Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13926 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-04-02
• Rating: Exempt
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 60 minutes

Synopsis
Join John Betjeman on a nostalgic trip through his earliest recollections, in this classic BBC documentary based on his life.

Customer Reviews

NOTES & CONTENTS:
SUMMONED BY BELLS WITH JOHN BETJEMAN
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SCREEN ASPECT RATIO: 4:3 (FULLFRAME)
DVD (Region 2) PAL FORMAT
LANGUAGE: English, SUBTITLES: English SDH
Running Time Approx: 58 Minutes
Extra Running Time Approx: 9 Minutes
Black & White/Colour
©BBC 1970/1980/1996
Date of Production: 1996
CERTIFICATE E (exempt)
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SPECIAL FEATURES
John Betjeman's reads his poem `Christmas'on the arts programme Aquarius (1970)
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`Indoor games Near Newbury', from Betjeman's Britain (1980), featuring Eric Morecambe
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John Betjeman tells the story of his childhood - `Childhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark of reason grows.'
John Betjeman takes an unashamedly nostalgic journey through his earliest memories, in a classic BBC documentary based on his autobiography.
This is the story of a solitary schoolboy who cared more for architecture than games; who devoted to a teddy bear called Archibald and entranced by steam trains and cinema. Sunny memories of family holidays in Cornwall contrast with the `shivering doom' of Marlborough College and his ultimately frustrating studies at Oxford. Betjeman may have famously `failed in Divinity', but his formative experiences helped make him the nation's best-loved poet.
Join John Betjeman as he explores the world, which first inspired him to
translate his passions into verse.