rowe) or Jenny Edwards (Sharlene Whyte). The acting from the children is brilliant. But some of the characters need more central episodes. Finn McLaine (Ruben Reuter) is a new character but has not really had many central episodes since he first came. Second character is Harry Jones, I feel like he needs more spotlight episodes. Thirdly is the head care worker and longest serving character, Mike Milligan (Connar Brynne), he's not really had any proper central episodes in all his time since The Story of Tracy Beaker. And another problem is they're a few characters that just disappeared and never got mentioned again. There's Gina, she got mentioned a few times in series 2 but was never said why she left. Secondly is Elektra Perkins (Jessica Revell), she was one of the best characters in the series but she just disappeared and has not been mentioned since. And thirdly Rick Barber (Daniel Pearson) he too just disappeared like Elektra and wasn't mentioned again. So this just feels a little bit like lazy writing. But it is the best show on CBBC, the story lines, the characters and the acting is brilliant. They just need to get a better actor for a care worker to replace May-Li.
