The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress—commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate—serves as the official poet of the United States.
 During their term, the Poet Laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry.
 The position was modeled on the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom.
 Begun in 1937, and formerly known as the Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, the present title was devised and authorized by an Act of Congress in 1985.
 The Poet Laureate's office is administered by the Center for the Book.
Many of the states in the United States have established the post of poet laureate to which a prominent poet residing in the respective state is appointed.
 The responsibilities of the state poets laureate are similar to those of the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and the equivalent Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in the United States, to make public appearances at poetry readings or literary events, and to promote awareness of poetry within their geographical region.
John Kay was a fifteenth-century English poet who described himself as the "versificator regis" (which would develop into the position of Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom) to Edward IV of England.
 If it ever existed, none of his poetic work remains.
Henry James Pye ( ; 10 February 1744 – 11 August 1813) was an English poet, and Poet Laureate from 1790 until his death.
 He was the first poet laureate to receive a fixed salary of £27 instead of the historic tierce of Canary wine (though it was still a fairly nominal payment; then as now the Poet Laureate had to look to extra sales generated by the prestige of the office to make significant money from the Laureateship).
Al Young (born May 31, 1939) is an American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and professor.
 On May 15, 2005, he was named Poet Laureate of California by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
 In appointing Young as Poet Laureate, the Governor praised him: "He is an educator and a man with a passion for the Arts.
 His remarkable talent and sense of mission to bring poetry into the lives of Californians is an inspiration."
 Muriel Johnson, Director of the California Arts Council declared: "Like jazz, Al Young is an original American voice."
 Young’s many books include novels, collections of poetry, essays, and memoirs.
 His work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including "Paris Review", "Ploughshares", "Essence", "The New York Times", "Chicago Review", "Seattle Review", "Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature", "Chelsea", "Rolling Stone", "Gathering of the Tribes," and in anthologies including the "Norton Anthology of African American Literature," and the "Oxford Anthology of African American Literature."
A Passion for Churches is a 1974 BBC television documentary written and presented by the then Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman and produced and directed by Edward Mirzoeff.
 Commissioned as a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 1973 documentary "Metro-land", the film offers Betjeman's personal poetic record of the goings-on taking place throughout the Anglican Diocese of Norwich and its churches in the run-up to Easter Sunday using the framing device of the Holy sacraments.
Sir John Betjeman, CBE ( ; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in "Who's Who" as a "poet and hack".
 He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death.
Bruce Isaacson (born 1956) is an American poet and publisher.
 He was appointed the first poet laureate of Clark County, Nevada, a community of more than two million people where Las Vegas is located, June 1, 2015 He initiated the Poets of National Stature series there, which includes readings by Juan Felipe Hererra, the sitting Poet Laureate of the United States and Beat Legend Michael McClure.
 Other poets Isaacson brought previously to Las Vegas include beat feminist icon Diane di Prima, San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirshman and others.
Idylls of the King, published between 1859 and 1885, is a cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892; Poet Laureate from 1850) which retells the legend of King Arthur, his knights, his love for Guinevere and her tragic betrayal of him, and the rise and fall of Arthur's kingdom.
 The whole work recounts Arthur's attempt and failure to lift up mankind and create a perfect kingdom, from his coming to power to his death at the hands of the traitor Mordred.
 Individual poems detail the deeds of various knights, including Lancelot, Geraint, Galahad, and Balin and Balan, and also Merlin and the Lady of the Lake.
 There is little transition between Idylls, but the central figure of Arthur links all the stories.
 The poems were dedicated to the late Albert, Prince Consort.
Sir Andrew Motion {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 26 October 1952) is an English poet, novelist, and biographer, who was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2009.
 During the period of his laureateship, Motion founded the Poetry Archive, an online resource of poems and audio recordings of poets reading their own work.
 In 2012, he became President of the Campaign to Protect Rural England, taking over from Bill Bryson.

Question: Which English poet wrote and present A Passion for Churches and was a Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death?
Answer: John Betjeman