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1. Monitor (1958–1965)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Fortnightly arts show from the BBC, covering the worlds of theatre, film, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music.
Stars: Huw Wheldon, Jonathan Miller, John Berger, Robert Robinson
Votes: 98
2. Frost on Saturday (1968– )
40 min | Talk-Show
Mainly concentrated on topical interviews with entertainers and public figures.
Stars: David Frost, Patrick Macnee, Nicol Williamson, Bob Hope
Votes: 13
3. The Innes Book of Records (1979–1981)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Music
Neil Innes performs parody songs old and new, all set to specially-shot footage, and including special guest performers. Plotless and surreal, Innes described the programme as "songs and pictures, about people and things".
Stars: Neil Innes, Bryan Payne, Gillian Gregory, David Shaw
Votes: 57
4. That Was the Week That Was (1962–1963)
50 min | Comedy
Satirical sketch show. The first such show in the UK. It ran for two seasons before being pulled just before the 1964 general election.
Stars: David Frost, Millicent Martin, William Rushton, Roy Kinnear
Votes: 108
5. Everyman (1977– )
50 min | Documentary
Long-running BBC documentary series, often focussing on issues of a religious nature.
Stars: Peter France, Vanya Kewley, Jenni Murray, David Jessel
Votes: 33
6.
Bird's-Eye View (1969–1971)
Episode:
Beside the Seaside
(1969)
50 min | Documentary
From Cornish clifftops, wild and bare, to crowds at Weston-super-Mare, whatever paddles, surfs or sails, braves the waves or rides the gales; Bournemouth, Butlin's and Torquay - the Seaside seen as History.
Director: Edward Mirzoeff | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 5
7. Metro-Land (1973 TV Movie)
50 min | Documentary
John Betjeman gives a guided tour of the Metropolitan Line from Baker Street in London to Verney Junction in Buckinghamshire, and of architecture of the suburbs and villages that grew up ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Mirzoeff | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 68
8. Summoned by Bells (1976 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
An autobiography of Sir John Betjeman, covering the period of his life up to the time he started his first job. Betjeman visits some of the places that played an important part in his early life, and narrates a blank-verse commentary.
Director: Jonathan Stedall | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 7
9. Arena (1975– )
60 min | Documentary
Wide-ranging arts program.
Stars: Gavin Millar, Kenneth Tynan, John Walters, Jonathan Miller
Votes: 320
10. John Betjeman Goes by Train: King's Lynn to Hunstanton (1962 TV Short)
10 min | Documentary, Short
John Betjeman goes on a train journey from King's Lynn to Hunstanton in Norfolk, extolling the pleasures of traveling on a rural branch line.
Director: Malcolm Freegard | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 39
11.
Monitor (1958–1965)
Episode:
Larkin and Betjeman - Down Cemetery Road
(1964)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Philip Larkin talks to John Betjeman in 1964 about his life, his poetry and the city of Hull where he lived and worked as university librarian.
Director: Patrick Garland | Stars: Philip Larkin, John Betjeman
Votes: 6
12. Call My Bluff (II) (1965–1988)
30 min | Family, Game-Show
Two teams of three alternate between giving and guessing the meanings of obscure English words.
Stars: Robert Robinson, Frank Muir, Patrick Campbell, Arthur Marshall
Votes: 86
13. Late Flowering Love (1981)
21 min | Short, Drama
Light dramatisation of four poems by poet laureete Sir John Betjeman, set on location in the south of England
Director: Charles Wallace | Stars: John Betjeman, Susannah York, Beryl Reid, John Alderton
Votes: 27
15. Parkinson (1971–2007)
50 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Journalist Michael Parkinson interviews a broad range of the most famous people in the world.
Stars: Michael Parkinson, Marian Montgomery, Billy Connolly, Barry Humphries
Votes: 803
16. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
17. Late Show London (1966– )
Comedy, Talk-Show
Stars: Benny Green, Dee Wells, Orson Welles, Lelia Goldoni
Votes: 16
18. Aquarius (1970–1977)
39 min | Documentary
An arts magazine programme for ITV, presented by Humphrey Burton. Originally a fortnightly series, it became weekly, while later editions were presented by Peter Hall.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Peter Hall, Russell Harty, Leonard Bernstein
Votes: 30
19. Railways for Ever! (1970)
7 min | Short
A poet's eulogy to his beloved mode of transport.
Director: Norman Prouting | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 34
20.
Let's Imagine (1961–1963)
Episode:
A Branch Line Railway
(1963)
25 min | Family
John Betjeman travels the railway line from Evercreech Junction to Burnham-on-Sea.
Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 7
21. The Brains Trust (1955–1996)
45 min | Talk-Show
Series in which eminent people of the time gave spontaneous answers to questions of the day.
Stars: Norman Fisher, Jacob Bronowski, Alan Bullock, Julian Huxley
Votes: 8
22. A Hundred Years Underground (1963)
39 min | Documentary, Short
A film looking at the first 100 years of the Underground Railway in London from 1863 to 1963. A range of well known people and senior managers speak alongside some excellent archive film.
Director: John Rowdon | Stars: John Rowdon, C.E. Dunton, H.J.B. Harding, Herbert Morrison
Votes: 8
23. Anyone for Tennyson? The Master Poets Collection (1976–1978)
28 min | Short, Drama
Stars: Jean Marsh, John Neville-Andrews, Neil Hunt, Jack Gwillim
Votes: 20
24. The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993 TV Movie)
60 min
The Poetry Hall of Fame showcases more than 130 of the worlds best-known poems cleverly performed and artistically interpreted by The First Poetry Quartet and celebrity guests.
Director: Marshall Jamison | Stars: William P. Perry, Stephen G. Arlen, John Betjeman, Victor Bevine
Votes: 12
25. Poet's London (1959 TV Short)
12 min | Short, Documentary
John Betjeman muses on the origins of his poetry in a bomb-scarred London, and performs some of his work.
Director: Ken Russell | Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 9
26. A Poet Goes North (1968 TV Movie)
25 min | Documentary
John Betjeman examines the architecture of the city of Leeds.
Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 7
27. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? (1952–1959)
Game-Show
Panel game in which a panel of three experts tried to identify objects from British museums.
Stars: Glyn Daniel, Mortimer Wheeler, Hugh Shortt, Thomas Bodkin
Votes: 23
28. Discovering Britain with John Betjeman: Avebury, Wiltshire (1955)
3 min | Documentary, Short
Star: John Betjeman
Votes: 6
29. Jim'll Fix It (1975–2007)
35 min | Game-Show, Music, Mystery
Children write to Jimmy Savile asking him to make a dream come true for them on national television.
Stars: Jimmy Savile, Frank Bruno, Rod Hull, Val Doonican
Votes: 223
30. Look, Stranger (1970–1978)
Documentary, Family
Stars: John Norman, John Betjeman, Tom Fleming, Anthony Rye
32. How It Is (1968– )
30 min | Talk-Show
A weekly programme by the young for the young in heart. It treats its audience as reasonably intelligent and aware people instead of as suburban suet puddings".
Stars: Richard Neville, Angela Huth, Tony Palmer, Ronald Fletcher
33. The Book Programme (1973–1980)
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Robert Robinson, Michael Billington, Germaine Greer, Clive James
34. Review (1969–1972)
40 min | Documentary
Weekly arts magazine.
Stars: James Mossman, David Hugh Jones, Keith Dewhurst, Jim Douglas Henry
35. Bird's-Eye View (1969–1971)
50 min | Documentary
A series of films with a new perspective on Britain - from the air.
Stars: John Betjeman, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Leo McKern, Rene Cutforth
37. In View (1962– )
25 min | Documentary
Documentary series for viewers in the South and West of England.
Stars: Tom Salmon, John Boorman, Hugh Walters, Western Theatre Ballet
38. Read All About It (1974–1979)
30 min | Talk-Show
Stars: Melvyn Bragg, Christopher Booker, Ronald Harwood, Antonia Fraser
39. Not a Word (1970)
30 min | Game-Show
Stars: Brian Redhead, John Junkin, Bill Grundy, Henry Livings
40. But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972– )
30 min | Comedy
Stars: Sheila Hancock, Moray Watson, Paul McDowell, Dudley Moore
41. Architecture of Entertainment (1960 TV Movie)
22 min | Documentary
Director: Ken Russell | Stars: John Betjeman, Eileen Elton, Donald McAlpine, Phyllida McAlpine
42. Viewpoint (1959–1973)
Religious discussion series.
Stars: John Thompson, John Huxtable, Gary Watson, Leslie Smith
43. Time with Betjeman (1983– )
Documentary
Stars: John Betjeman, Jonathan Stedall, John Sparrow, John Murray
44. Treasures of the British Museum (1971– )
30 min | Documentary, History
Stars: Fleur Cowles, Tyrone Guthrie, John Hale, John Betjeman
45. Contrasts (1967–1969)
Music
Stars: Yehudi Menuhin, Oliver Ford Davies, Alan Dobie, Timothy Bateson
47. Bristol My Home (1965 TV Movie)
24 min | Documentary, History
John Betjeman interviews Randolph Sutton about his life.
Director: Hugh Munro | Stars: John Betjeman, Randolph Sutton
48. Muses with Milligan (1964–1965)
30 min | Comedy, Music
Stars: Spike Milligan, Steve Benbow, The Five Worthies, Annie Ross
49. Network (1974–1980)
30 min | News
A series of programmes made specially for audiences in the BBC Regions and now seen countrywide.
Stars: Brian Barr, Tom Salmon, Brian Thompson, Vincent Kane
50. Meeting Point (1957– )
25 min | Documentary
Stars: Alan Gibson, Jim Douglas Henry, John Betjeman, Tom Salmon