John Betjeman's radio poems



Derwent May finds unpolished gems in a collection of the poet's previously unpublished religious verse



John Betjeman's radio poems
Between 1954 and 1957, John Betjeman wrote a series of poems that he read on the radio in a weekly religious programme called The Faith in the West, broadcast on the BBC's West of England Home Service. They were billed under the title Poems in the Porch and had supposedly been pinned up for parishioners to read in the porch of the fictional church of Stoke St Petroc.

Between 1954 and 1957, John Betjeman wrote a series of poems that he read on the radio in a weekly religious programme called The Faith in the West, broadcast on the BBC's West of England Home Service. They were billed under the title Poems in the Porch and had supposedly been pinned up for parishioners to read in the porch of the fictional church of Stoke St Petroc.

Between 1954 and 1957, John Betjeman wrote a series of poems that he read on the radio in a weekly religious programme called The Faith in the West, broadcast on the BBC's West of England Home Service. They were billed under the title Poems in the Porch and had supposedly been pinned up for parishioners to read in the porch of the fictional church of Stoke St Petroc.

Friday, November 14th 2008
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