Sir John Betjeman OBE and Poet Laureate and his travels around Britain. Features the locations which inspired and influenced some of the artist's most famous poems.
Sir John Betjeman, CBE, Poet Laureate, died in 1984 but his reputation has lived on as the ... more
quintessential poet of the suburbs: evocative, jolly, nostalgic and wary of change.He is, to thousands, the Laureate of Britain, the poet of place, one of the wo...
Betjeman's Britain: Sir John Betjeman, CBE, died in 1984 but his reputation has lived on ... more
as the quintessential poet of the suburbs: evocative, jolly, nostalgic and wary of change. He is, to thousands, the Laureate of Britain, the poet of place and one of the world's great travel writers. This programme traces his steps and words round many of the places he enjoyed and celebrated.Hardy's Wessex: No other writer has ever been associated with one particular area more than Thomas Hardy is identified with Dorset, his Wessex. This programme takes us on a literary journey to the places of influence in the life of Thomas Hardy as we visit the precise locations of his famous novels including Under the Greenwood Tree, Far from the Madding Crowd and Tess of the D'Urbervilles.The Lake Poets: This fascinating programme looks at the classic works of The Lake Poets of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey and specifically that written in the legendary ten year period between 1797 and 1807. We retrace the steps of these revolutionary poets who used the beautiful and atmospheric landscape of the Lake District as inspiration for their works.
Advantages: Funny, inline with the series of little britain Disadvantages: live, different from the normal showing of the series, some of the same stuff
Britain, Britain, Britain, Live, Live, Live, so after seeing this show live in a theatre, I thought it was really funny and hoped it would come out on dvd, so here it is, eagerly waited for.
Little Britain Live, sees the old favourites brought to the stage by the shows creators, Matt Lucas and David Walliams, with the voice of Tom Baker, and supporting acting from Anthony Head. The costume changes are quick and were very much like they were live (no editing for the dvd) and the back drop is cleverly desgined, all in all a well put together show. If you like the tv and radio series then this is a good thing to watch, it fits in well with the show, the sketches make sense, and it sees the return of some of the favourite characters from series one and two, aswell as some of the newer characters from the later series.
Aswell as the show ...
Advantages: Funny because its real and relatable Disadvantages: Sometimes annoying, very polically uncorrect
When I moved to uni almost a year ago, I knew I wasn't going to have a television so my relatives were nice enough to buy me various DVDs to take for watching. Little Britain season one was one such gift. I'd seen a few of the shows on TV and shown a mild interest in it, but I wasn't hooked on it or fussed either way.
The first time I watched the season through I was in hysterics. Each of the characters brings something different and you can follow their situation through the episodes. If you can't follow the many individual characters by watching episode to episode, there is a feature on the DVD that allows you to play all the skits with a particular character. They mostly have their own catchphrase too, which has a strange way of being able to bring strangers together, 'yeah I know', 'yeah but no but yeah but?' and 'eh eh eh ...
Advantages: A good five star film Disadvantages: none
The Battle Of Britain is an absolute wartime classic. Even to this day, it acting, music, special effects and story are unbeaten.
The film starts in France. The British are retreating to Dunkirk and a RAF tempory base is evacuated as the German offensive continues. Meanwhile, Sir Hugh Dowding (head of the RAF) advices Churchill that no more RAF forces should be sent to France as it would weaken the home defenses. With Germany in control of France and the British refusing to surrender, Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to take control of the skies in preparation of invasion. So the RAF are outnumbered and outgunned and must bare the brunt of the Luftwaffe attacks. But will the RAF be able to hold out against the Luftwaffe and prevent a German invasion of Great Britain.
The story for the film of the battle of Britain is extremely ...
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Product details
Genre
Documentaries & Biographies - Literary Biography
Classification
Exempt
Video Category
Television
Plot
Sir John Betjeman OBE and Poet Laureate and his travels around Britain. Features the locations which inspired and influenced some of the artist's most famous poems.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
Green Umbrella Productions; Pinnacle Vision
Release date
14/02/2005
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
GUDVD 5319
Barcode
5023093053192
Languages
Main Language
English
DVD Description
Sir John Betjeman OBE and Poet Laureate and his travels around Britain. Features the locations which inspired and influenced some of the artist's most famous poems.
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