A series of seven programmes celebrating the work and the ways of the Poet Laureate, Sir John Betjeman
Presented by Jonathan Stedall
3: A Somerset church-hymns and poetry- the Crofton beam engine - an Australian ballet - Alfred Lord Tennyson - a letter from India - and a conversation at Harefield Church in Middlesex with Myfanwy and John Piper about vicars, taste and 'pleasing decay'. Also a surprise gift and visit for Betjeman's 75th birthday from Philip Larkin , Kingsley Amis, Roy Fuller , Alan Ross ,
R. S. Thomas , Elizabeth Jennings , John
Wain Alan Brownjohn,
Stephen Spender , Edward Lowbury , and publishers Jock Murray and Roger Pringle. With extracts from Tennyson: A Beginning and an End (1968), Discovering Britain
(1955), Omnibus (1968 and 1972), One Pair of Eyes (1971) and Meeting Point (1960).
Film editor ERIC BROWN
Producer JONATHAN STEDALL