About this season
Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
Episodes (13)
1. Eye Witness
Aired 5 June 1960
2. The Cupboard
Aired 12 June 1960
3. The Case of Paul Danek
Aired 19 June 1960
4. Flag Fall
Aired 26 June 1960
The only clue to a series of apparently motiveless murders of Sydney's taxi drivers is found in a café.
5. Toff and Fingers
Aired 3 July 1960 • 53 min
Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware. The pair pose as a General and his batman looking their next job but the warm welcome, from the locals, makes them have second thoughts.
6. Flight From Treason
Aired 10 July 1960
7. Madeleine
Aired 17 July 1960
8. Web of Deceit
Aired 24 July 1960
9. False Witness
Aired 7 August 1960
10. Machinal
Aired 14 August 1960
A young Woman works as a low level stenographer and lives with her mother. She follows the rituals that society expects of a woman, however resistant she may feel about them, and subsequently marries her boss, whom she finds repulsive.
11. The Man with the Feather in his Hat
Aired 21 August 1960
12. Cul De Sac
Aired 28 August 1960
13. The Dummy
Aired 4 September 1960