Ibsen
Ibsen is a TV show on BBC4. A collection of Henrik Ibsen adaptations and documentaries from the BBC. The program has been available since 2026. A total of 10 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in March 2026.
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Max Faber's 1953 adaptation of the play by Henrik Ibsen that, over three days in the summer of 1888, follows a lighthouse keeper's daughter who is trapped in her marriage and longing for the sea.
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The 1971 adaption of the classic play by Henrik Ibsen. A family's fragile peace is shattered by an idealist who insists on exposing hidden truths.
Oppressed by past tragedies and an unhappy marriage, a master builder is terrified of losing his stature to the next generation. 1988 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's classic play.
Ronald Harwood looks at the founders of modern drama: Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, George Bernard Shaw and Frank Wedekind. First broadcast in 1984.
The 1992 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play, directed by David Thacker. Nora, tired of being patronised and casually discounted by her husband, rebels against him.
The 1974 adaption of Henrik Ibsen's story of Ellida Wangel, her marriage issues and her pursuit of happiness and love elsewhere.
The 1987 adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play explores the hypocrisy of middle-class Victorian society.
From 1964, a documentary about the sixty-second year in the life of the great Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
From 1979, exploring the life of Henrik Ibsen, through his plays and the words of his critics and admirers. With excerpts from the Ibsen canon.
Henrik Ibsen's classic play about an unscrupulous woman. From 1962 with Ingrid Bergman, Michael Redgrave, Ralph Richardson and Trevor Howard.