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A Passion for Churches

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John Betjeman visits various churches in the Diocese of Norwich. 

Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate, visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich.

Sir John Betjeman, poet laureate, visits and explains the architecture of various churches in the Diocese of Norwich.

Among the churches he visits are Sandringham church on the Queen's private estate, the Holy House of Our Lady of Walsingham and Norwich Cathedral.

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Steam into Summer

02/12/1979

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 An affectionate look at the Dart Valley Railway. (1979)

First transmitted in 1979, this film looks at the Dart Valley Railway, which had been closed in the late 1950s as part of Dr Beeching's reorganisation of Britain's railway network.

First transmitted in 1979, this film looks at the Dart Valley Railway, which had been closed in the late 1950s as part of Dr Beeching's reorganisation of Britain's railway network. It reopened in 1968 as a volunteer-run association to provide a commercially viable steam passenger service between Buckfastleigh and Totnes. This programme hears from some of those volunteers to find out why they're so determined to preserve their own treasures from the age of steam.More about this programmeThe poem recited in the middle of this programme ('Faster than faeries, faster than witches...') is 'From a Railway Carriage' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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