Stig of the Dump
When their mother goes on holiday with her new boyfriend, Barney (Thomas Sangster) and his sister Lou (Perdita Weeks) are sent to their grandparents (Geoffrey Palmer and Phyllida Law) for the summer months. However, the siblings’ fear of being bored quickly evaporates when Barney is chased into the forest by local bullies, the infamous Snarget brothers. In a desperate bid to escape, Barney falls over the edge of a quarry and straight into the home of a prehistoric man. Barney befriends this unusual-looking character and names him Stig.
Stig of the Dump won new hearts in this modern retelling of the famous tale.
Winner of a BAFTA and an EMMY.
“We go Ape over Stig’s arrival on television. All the adventure you could ask for.”
“This production will captivate viewers on the winter Sunday afternoons ahead. And while the Sunday teatime slot has some hard acts to follow, Director John Hay makes his life even more difficult by producing an opening scene that appears to emulate an even greater literary adaptation, Lord of the Flies... and secedes brilliantly.”
“The details may have been updated but in the hands of director John Hay, Stig of the Dump maintains its magic.”
