An anthology by Sir John Betjeman
with Donald Houston, Gary Watson, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Gabriel Woolf, Pauline Letts, John Boswall

"Four seasons fill the measure of the year
There are four seasons in the mind of man" (Keats)

A celebration of the British countryside in poetry, music, and aerial pictures, filmed throughout a whole year.
Sir John Betjeman has chosen a selection from his favourite English and Welsh poets and combined them with verse specially written by himself.

The Bird's-Eye View helicopter flew through the winter of snow-covered Snowdonia, a pheasant shoot in Hampshire, a meet of the North Warwickshire hounds. Spring includes a country wedding, the Spalding Flower Festival and May Day celebrations in Oxfordshire.
Summer - sun-drenched Cotswolds, the rhododendrons and azaleas of Sheffield Park. From Beaulieu to the Lake District, from Devon to Morecambe, the sun shines on sail, sea and mountain top.
Autumn - the harvest is gathered, the trees of the Wye valley turn colour, the stubble is fired.
The year draws to a close with horse and plough and landscapes of snow.