Penda of Mercia - Penda in Popular Culture

Penda in Popular Culture

Penda was played by Leo McKern in an episode of Churchill's People, a sympathetic account which was mostly set on the eve of the Battle of Winwaed. He also figured in the television play Penda's Fen.

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