and a seriously committed – and prescient – ecological awareness, ‘Penda's Fen’ is a unique and important statement." The play was released on limited-edition Blu-ray and DVD in May 2016. In an essay published with the release, Sukhdev Sandhu argues that "Penda's Fen" "is, long before the term was first used to describe the work of directors such as Todd Haynes and Isaac Julien, a queer film". According to Sandhu, the play presents Stephen's discovery of his homosexuality as "a gateway drug to a new enlightenment" that "inspires heterodoxy". See also Manichaeism References Bibliography External links Synopsis at BFI screenonline Review at TV Cream Interview with David Rose and Peter Ansorge 1974 British television episodes 1974 television plays BBC television dramas British television plays British supernatural television shows Play for Today Worcestershire in fiction