Philip Larkin. Monitor: Down Cemetery Road . Part3

Part 3 of a 1964 bbc Documentary. Philip Larkin/John Betjeman

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Education

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• Philip Larkin
• Monitor
• Poems
• Poetry
• Documentary
• Hull
• John Betjeman
• larkin
• betjeman
• betjamin

[craxmen]

'Beneath it all, desire of oblivion runs...'

... DUM DI DI DUM DI DUM DUM DER DI DUM DUM DER DI DUM DUM DER

[EnglishG3nt]

"Another evening gone" is a wonderful line.

[Londonfogey]

Betjeman's reading of Larkin's poetry brings a whole new dimension to it. It's like hearing Elvis sing the Beatles, or vice versa. 'Churchgoing' has to be one of the best poems of the 20th century. I'm still not sure what 'natureless in ecstasies' means in 'The Large Cool Store' however.

[nbatterby]

Wonderful shot of the children and the dog in the graveyard. Could never have been staged.

[nbatterby]

I lived in Hull during the 60's; had heard PL reading this poem on the BBC, persuaded one of his staff to get me a copy of it. Betjeman reads it perfectly, as if he had written it himself. Love the bit about the removal of the cycle clips.

[adambull]

I'm going to be using this for my undergraduate dissertation! If only there were a full set of subtitles!

[MrSuddone]

@bnx Yes I swam in the drain at that spot as a child, the drain is Barmston Drain Sculcoates Lane.The building on the right is the old Needles sweet factory

[baconsplace]

MONITOR

high minded tele that the BBC has forgotten

[oshafer]

This was absolutely wonderful. Thank you.

[Benjani7]

Thank you for posting this - fantastic to see and hear them both, and the backdrop of Hull.

[Moz1999]

Thank you so much for posting that!