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Penda's Fen

Young Stephen, in the last summer of his boyhood, has a very clear and intense view of the world. But he has somehow awakened a buried force in the landscape around his home that is trying to communicate some warning, a peril he is in.

1 hour, 28 minutes

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Wed 9 Sep 202622:15
BBC Four

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Credits

StephenSpencer Banks
Reverend J FranklinJohn Atkinson
Mrs FranklinGeorgine Anderson
JoelRon Smerczak
ArneIan Hogg
Mrs ArneJennie Heslewood
Sir Edward ElgarGraham Leaman
HoneyboneChristopher Douglas
HeadmasterJohn Richmond
CookeIvor Roberts
The LadyJoan Scott
The ManRay Gatenby
Mrs KingsHelena McCarthy
Mrs GisbourneJoyce Grundy
Council WorkmanFrank Veasey
NurseElizabeth Revill
Sixth FormerMoray Black
Sir Nicholas PoleJohn Scott
BrottRoy Preston
Joel's GirlPat Bowker
King PendaGeoffrey Staines
DemonGeoffrey Pennells
AngelMartin Reynolds
WriterDavid Rudkin
Film EditorHarry Fowler
ProducerDavid Rose
DirectorAlan Clarke

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