John Betjeman had a life long 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 TV - his aim - to fulfil his ambition to open our eyes to how beautiful our towns and villages are. These six films were discovered 30 years later. Three
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In 1962 Poet Laureate John Betjeman made six television programmes, each eulogizing the buildings of a different town. Three retain the original soundtrack, whilst Nigel Hawthorne narrates on the others, drawing from Betjeman's original script. The areas looked at are: 'Swindon and North Lew'; 'Chippenham and Crewkerne'; 'Devizes'; 'Sherborne'; 'Sidmouth'; and 'Bath'.
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