THE ‘STEW

The ‘Stew was to be a surrealist sitcom set in Walthamstow, East London, following PI an aloof private investigator investigating strange and outlandish mysteries with the help of his soviet sidekick Ewan. Danger lurks around every corner, ranging from sentient perverted radiators to half men, half chicken abominations!

EPISODE 0.5: “UNAIRED PILOT” PART 1

In this “Unaired Pilot” episode you’ll be introduced to our heroes, PI and Ewan who join forces to solve the latest in a series of disappearances… Chicken may be involved.

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PRODUCTION

The series was going to be a love letter to B-Movies, taking heavy influence from 70’s and 80’s horror as well as Grindhouse cinema. While using the tropes from said genres, the series was very much a comedy, taking these tropes to the point of absurdity.

The setting was Walthamstow, where Creative Vandalism is based. It’s a wonderful place that I’ve come to love over the years I’ve lived here, and it’s certainly got is quirks and oddities that I planned to explore in the series itself.

Unfortunately we had a falling out with the lead actor playing PI and were unable to film the final scene of this pilot episode. Then Roger, who did all the practical effects as well as being one of the writers, moved out of London.

I have scripts for three other episodes of the ‘Stew, and I have plans to make two of them into graphic novels and one into a video game, but we’ll see if I ever get around to it…