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BBC flagship arts programme of the 1950s and 1960s.

Betjeman and Larkin: Down Cemetery Road (22 mins)

Betjeman and Larkin: Down Cemetery Road
Philip Larkin talks to John Betjeman about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull.
22 mins
Joe Tilson
Monitor meets artist Joe Tilson, who gains inspiration from the modern world. (1964)
14 mins
Pop Goes the Easel
Ken Russell's 1962 film on the young British artists of the pop art movement.
42 mins
Henry Moore
Huw Wheldon attempts to uncover the motivation behind Henry Moore's art in 1960.
21 mins
A Poet in London
John Betjeman is filmed at different London locations reciting his poems. (1959)
12 mins