Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death in 1984, Sir John Betjeman's wryly comic verse achieved a level of popularity unusual for contemporary poetry. He was recorded reading this particular ...

His grandfather, Sir John Betjeman, earned a place in the public's heart unequalled by any other Poet Laureate since Lord Tennyson, while his mother, Candida, dazzled a generation of men in her ...

First transmitted in 1959, John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations introducing and reciting four of his poems. Show more First transmitted in 1959, John Betjeman is filmed at ...