BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman BRANCH LINE - 1 - Sir John Betjeman
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Part 1 - A 1963 BBC programme showing the 24 mile S&D line from Evercreech Junction. In this first episode we reach Highbridge - then the end of passenger services.

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BRANCH LINE - 3 - Sir John Betjeman BRANCH LINE - 3 - Sir John Betjeman
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Part 3 - The final part of the 1963 BBC film. Sir John Betjeman completes his journey along the 24 mile branch line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham on Sea by taking a freight from Highbridge to the sea.

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British Sea Power on Betjeman & Me - BBC2 British Sea Power on Betjeman & Me - BBC2
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Clip of British Sea Power performing "The Licorice Fields of Pontefract" on John Betjeman & Me, BBC2.
Broadcast 21.08.06

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Indoor Games Near Newbury - Sir John Betjeman Indoor Games Near Newbury - Sir John Betjeman
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Sir John Betjeman reads Indoor Games Near Newbury taken from Banana Blush with music by Jim Parker

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BRANCH LINE - 2 - Sir John Betjeman BRANCH LINE - 2 - Sir John Betjeman
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Part 2 - Continuing the BBC broadcast of 1963 we look at Highbridge and the freight trains which were still running to Burnham on Sea. The former loco works of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway were derelict but still in situ.

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David Brent - on John Betjeman David Brent - on John Betjeman
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come friendly bombs fall on Slough...

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A child ill by John Betjeman A child ill by John Betjeman
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A child ill by John Betjeman

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John Betjeman - Norfolk Churches John Betjeman - Norfolk Churches
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Here is an extract from an utterly superb programme made by Sir John Betjeman in 1974 about Norfolk's churches (videoed on transmission in 1987.) A couple of great extracts of small church choirs.
At the end you'll see some trebles singing a wonderfully complex descant to the last verse of "Ye Holy Angels Bright".

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John Betjeman John Betjeman
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John Betjeman's Bristol and Bath. This short 5 minute film was shown at the Centenary Celebrations of Sir John Betjeman's life. It was held at St. Marys Redcliffe Church in Bristol.

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John Betjeman reads his poem, \"Executive\" John Betjeman reads his poem, "Executive"
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Read by Betjeman during the 1970s for a TV interview.

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In a Bath Teashop by John Betjeman In a Bath Teashop by John Betjeman
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A short but perfect poem by Betjeman with some reminiscences by the reader.

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Betjeman: Indoor Games near Newbury Betjeman: Indoor Games near Newbury
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I am reading this at the request of a friendly viewer in America.
Betjeman and his first love - high jinks at an indoor party - dancing the foxtrot - the quiet cupboard and love's intensity - home in the Lagonda - and so to bed.
The music is provided by Charlie Kunz - Clap Hands Here Comes Charlie and A Medley.

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Westgate on Sea by John Betjeman Westgate on Sea by John Betjeman
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Another great one by England's most popular humorous poet.

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Joan Hunter Dunn - John Betjeman Joan Hunter Dunn - John Betjeman
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Sir John Betjeman fell in love with Miss Joan Hunter Dunn on sight, when he passed her in the corridor of the Ministry of Information during the war. She was the ministry's catering manager, but also as the poet surmised, a doctor's daughter.

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John Betjeman  How To Get On In Society John Betjeman How To Get On In Society
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Another of Betjeman's wicked little sketches with a distinctly 30s ambience.

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\"The Licorice Fields At Pontefract\" by John Betjeman "The Licorice Fields At Pontefract" by John Betjeman
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The memory of young love in fragrant surroundings on a Sunday evening.

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\"A Subaltern\ "A Subaltern's Love Song - Miss Joan Hunter Dunn" Betjeman
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Betjeman's best known poem

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\"A Shropshire Lad\" by John Betjeman "A Shropshire Lad" by John Betjeman
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Captain Webb was a great swimmer, the first to swim the English Channel. He came from Dawley.

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Undenominational by John Betjeman Undenominational by John Betjeman
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One of Betjeman's poems about the church.

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