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Collecting The Past For Tomorrow

Date released

1968

Series name

London Line (Colour series 2)

Issue no

45

NoS ID

350262

Story no

2 / 3

COI synopsis: London Line investigates the growing passion to preserve the relics of our industrial history from early products of the machine age to entire buildings associated with industry - like...

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John Betjeman in Norfolk (1995 Video)

Subject

Architecture; History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. b&w/col. 35 min., 1996 sale: £12.50 (inclusive)

Malcolm Freegard introduces two films he made in the 1960s with Sir John Betjeman. In SOMETHING ABOUT DISS Betjeman arrives at the railway station and sets out to explore the town, describing the buildings...

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John Betjeman on piers (1979)

Genre

Interview

Interview with Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman, on his role as the President of the National Piers Society, on his love of piers, and on the launch of the Society. Female interviewer not identified.

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Last Laurels for Sir John [A Tribute to John Betjeman] (1985)

A tribute to Sir John Betjeman, read by Sean Street. He was an English writer, poet and broadcaster. Born on the 28th August 1906, died May 19, 1984. [Box 1 - Sean Street Collection]

ILR South Radio Online Audio

Ken Russell: The Great Composers/The Great Passions

Date

11 Apr 2017, 11:59

Author

Ben Hodson

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Ken Russell: The Great Composers/The Great Passions 2016. GB. Blu-ray/DVD dual format. BFI. 210/198 mins, £22.99 each. About the reviewer: John Hill is Professor of Media at Royal Holloway, University of...

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Betjeman’s Britain (198 Video)

Subject

English language and literature; Geography

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 52 minutes), £12.99

The poet John Betjeman is linked with a number of places in Britain, including north Cornwall, Highgate in London, Oxford, the Vale of the White Horse in Oxfordshire, and Norfolk. This programme traces...

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John Betjeman: Recollections from the BBC Archives (1998)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Cassette, 120 minutes), £10.99

Selected and introduced by his daughter, Candida Lycett Green, this is an anthology of John Betjeman’s BBC broadcasts, covering more than three decades. They include reminiscences, conversations,...

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Poetry from the BBC Archives (1994)

aka: John Betjeman: Poetry from the BBC Archives

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 120 minutes), £19.98

A compilation of Sir John Betjeman’s poetry chosen from over thirty years of radio and television programmes. Includes the very best of Sir John Betjeman’s performances and is a fitting tribute to the...

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John Betjeman: Thank God It’s Sunday (2011)

Subject

Literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 minutes), £6.99

Double bill of BBC films featuring narration from the poet John Betjeman. THANK GOD IT’S SUNDAY (1972) takes a look at how Londoners spend their Sundays. SUMMONED BY BELLS (1976), based on Betjeman’s...

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Metro-Land with John Betjeman (1973)

Producer

Edward Mirzoeff

Subject

English language and literature; Geography; History; Sociology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £14.99

Presented by Sir John Betjeman, this is a nostalgic tribute to the people and places around the Metropolitan Line of the 1920s, and the change from the idyllic world of Betjeman’s youth into the sprawl of...

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