TS Eliot's poem The Waste Land has become one of the most discussed and imitated works of the century. Allusions to it appear in the work of writers as diverse as Evelyn Waugh and Raymond Chandler. To mark the 75th anniversary of its publication, presenter Valentine Cunningham investigates its influence with the help of writers Blake Morrison , Peter Porter , lain Sinclair,
Malcolm Bradbury and Emanuel Litvinoff , actress Fiona Shaw and composer George Benjamin. Producer John Goudie