Stig of the Dump is a 1963 children’s novel by Clive King which spawned at least two TV adaptations; today we’re reviewing the first, from 1981. It’s a very gentle, very British show in which a neglected child befriends a caveman in a garbage dump and everyone else gaslights him for 10 episodes.
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In this episode:
Watch Stig of the Dump (1981) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzpHCBSQN-A&list=PLohd5UVV10lz2NuSBh2YuPyjoxewQNi8p
Listen to the audiobook of Stig of the Dump on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GweIzXKvc3Y
Sherbet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(frozen_dessert)
Conkers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conkers
Larder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larder
Prize-Giving Day: https://www.gauthmath.com/knowledge/What-is-a-Prize-Giving-Day–7389728173675511819
Star Carr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Carr
The Tucson Garbage Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson_Garbage_Project
Wierer et al. (2018) The Iceman’s lithic toolkit: Raw material, technology, typology and use: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198292
Our episode on Iceman (2017): https://screensofthestoneage.com/podcast/episode-4-iceman-2017/
Harris. (2018) Roll Me a Great Stone: A Brief Historiography of Megalithic Construction and the Genesis of the Roller Hypothesis: https://doi.org/10.1111/ojoa.12142
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