Writing
T. S. Eliot
Born — Died
1888-09-26 — 1965-01-04
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
14 titles
Thomas Stearns Eliot OM (26 September 1888 – 4 January 1965) was a poet, essayist and playwright. He was a leading figure in English-language Modernist poetry where he reinvigorated the art through his use of language, writing style, and verse structure. He is also noted for his critical essays, which often re-evaluated long-held cultural beliefs. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, to a prominent Boston Brahmin family, he moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and went on to settle, work, and marry there. He became a British subject in 1927 at the age of 39 and renounced his American citizenship. Eliot first attracted widespread attention for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufroc…
Known for
8.0This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
8.0Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society. Are all of them acting, or only Sam Neill? The film features readings from Ash Wednesday, the poem written by TS Eliot after converting to anglicanism.
Ashes
1975
6.0Four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, memory, experience and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.
Four Quartets
2022
NRA journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
6.5Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
Murder in the Cathedral
1951
NRAngelise fights for her soul against her greatest enemy, doubt.
Strati
2026
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
NRA journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
1.0The story of the relationship between writer, literary critic and publisher T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) and his second wife Esmé Valerie Fletcher (1926-2012).
T. S. Eliot: The Search for Happiness
2019
2000s · 1 titles
Series credits
Behind the camera
8.0Conversations with four people — an artist, a woman struggling with her identity as a high achiever, an actor, and a priest — exploring their inner worlds, their self-image and how they feel they fit into society. Are all of them acting, or only Sam Neill? The film features readings from Ash Wednesday, the poem written by TS Eliot after converting to anglicanism.
Ashes
1975
6.0Four interwoven meditations on the nature of time, memory, experience and the quest for spiritual enlightenment.
Four Quartets
2022
6.5Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
Murder in the Cathedral
1951
10.0A film version of a performance by Fiona Shaw of T.S. Eliot's poem.
The Waste Land
1995
2.0A personal interpretation of the poetry and letters of T S Eliot which explores the ambiguities of language and space in a scenario built around an anagram.
The Waste Land
1999
NRTroubled married couple who, through the intervention of a mysterious stranger, settle their problems and move on with their lives.
The Cocktail Party
1952