During the last summer of his boyhood, Stephen has a very clear and intense view of the world. Awakening a buried force in the landscape around his home, he finds it trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in; some secret knowledge; some choice he must make, some mission for which he is marked down. In one young man's search for his sense of self, writer David Rudkin takes us on a magnificently ambiguous metaphysical journey quite unlike any other TV play. The cult status of Penda's Fen is no doubt due to its potent mix of mysticism, music and landscape... which taps into an elemental truth about who we are and our pagan past. Directed by Alan Clarke (Scum, The Firm) Penda's Fen is widely considered to be writer David Rudkin's finest work. Remastered in HD and presented on DVD for the very first time. [show more]
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Alan Clarke directs this BBC drama that was made for the 'Play for Today' programme. Set in the village of Pinvin in Worcestershire, the drama follows pastor's son Stephen Franklin (Spencer Banks) as he has a series of surreal encounters with angels, demons and pagans. The journey he embarks upon forces Stephen to evaluate his place in the world and confront his home country's ancient pagan history.
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