Movies: John Betjeman
- 1982
Private Life of the Ford Cortina (1982)
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A ski run in Italy, a supermarket manager in Luton, a sandwich bar in London EC2, Arena opens the bonnet of the Ford Cortina, Britain's most popular, most stolen, and most misunderstood car. 'Dagenham dustbin'? 'Poor man's Rolls-Royce'? In the year ...
- 1963
A Hundred Years Underground (1963)
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A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak alongside some excellent archive film....
- 1962
John Betjeman Goes By Train (1962)
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Documentary from British Transport Films...
- 1960
Journey Into a Lost World (1960)
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John Betjeman reminisces on Britain's great historical exhibitions since the 1870s: including Alexandra Palace, the Empire Exhibition at Wembley and the Festival of Britain. Also features a very special guest appearance by the National Film Theatre (...
- 1965
Pity About the Abbey (1965)
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Satirical play in which businessmen want to destroy Westminster Abbey to make way for a bypass....
- 1970
Railways for Ever! (1970)
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A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport....
- 1955
Discovering Britain With John Betjeman: Avebury, Wiltshire (1955)
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In this Shell-sponsored short, the celebrated British poet narrates this travelogue about the Avebury stone circle and nearby burial grounds....
- 1973
Metro-Land (1973)
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METRO-LAND is a colourful eulogy by Sir John Betjeman to the people and places served by London's Metropolitan Line. Sir John Betjeman takes you on a journey into Metro-Land in his own eccentric and much loved style. Betjeman explores and contrasts t...
- 1974
A Passion for Churches (1974)
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Sir John Betjeman visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. Among those visited: Sandringham church on the Queen's private estate, the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham and Norwich Cathedral....
- 1968
Peter Goes North (1968)
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A BBC film lead by John Betjeman. Also known as A Poet Goes North, Betjeman does what he did best, engages us with his passion and discernment. With his inimitable style, Leeds becomes the recipient of his observations on its architecture and built e...
- 1976
Summoned by Bells (1976)
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To mark his 70th Birthday, the Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman, recalls key moments from his childhood and adolescence....
- 1968
Marble Arch to Edgware (1968)
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The poet John Betjeman journeys from Marble Arch to Edgeware, reciting specially-written poems and pointing out areas of interest....
- 1964
Larkin and Betjeman: Down Cemetery Road (1964)
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Philip Larkin talks to John Betjeman in 1964 about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull where he lived and worked as university librarian....