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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.
On TV
Wed 9 Sep 2026
22:15
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Stephen | Spencer Banks |
| Reverend J Franklin | John Atkinson |
| Mrs Franklin | Georgine Anderson |
| Joel | Ron Smerczak |
| Arne | Ian Hogg |
| Mrs Arne | Jennie Heslewood |
| Sir Edward Elgar | Graham Leaman |
| Honeybone | Christopher Douglas |
| Headmaster | John Richmond |
| Cooke | Ivor Roberts |
| The Lady | Joan Scott |
| The Man | Ray Gatenby |
| Mrs Kings | Helena McCarthy |
| Mrs Gisbourne | Joyce Grundy |
| Council Workman | Frank Veasey |
| Nurse | Elizabeth Revill |
| Sixth Former | Moray Black |
| Sir Nicholas Pole | John Scott |
| Brott | Roy Preston |
| Joel's Girl | Pat Bowker |
| King Penda | Geoffrey Staines |
| Demon | Geoffrey Pennells |
| Angel | Martin Reynolds |
| Writer | David Rudkin |
| Film Editor | Henry Fowler |
| Producer | David Rose |
| Director | Alan Clarke |
