A Passion for Churches
A Passion for Churches is a 1974 BBC television documentary written and presented by the then Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman and produced and directed by Edward Mirzoeff. Commissioned as a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 1973 documentary Metro-land, the film offers Betjeman's personal poetic record of the goings-on taking place throughout the Anglican Diocese of Norwich and its churches in the run-up to Easter Sunday using the framing device of the Holy sacraments.
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A Passion for Churches
A Passion for Churches is a 1974 BBC television documentary written and presented by the then Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman and produced and directed by Edward Mirzoeff. Commissioned as a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 1973 documentary Metro-land, the film offers Betjeman's personal poetic record of the goings-on taking place throughout the Anglican Diocese of Norwich and its churches in the run-up to Easter Sunday using the framing device of the Holy sacraments.
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A Passion for Churches is a 19 ...... a limited-edition DVD in 2007.
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1974-12-07
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Titlescreen of the documentary, in mock-Medieval decorated script
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John McGlashan
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BBC General Features
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United Kingdom
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Edward Roberts
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"I was eight or nine years old ...... e wanted to stop and look in."
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— Sir John Betjeman
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Full film at BBC Four collections
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A Passion for Churches is a 19 ...... device of the Holy sacraments.
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