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Britain’s former Poet Laureate worked closely with the BBC to produce many excellent and informative documentaries. This collection brings together three of Betjeman’s finest series: A PASSION FOR...
Following the nationalisation of transport in 1948 the British Transport Commission set up its own in-house film production unit. Launched on 1 May 1949, and led for 25 years by Edgar Anstey - a founding...
Four part series narrated by the poet John Betjeman which looks at the work of influential Gothic architects in 1850s England. The buildings considered by Betjeman include the Houses of Parliament, the...
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...
This two DVD set presents the lighter side of David Frost’s interview programmes. Whereas FROST ON FRIDAY concentrated on current affairs and politics, this programme featured mainly topical interviews...
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...
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...
Trio of BBC films looking at various aspects of English history and heritage, narrated by the poet John Betjeman. An ENGLISHMAN’S HOME (1969) takes to the skies to provide an aerial view of English houses,...
Sir John Betjeman reads his verse autobiography, describing the pains and pleasures of growing up. Covers his earliest boyhood memories of Highgate and of Archibald, his old stuffed bear, through to his...
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