About this season
Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.
Episodes (15)
1. Across the Border
Aired 5 January 1964 • 50 min
2. The Crunch
Aired 19 January 1964 • 50 min
A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom is paid. The question for the government is whether he will set it off anyway?
3. Better Luck Next Time
Aired 2 February 1964
4. The Devil and John Brown
Aired 23 February 1964
Based on the true story of the three week ordeal suffered by Scottish collier John Brown in 1845.
5. A Wicked World
Aired 8 March 1964
6. The Happy Moorings
Aired 22 March 1964
7. The Close Prisoner
Aired 19 April 1964
8. A Fear of Strangers
Aired 10 May 1964
A study of racial tension as a corrupt Chief Inspector attempts to coerce a black suspect into confessing to a murder he did not commit.
9. The Brick Umbrella
Aired 31 May 1964
10. A Menace to Decent People
Aired 21 June 1964
11. The Big Toe
Aired 20 September 1964
12. A Memory of October
Aired 11 October 1964
13. The Trouble with England
Aired 1 November 1964
14. Miss Hanago
Aired 22 November 1964
15. It's Sad About Eddie
Aired 20 December 1964
Songwriter Eddie has a big problem - every time he submits a new song, he finds that someone else seems already to have written it. It's as if someone were reading his mind - but that's impossible, isn't it?