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Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre (1956)

NR1h 0m18 seasonsEndedNR(6)

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, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Drama
Episodes

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 5Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16Season 17Season 18Specials

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E1 - The Pillars of Midnight

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Sep 14, 1958

A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

E2 - The Web of Lace

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Sep 21, 1958

No overview available.

E3 - The Franchise Affair

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Sep 28, 1958

An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.

E4 - Murder in Slow Motion

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Oct 5, 1958

Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.

E5 - I Can Destroy the Sun

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Oct 12, 1958 - 1h 0m

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?

E6 - Time of Your Life

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Oct 19, 1958

This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.

E7 - The Terrorist

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Oct 26, 1958

No overview available.

E8 - The Witching Hour

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Nov 2, 1958

Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.

E9 - The Greatest Man in the World

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Nov 9, 1958

Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.

E10 - Please Murder Me

!

Nov 16, 1958

A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.

E11 - The Boy with Meat Axe

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Nov 23, 1958 - 1h 0m

No overview available.

E12 - Underground

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Nov 30, 1958

No overview available.

E13 - The Report on Jessie Dean

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Dec 7, 1958 - 1h 0m

A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.

E14 - Dangerous World

!

Dec 14, 1958 - 1h 0m

A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.

E15 - The Deaf Heart

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Dec 21, 1958 - 1h 0m

No overview available.

E16 - The Criminals

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Dec 28, 1958 - 1h 0m

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.

E17 - The Sentry

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Jan 4, 1959 - 1h 0m

An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.

E18 - The Break

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Jan 11, 1959 - 1h 0m

No overview available.

E19 - Soundings

!

Jan 18, 1959 - 1h 0m

A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.

E20 - Love and Money

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Jan 25, 1959

The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.

E21 - Hot Summer Night

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Feb 1, 1959 - 1h 0m

Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.

E22 - Ernie Barger Is 50

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Feb 8, 1959 - 1h 0m

Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.

E23 - The Thug

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Feb 15, 1959 - 1h 0m

The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.

E24 - To Ride a Tiger

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Feb 22, 1959 - 1h 0m

A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.

E25 - The Fabulous Money Maker

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Mar 1, 1959

A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.

E26 - The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

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Mar 8, 1959

A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.

E27 - No Gun, No Guilt

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Mar 15, 1959

A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.

E28 - Strange Meeting

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Mar 22, 1959

An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.

E29 - Star in the Summer Night

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Mar 29, 1959

International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.

E30 - The Angry Flower

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Apr 5, 1959

No overview available.

E31 - The Trouble with Benny

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Apr 12, 1959

No overview available.

E32 - Parole

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Apr 19, 1959

The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.

E33 - The Shadow of the Ruthless

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Apr 26, 1959

No overview available.

E34 - Hand in Glove

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May 3, 1959

No overview available.

E35 - Till Death Do Us Part

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May 10, 1959

No overview available.

E36 - The Big Client

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May 17, 1959

A satire set in the advertising industry.

E37 - The Girl on the Beach

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May 24, 1959

A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.

E38 - Wedding Day

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May 31, 1959

No overview available.

E39 - My Guess Would Be Murder

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Jun 7, 1959

No overview available.

E40 - The Devil's Instrument

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Jun 14, 1959

No overview available.

E41 - The Model Marriage

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Jun 21, 1959

No overview available.

E42 - Guest Appearance

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Jun 28, 1959

No overview available.

E43 - My Lost Saints

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Jul 5, 1959

No overview available.

E44 - If You Loved Me

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Jul 12, 1959

No overview available.

E45 - The Grandma Bandit

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Jul 19, 1959

No overview available.

E46 - A House of His Own

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Jul 26, 1959

No overview available.

E47 - The Garden Party

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Aug 2, 1959

No overview available.

E48 - Lysette

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Aug 9, 1959

No overview available.

E49 - You'll Never See Me Again

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Aug 16, 1959

Jim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.

E50 - Black Laughter/Double Exit

!

Aug 23, 1959

No overview available.

E51 - Invitation to Murder

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Aug 30, 1959

No overview available.

E52 - Young David

!

Sep 6, 1959

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.