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m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | I was taught to kneel and say
a prayer when I came into a church.
I don't do that. | 1,429,200 | 1,435,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Fearful, I suppose, of being
observed. Or less fearful
of being observed by the Almighty. | 1,435,400 | 1,443,160 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | BOY CHORISTER: | 1,447,200 | 1,453,320 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # I will lift up mine eyes | 1,447,200 | 1,453,320 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | unto the hills | 1,447,200 | 1,453,320 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | CHOIR:
# From whence cometh my help... # | 1,453,320 | 1,457,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Of course, a fervent Anglican
is almost a contradiction in terms. | 1,457,880 | 1,462,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Someone once said that the Anglican
Church is so constituted | 1,462,880 | 1,467,680 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | that its members can really believe
anything, but, of course,
almost none of them do. | 1,467,680 | 1,474,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # And He that keepeth thee
will not sleep | 1,475,880 | 1,481,600 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Behold,
He that keepeth Israel... # | 1,482,760 | 1,488,000 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | I remember
the early morning services. | 1,488,000 | 1,492,240 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Old ladies rigid with arthritis | 1,492,240 | 1,495,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | who could yet sink gracefully
to one knee at the mention
of the Virgin's name. | 1,495,400 | 1,502,320 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | The lilies on the altar
at the great festivals, | 1,502,320 | 1,506,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and the solemn, mounting ritual
of the communion service. | 1,506,360 | 1,510,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | "You sit," says the priest, | 1,510,880 | 1,513,520 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | when once upon a time,
one would have needed no telling, | 1,513,520 | 1,518,600 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | but knelt and rose... | 1,518,600 | 1,521,480 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and sat and stood and prayed... | 1,521,480 | 1,524,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and sung and answered... | 1,524,840 | 1,527,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | according to the stern and intricate
choreography of the prayer book. | 1,527,440 | 1,532,640 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # The Lord shall preserve
thy going out and thy coming in | 1,535,520 | 1,543,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # From this time forth
for evermore. | 1,544,360 | 1,549,800 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Ne gravis somnus inruat | 1,552,280 | 1,557,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Nec hostis nos subripiat | 1,557,720 | 1,562,600 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Nec caro illi consentiens | 1,563,760 | 1,568,040 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Nos tibi reos statuat | 1,568,040 | 1,573,920 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Oculi somnum capiant | 1,575,640 | 1,588,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Cor ad te semper vigilet | 1,588,720 | 1,595,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Cor ad te semper vigilet | 1,597,600 | 1,604,120 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Cor ad te semper vigilet | 1,604,120 | 1,610,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Dextera tua protegat | 1,610,720 | 1,617,640 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Famulos qui te diligunt | 1,617,640 | 1,626,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Qui te digilunt | 1,626,360 | 1,634,240 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | # Defensor noster, aspice... # | 1,635,280 | 1,640,240 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | I used to know large chunks
of the prayer book by heart, | 1,642,120 | 1,647,680 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | but that's not much use these days. | 1,647,680 | 1,650,760 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | To go into a church
knowing the Book of Common Prayer | 1,650,760 | 1,654,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | is about as useful
as going into a disco
knowing how to dance the Veleta! | 1,654,840 | 1,661,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | So I flounder through the service,
stumbling over the bits
that have been missed out, | 1,661,720 | 1,668,680 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | saying the wrong words
where they've been rewritten, | 1,668,680 | 1,672,920 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | among the ranks of the unworshipping
multitude whom I used to despise
for not knowing the drill, | 1,672,920 | 1,679,960 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | one of the unaccustomed worshippers
to whom, when I spotted them
in difficulties, | 1,679,960 | 1,686,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | I used to hand my prayer book open
at the place with a kindly smile - | 1,686,280 | 1,691,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | me, now. | 1,691,440 | 1,694,040 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | But if I love the prayer book, | 1,698,280 | 1,700,960 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | I seldom come to church,
so who am I to take sides? | 1,700,960 | 1,705,600 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | For the clergy, it's a working text. | 1,705,600 | 1,708,160 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | And if I loathe what's been done
to the prayer book,
I loathe fanaticism more, | 1,708,160 | 1,714,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and many of the supporters
of the old prayer book are,
or are allied with, fanatics. | 1,714,440 | 1,720,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | This great building is a monument
to tolerance and magnanimity, | 1,720,720 | 1,726,480 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and I value that more than a text, | 1,726,480 | 1,729,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | even a text as imbued with history
as the comfortable words
of the prayer book. | 1,729,360 | 1,735,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Cranmer, who preached from that
pulpit, was one of the architects
of the prayer book, | 1,735,360 | 1,741,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and was burnt at the stake. | 1,741,440 | 1,744,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | But he didn't die for English prose. | 1,744,280 | 1,747,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | ORGAN PEALS OUT | 1,749,880 | 1,752,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Doors closed at last, | 1,811,280 | 1,814,000 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | the statues breathe a sigh of relief. | 1,814,000 | 1,817,680 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | "If I'd known it would be as busy
as this, I'd never have been
buried here in the first place!" | 1,817,680 | 1,825,040 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | A chance now to really rest in peace, | 1,830,720 | 1,832,720 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | with only the organ scholar,
Louise Marsh, doing her practice. | 1,832,720 | 1,837,080 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | For all that we're in the middle
of a cemetery, strolling through
3,000-odd graves, | 1,904,720 | 1,910,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | there isn't much sense
of the presence of death. | 1,910,840 | 1,915,360 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | And not even at night
is it the least bit eerie. | 1,915,360 | 1,920,200 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It's partly that
death is not graphically presented. | 1,926,640 | 1,931,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | There are none of those cadaver
tombs with the deceased on the upper
storey in his or her prime, | 1,931,400 | 1,938,200 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and on the lower,
the decaying corpse. | 1,938,200 | 1,942,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It's as if, having secured a niche
in this illustrious place, the dead
have dressed up for the occasion, | 1,942,280 | 1,950,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | been laid out in their best,
beside children and dependants. | 1,950,280 | 1,955,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Or they are seen at some
climactic point in their lives, | 1,955,280 | 1,959,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | like General Wolfe, struck down
on the Heights of Abraham
at his moment of triumph. | 1,959,880 | 1,965,920 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | There's really only one monument
where death comes into its own, the
last work of the sculptor Roubiliac. | 1,970,840 | 1,978,240 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Lady Elizabeth Nightingale
died in premature childbirth
brought on by a thunderstorm, | 1,978,240 | 1,985,200 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and Death is shown bursting
through the iron doors of life
to hurl his dart, so hastily seized | 1,985,200 | 1,992,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | that he holds it by the feathers. | 1,992,880 | 1,996,200 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It's a curious monument
because the Nightingales have fallen
into rather stagey postures, | 1,996,200 | 2,002,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and it's Death who's full of life
and vitality. | 2,002,280 | 2,007,040 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It's said that a thief broke in
one night, caught sight of Death,
and fled leaving his crowbar behind, | 2,007,040 | 2,014,560 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and they kept the crowbar
till the end of the 19th century. | 2,014,560 | 2,019,280 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It's the kind of story often told
to authenticate the power
of the illusion of art. | 2,019,280 | 2,025,920 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | ..and they were married, | 2,060,800 | 2,063,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and then they asked that his... | 2,063,440 | 2,066,520 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Tonight, the Dean, Michael Mayne,
is taking some friends round. | 2,066,520 | 2,071,600 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | One of his 19th-C predecessors,
Dean Buckland, | 2,071,600 | 2,075,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | never showed anybody round without
taking a feather duster, | 2,075,840 | 2,079,840 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | flicking the tombs
as he told their history. | 2,079,840 | 2,084,240 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | They lie together in that tomb. | 2,084,240 | 2,087,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | Now, behind me
is the Coronation Chair. | 2,087,400 | 2,091,960 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | That was made for Edward I in 1292. | 2,091,960 | 2,095,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It contains the very ancient
Stone of Scone | 2,097,520 | 2,101,880 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | that originally came from Ireland | 2,101,880 | 2,105,160 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | where kings were crowned on it, | 2,105,160 | 2,108,000 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and also went to Scotland
where kings were crowned. | 2,108,000 | 2,112,560 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | It was stolen by Edward I from
Scotland, and brought here, and
he had the chair made to contain it. | 2,112,560 | 2,120,400 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | And it's remained here ever since,
until Christmas Day 1950 | 2,120,400 | 2,125,440 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | when three Scottish Nationalists
got into the Abbey,
hid, on Christmas Eve, | 2,125,440 | 2,131,480 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | and, in the small hours -
they'd parked an old Ford car
outside Poets' Corner entrance - | 2,131,480 | 2,137,480 |
m001zhxx | m001z7gr | The Abbey with Alan Bennett | Alan Bennett presents a personal behind-the-scenes tour of Westminster Abbey. | A Mirror of England | 3/3Alan watches the main daily service of Evensong and reflects on his boyhood religion. | BBC Two | they got the stone on a tarpaulin,
took it down the steps, a bit of it
broke off, and got it into the car. | 2,137,480 | 2,145,400 |
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