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ENJOY
THESE TWO BETJEMAN VIDEOS!
BETJEMAN
REVISITED
 (Programme
running time approximately 88 minutes) VHS.
Original film directed by Jonathan Stedall, scripts
by John Betjeman (HTV Series Producer, Gerry
Dawson).
John
Betjeman had a lifelong love of English towns and
their everyday buildings. Once when asked what he
most wanted he replied, "To make people look at
things that are beautiful, particularly
buildings."
In
1962 after two best-selling books, "Summoned by
Bells" and "Collected Poems", he turned his
attention to the medium of television, his aim, to
fulfil his ambition to open our eyes to how
beautiful our towns and villages are.
The
SIX films included in BETJEMAN REVISITED were
discovered more than 30 years later. Three retain
the original soundtrack but the other three have
been restored with John Betjeman's original script
being read by Nigel Hawthorne.
- SIDMOUTH
(Hawthorne)
Completely in verse, this was the first
collaboration between Stedall and Betjeman, and
marked the beginning of a lifetime's friendship.
The film captures the unique character of the
town and some of its inhabitants. The script has
great charm and bubbles with the gentle wit
which endeared Betjeman to readers and viewers
alike.
- SWINDON
& NORTH LEW (Betjeman)
Betjeman was fascinated by railways. Here he
contrasts a town made by railways (Swindon) with
another which was ruined by them (North Lew).
- CHIPPENHAM
& CREWKERNE (Hawthorne)
Betjeman expresses his horror at the destruction
wrought by modern traffic on these two towns.
- DEVIZES
(Betjeman)
"The mellow brick capital of the north of
Wiltshire" and the prehistoric landscape which
stands outside it.
- SHERBORNE
(Hawthorne)
"An Abbey town of golden
ironstone - a town of schools."
- BATH
(Betjeman)
Betjeman's tour of "the Queen City of the West,"
accompanied by the music of Handel, who played
the organ in Bath Abbey.
THE
LOST BETJEMANS
 (Programme
running time 115 minutes) VHS. Original film
directed by Jonathan Stedall, scripts by John
Betjeman (HTV Series producer, Gerry Dawson).
Made
between 1962 and 1964, here in THE LOST BETJEMANS,
England's best-loved poet laureate looks at SIX
West Country towns andtalks about them in his own
inimitable style.
- WESTON-SUPER-MARE
"Gem of the Somerset coast" - John Betjeman
visits Weston and samples the delights of the
boarding houses, beaches, lights and
architecture.
- BATH
"Rome built in Somerset." A fierce defence of the
town against the ravages of the speculators when
Bath was threateened with wholesale
redevelopment.
- MALMESBURY
"A city set on a hill which
cannot be hid." Where John Betjeman found the
perfect combination of both countryside and
county towns that he loved.
- MARLBOROUGH
This was the first time that
Betjeman had returned to his old school since
his unhappy boyhood there. Here is the poet at
his descriptive best.
- BRISTOL
MY HOME
The
full-length version of John Betjeman's tribute
to his friend, the Music Hall star, Randolph
Sutton.
- CLEVEDON
Betjeman was a poet of the people as well as
places. This film was set in and around a
cliff-top hotel in winter, where retired
gentlefolk came to spend the sunset of their
days. This also includes documentation on the
saving of Clevedon pier
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