Between 1962 and 1964, John Betjeman made 12 films about the West Country he loved so much. By the early 1960's John Betjeman was at the peak of his powers, having just published his acclaimed autobiographical poem. Yet within a few years all of these films appeared to have been lost without a trace. But in October 1993, an HTV producer, Gerry Dawson came across an old poorly labelled film can. Curious he opened it and found JOhn Betjeman's classic film Weston-Super-Mare. Over the next few months he managed to unearth every Betjeman film, featuring the following towns:Weston-Super-MareBathMalmesburyMarlboroughBristol My HomeClevedon.
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