Spencer Banks Remembers - Penda's Fen
Spencer Banks Remembers - Penda's Fen
Actor Spencer Banks reflects on his leading role in the 1974 Play for Today, Penda's Fen - a coming of age story written by David Rudkin and directed by Alan Clarke. Spencer discusses the challenges of taking on such a leading role and how this story of identity, sexuality and the notion of Englishness has steadily become a cult classic
Spencer Banks Remembers - Penda's Fen airs on BBC Four at 10:00 PM, Wednesday 9 September. (Subtitles, new.)
Topics
Arts ➝ Culture (without music)
Spencer Banks
Contributor
Simon Goretzki
Series Producer
Shelley Talton
Producer