The 1973 television play Penda’s Fen, written by David Rudkin is an extraordinary work that still unsettles, beguiles and astonishes fifty years after it was made, and stands as a classic of folk horror. It revolves around a series of revelations and supernatural encounters that lead a teenage boy, Stephen Franklin, to question everything he’s holds certain – his sexuality, his religion, his right-wing political beliefs and his very identity as a ‘son of England.’ In the final part of our conversation about this film, we talk about the fundamental questions the film poses, and how Stephen tries to answer them.
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