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Saturday Request: Metro-land

on BBC Two England

A new series featuring a selection of BBC Television programmes which viewers have particularly asked to see again.

A film in celebration of suburbia with Sir John Betjeman
'Live in Metro-land' was the slogan in the 1920s and 1930s. It meant buying a new detached or semi-detached house in the desirable residential suburbs built up alongside the Metropolitan Railway. The Met, the first steam Underground in the world, had bought up the farmland as it tn journeyed out from London's Baker Street to farthest Bucks.
In this film Sir John Betjeman journeys through Metro-land, in search of the poetry and variety of its architecture and activities.

"The best programme of the week, and of the month - and very likely one of the best of the year" (Financial Times) "...an instant classic" (Observer) "Delight and discovery every minute of the way" (The Times)

Contributors

Presenter:
Sir John Betjeman
Producer:
Edward Mirzoeff

BBC Two England

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