Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers for a life her husband can't provide. Then a former flame, the successful Eilert, enters the picture, violence and blackmail aren't far behind.

• Yorkshire Television
• Diana Rigg
• Philip Bond
• Kathleen Byron
• Elizabeth Bell
• Denis Lill
• Rosalie Williams
• Alan Dobie