Of Mud and Flame: A Penda's Fen Sourcebook [Harle, Matthew & Machin, James]
ExploringPenda's Fen, a 1974 BBC film that achieved mythic status.
In 1974, the BBC broadcast the filmPenda's Fen, leaving audiences mystified and spellbound. “Make no mistake. We had a major work of television last night,”The Timesdeclared the next morning. Written by the playwright and classicist David Rudkin, the film follows Stephen, an 18-year-old boy, whose identity, sexuality, and suffocating nationalism unravels through a series of strange visions. After its original broadcast,Penda's Fenvanished into unseen mythic status, with only a single rebroadcast in 1990 sustaining its cult following. With a DVD release by the BFI in 2016,Penda's Fenhas now become totemic for those interested in Britain's deep history, folklore, and landscape.Of Mud and Flamebrings together writers, artists, and historians to excavate and explore this unique cornerstone of Britain's uncanny archive.
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