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Summoned by Bells

Duration: 57 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One CambridgeshireLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

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First transmitted in 1976, to celebrate the Poet Laureate's 70th birthday, Sir John Betjeman recalls in vivid detail the agonies and the delights of growing up, set against the background of his Highgate and Chelsea homes, holidays in Cornwall, boarding school and Oxford. The commentary is taken entirely from Betjeman's autobiographical poem, Summoned By Bells, first published in 1960. Show less

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