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Armchair Theatre
All Episodes 1956 - 1974
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- 1956-07-07T23:00:00Z
- 50m
- 16d 16h 33m (441 episodes)
- United Kingdom
- English
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation. Its franchise successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.
443 episodes
Special 1 Unexpected Summer
- no air date — 50m
Originally produced for the 1964-1965 season, this episode was never broadcast due to scheduling problems.
Special 2 Old Man's Fancy
- no air date — 50m
An aging businessman's squabbling children object to his proposed marriage to his much younger assistant, and each for his or her own selfish reasons maneuvers against it. Originally produced for the 1964-1965 season, this episode was never broadcast due to scheduling problems but was later released on DVD.
1x02 The Handshake/Bid for Fame
- 1956-08-11T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x03 Tears in the Wind
- 1956-09-15T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x04 Flash Point
- 1956-09-22T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x05 Black Limelight
- 1956-09-29T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x06 The Hollow Crown
- 1956-10-06T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x07 It's an Ill Wind
- 1956-10-14T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x08 The Mother
- 1956-10-28T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x09 The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
- 1956-11-04T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x10 The Common Man
- 1956-11-11T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x11 The Right Thing
- 1956-11-25T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x12 The Face of a Stranger
- 1956-12-02T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x13 The Same Sky
- 1956-12-09T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x14 Three O'Clock Deadline
- 1956-12-16T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x15 Miss Julie
- 1956-12-23T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x16 Ring Out the Old
- 1956-12-30T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x17 Michael and Mary
- 1957-01-17T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x18 The Necklace
- 1957-01-20T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x19 The Last Flight
- 1957-01-27T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x20 Quay South
- 1957-02-03T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x21 If This Be Treason
- 1957-02-10T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x22 The King of Iceland
- 1957-02-17T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x23 The Witness
- 1957-02-24T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x24 This Was a Woman
- 1957-03-10T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x25 The Cask of Amontillado
- 1957-03-17T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x26 Catch a Falling Star
- 1957-03-24T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x27 Hilda Morgan
- 1957-04-07T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x28 The Constant Stranger
- 1957-04-14T00:00:00Z — 1h
1x29 Autumn
- 1957-04-20T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x30 Episode 1.30
- 1957-04-27T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x31 The Heiress
- 1957-05-04T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x32 Rappaport Always Pays
- 1957-05-11T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x33 Possession
- 1957-05-18T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x34 Episode 1.34
- 1957-05-24T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x35 Dear Murderer
- 1957-06-01T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x36 Escape to Happiness
- 1957-06-08T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x37 Start from Scratch
- 1957-06-15T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x38 Episode 1.38
- 1957-06-22T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x39 It Pays to Advertise
- 1957-06-29T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x40 Episode 1.40
- 1957-07-06T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x41 The Whiteheaded Boy
- 1957-07-13T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x43 Bed, Board and Romance
- 1957-08-10T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x44 The Women Have Their Way
- 1957-08-24T23:00:00Z — 1h
1x99 Rappaport Always Pays
- 1957-05-11T23:00:00Z — 1h
2x02 Now Let Him Go
- 1957-09-14T23:00:00Z — 1h
A world class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound which plays throughout.
2x03 Ghosts
- 1957-09-21T23:00:00Z — 1h
2x04 Policy for Love
- 1957-09-28T23:00:00Z — 1h
2x05 The Pier
- 1957-10-05T23:00:00Z — 1h
2x06 Inch from the Heart
- 1957-10-13T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x07 Ann Veronica
- 1957-10-27T00:00:00Z — 1h
Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.
2x08 The Last Mile
- 1957-11-03T00:00:00Z — 1h
Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.
2x09 The Great City
- 1957-11-10T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x10 Man in a Moon
- 1957-11-17T00:00:00Z — 1h
A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.
2x11 The Human Touch
- 1957-11-24T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x12 Sister
- 1957-12-01T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x13 The Mortimer Touch
- 1957-12-08T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x14 The Dividing Line
- 1957-12-15T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x15 Panther 140
- 1957-12-22T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x16 The Shining Hour
- 1958-01-05T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x17 Man in the Corner
- 1958-01-12T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x18 The Master Builder
- 1958-01-19T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x19 Tragedy in a Temporary Town
- 1958-01-26T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x20 Night of the Ding-Dong
- 1958-02-02T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x21 The Five Dollar Bill
- 1958-02-09T00:00:00Z — 50m
An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.
2x23 The Lady of Camellias
- 1958-02-16T00:00:00Z — 50m
A naïve young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.
2x25 Murder Story
- 1958-03-02T00:00:00Z — 50m
Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.
2x26 Vendetta
- 1958-03-09T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x27 The One Who Came Back
- 1958-03-16T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x28 A Man's Woman
- 1958-03-23T00:00:00Z — 1h
2x29 The Emperor Jones
- 1958-03-30T00:00:00Z — 50m
A murderer escapes from prison to a Caribbean island, where he makes himself the 'Emperor' of the natives.
2x30 Miss Olive
- 1958-04-06T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x31 Wolf Pack
- 1958-04-13T00:00:00Z — 50m
2x32 The Rat Wife
- 1958-04-20T00:00:00Z — 50m
A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.
2x33 Fifty Fifty
- 1958-04-26T23:00:00Z — 50m
2x34 Breach of Marriage
- 1958-05-03T23:00:00Z — 50m
2x35 Hanging Judge
- 1958-05-10T23:00:00Z — 50m
A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case, and learns a lesson in humanity.
2x36 Paid in Full
- 1958-05-17T23:00:00Z — 50m
The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.
2x37 Death of Satan
- 1958-05-24T23:00:00Z — 50m
2x38 The Widower
- 1958-05-31T23:00:00Z — 1h
2x39 No Flags for Geebang
- 1958-06-07T23:00:00Z — 50m
In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.
2x40 Homecoming
- 1958-06-14T23:00:00Z — 1h
Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.
2x41 Trial by Candlelight
- 1958-06-21T23:00:00Z — 50m
In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?
2x42 The House of Bernarda Alba
- 1958-06-21T23:00:00Z — 50m
A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.
2x43 Wings of the Wind
- 1958-06-28T23:00:00Z — 50m
2x44 Noon on Doomsday
- 1958-07-05T23:00:00Z — 50m
After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.
2x45 The Sins of Simone
- 1958-07-12T23:00:00Z — 50m
2x46 The Woman in Question
- 1958-07-19T23:00:00Z — 50m
Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.
3x02 The Web of Lace
- 1958-09-20T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x03 The Franchise Affair
- 1958-09-27T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x04 Murder in Slow Motion
- 1958-10-04T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x05 I Can Destroy the Sun
- 1958-10-12T00:00:00Z — 1h
Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?
3x06 The Time Of Your Life
- 1958-10-19T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x07 The Terrorist
- 1960-04-23T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x08 The Witching Hour
- 1958-11-02T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x09 The Greatest Man in the World
- 1958-11-09T00:00:00Z — 50m
When the first man to walk on the moon dies in an accident, his burial with full honors is televised worldwide.
3x10 Please Murder Me
- 1958-11-16T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x11 Boy With The Meat Axe
- 1958-11-23T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x12 Underground
- 1958-11-30T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x13 The Report on Jessie Dean
- 1958-12-07T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x14 Dangerous World
- 1958-12-14T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x15 The Deaf Heart
- 1958-12-21T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x16 The Criminals
- 1958-12-28T00:00:00Z — 1h
A small construction company's New Year's Eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.
3x17 The Sentry
- 1959-01-04T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x18 The Break
- 1959-01-11T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x19 Soundings
- 1959-01-18T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x20 Love and Money
- 1959-01-25T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x21 Hot Summer Night
- 1959-02-01T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x22 Ernie Barger Is 50
- 1959-02-08T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x23 The Thug
- 1959-02-15T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x24 To Ride a Tiger
- 1959-02-22T00:00:00Z — 1h
3x25 The Fabulous Money Maker
- 1959-03-10T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x26 The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
- 1959-03-08T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x27 No Gun, No Guilt
- 1959-03-15T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x28 Strange Meeting
- 1959-03-22T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x29 Star in the Summer Night
- 1959-03-29T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x30 The Angry Flower
- 1959-04-05T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x31 The Trouble with Benny
- 1959-04-12T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x32 Parole
- 1959-04-19T00:00:00Z — 50m
3x33 The Shadow of the Ruthless
- 1959-04-25T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x34 Hand in Glove
- 1959-05-02T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x35 Till Death Do Us Part
- 1959-05-09T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x36 The Big Client
- 1959-05-16T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x37 The Girl on the Beach
- 1959-05-23T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x38 Wedding Day
- 1959-05-30T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x39 My Guess Would Be Murder
- 1959-07-06T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x40 The Devil's Instrument
- 1959-07-13T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x41 The Model Marriage
- 1959-06-20T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x42 Guest Appearance
- 1959-07-27T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x43 My Lost Saints
- 1959-07-04T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x44 If You Loved Me
- 1959-07-11T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x45 The Grandma Bandit
- 1959-07-18T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x46 A House of His Own
- 1959-07-25T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x47 The Garden Party
- 1959-08-01T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x48 Lysette
- 1959-08-08T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x49 You'll Never See Me Again
- 1959-08-15T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x50 Black Laughter/Double Exit
- 1959-08-22T23:00:00Z — 50m
3x51 Invitation to Murder
- 1959-08-29T23:00:00Z — 50m
4x02 After the Show
- 1959-09-19T23:00:00Z — 50m
Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal mistress.She's a young, bohemian type and Victor is smitten. She leads him on and he takes her out, but after meeting her friends, realises she's not for him.
4x03 Worm In The Bud
- 1959-09-26T23:00:00Z — 50m
4x04 Light From a Star
- 1959-10-03T23:00:00Z — 50m
Why is the immortal Karinskaya reluctant to come out of retirement and star in a new film? The mystery that has kept the world's most passionate actress a woman alone is revealed aboard a yacht in the Mediterranean.
4x05 The Thought of Tomorrow
- 1959-10-11T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x06 No Trams to Lime Street
- 1959-10-18T00:00:00Z — 50m
Three sailors arrive at their home town, Liverpool, in a drama about the problems of Anglo-Welsh/Anglo-Irish identity, and coming to terms with conflicts with their fathers.
4x07 A Trick of the Sun
- 1959-10-25T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x08 A Shilling for the Evil Day
- 1959-11-01T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x09 Small Fish Are Sweet
- 1959-11-08T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x10 The Last of the Brave
- 1959-11-15T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x11 Suspicious Mind
- 1959-11-22T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x12 The Rebel and the Soldier
- 1959-11-29T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x13 Dr Kabil
- 1959-12-06T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x14 Roast Goose and Walnut Stuffing
- 1959-12-13T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x15 The Golden Horn
- 1959-12-20T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x16 The Last Tycoon
- 1959-12-27T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x17 Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
- 1960-03-01T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x18 Where I Live
- 1960-01-10T00:00:00Z — 1h
Dad has been living with daughter Jessy for years and she needs a break. She suggests he could live with her prosperous brother George whom Dad constantly praises but George refuses. Dad realises he has been rejected by both his children.
4x19 Misfire
- 1960-01-17T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x20 A Night Out
- 1960-04-23T23:00:00Z — 53m
4x21 Fifth Floor People
- 1960-01-24T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x22 Cold Fury
- 1960-01-31T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x23 Night Panic
- 1960-02-07T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x24 Come in Razor Red
- 1960-02-14T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x25 Guardian Angel
- 1960-02-21T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x26 Pink String and Sealing Wax
- 1960-02-28T00:00:00Z — 1h
4x27 China Doll
- 1960-03-06T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x28 Some Talk of Alexander
- 1960-03-13T00:00:00Z — 50m
Ex-Sergeant Blanco White trying to adjust to civilian life after 31 years in the Guards Regiment goes into partnership with Mrs Klein, a local greengrocer.
4x29 The Girl in the Market Square
- 1960-03-20T00:00:00Z — 50m
The girl of the title is found dead as a result of a car hit and run accident. However both the town and the driver regard his importance above the girl's to warrant any further attention from the police.
4x30 Roman Gesture
- 1960-03-27T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x31 After the Funeral
- 1960-04-03T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x32 The Leather Jungle
- 1960-04-10T00:00:00Z — 50m
4x33 Hold My Hand, Soldier
- 1960-04-16T23:00:00Z — 50m
4x34 A Night Out
- 1960-04-23T23:00:00Z — 50m
4x35 A Phone Call for Matthew Quade
- 1960-04-30T23:00:00Z — 50m
Matthew Quade fears he is all washed up,waits by the phone for a call to prove otherwise.
4x36 The Innocent
- 1960-05-07T23:00:00Z — 50m
A famous pop singer becomes involved in a murder trial.
4x38 On The Spot
- 1960-05-28T23:00:00Z — 50m
5x02 A Heart and a Diamond
- 1960-09-17T23:00:00Z — 50m
5x03 Lena, Oh My Lena
- 1960-09-24T23:00:00Z — 50m
Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student ,takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's smitten with a girl named Lena who works in a machine shop next door, and takes her out despite a bullying driver claiming her for himself.
5x04 Pig's Ear with Flowers
- 1960-10-01T23:00:00Z — 50m
5x05 Thunder on the Snowy
- 1960-10-09T00:00:00Z — 50m