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Metroland

An exploration of the English rural idyll with John Betjeman's 1973 meditation on the residential suburbs which grew up alongside the Metropolitan Line, the first steam underground in the world.

48 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 May 202400:25

Music Played

  • Henry Walford Davies

    Solemn Melody

  • Jack Hylton & His Orchestra

    On The Sunny Side Of The Street 

Credits

RoleContributor
NarratorJohn Betjeman
WriterJohn Betjeman
ProducerEdward Mirzoeff

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