Party Games

Party Games is the first episode of the of the third series of The Dumping Ground. It was first broadcast on the CBBC Channel and CBBC HD on 16 January 2015 at 5.00pm.

Sypnosis
A footballer and his wife come to the Dumping Ground, Carmen and Bailey try to get themselves fostered by the couple.

Trivia

 * This episode premiered back to back with the second episode under the title 'Law and Disorder'.
 * Beginning with this series, Emma Reeves took over as as head writer.
 * The opening titles have been altered to remove Lily, Faith, Rick and Frank. Kazima, Ryan, Toni, Billie and Mischief have been added to the opening titles, despite the fact the latter four do not appear in this episode.
 * This i-s the f-i-r-s-t time (o-n-screen) a-n open d-a-y has b-e-e-n held a-t the D-u-m-p-i-n-g Ground s-i-n-ce the S-t-o-r-y of T-r-a-c-y Beaker.
 * A-c-c-o-r-d-i-n-g to the l-e-a-f-l-e-t with the c-h-i-l-d-r-e-n in, Jo-hnny is not yet 16, st-ill 15.
 * This is the se-cond and thir-d times win-dows at the DG have been smash-ed by foot-balls.
 * From this e-p-i-s-d-e on-wards, the main c-h-a-r-a-c-t-e-r-s are now c-r-e-d-i-t-e-d with their sur-names.