
About this season
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.
Episodes (27)
1. The Paraffin Season
Aired 4 December 1965 • 60 min
2. The Gong Game
Aired 11 December 1965 • 60 min
Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big troub
3. A Cold Peace
Aired 18 December 1965 • 60 min
4. The Sweet War Man
Aired 1 January 1966 • 60 min
5. Ready for the Glory
Aired 8 January 1966 • 60 min
A marriage bureau pairs a three times married, alcoholic titled lady with an able seaman from the navy. On visiting her villa he finds it also occupied by an eccentric ex-husband, a daughter and another man she calls her 'companion'
6. Neighbours
Aired 15 January 1966 • 60 min
The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are invited for drinks but things don't quite go as they imagined it would.
7. The Pity of it All
Aired 22 January 1966 • 60 min
Young miner's widow Nancy Harper works in a sweet shop to support her little daughter, who is killed when accidentally struck by the car driven by Walter Daymer. Nancy drifts into an affair with Walter, not suspecting that he is already married.
8. Man Without a Mortgage
Aired 19 March 1966 • 60 min
9. The Battersea Miracle
Aired 26 March 1966 • 60 min
Joey, a performer in Bancroft's circus, also keeps his own set of performing fleas. One day a flea speaks to him and persuades him to go public with a microphone. The flea's act is a great success, but not everybody is pleased with its message.
10. The Night Before the Morning After
Aired 2 April 1966 • 60 min
The night before the wedding, the Bride-to-be can't stop worrying about foolish doubts about her future husband, keeping her parents up all night. Meanwhile, the Groom is having second thoughts as his flatmate and a party girl distract him
11. Don't Utter a Note
Aired 9 April 1966 • 60 min
Two well meaning spinsters plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back, when unexpectedly into their possession comes a substantial amount of money, which was not made by the Royal Mint
12. Daughter of the House
Aired 16 April 1966
13. The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Aired 23 April 1966
14. The Match
Aired 30 April 1966
15. Pretty Polly
Aired 23 July 1966
A girl's Cinderella existence crashes to an abrupt end when her wealthy, cantankerous aunt dies on a cruise ship.
16. The Wager
Aired 30 July 1966
During a general election a politician impedes his performance because he has placed a bet against himself winning.
17. The One-Eyed Monster
Aired 6 August 1966
18. Great Big Blonde
Aired 13 August 1966
A barmaid returns home to Dublin, to find things are not quite what she expected to be.
19. A Fair Swap
Aired 20 August 1966
Peter Baynes's business is doing well until he has a visitor from his past.
20. The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson
Aired 27 August 1966
Wendy is reluctant to take her new boyfriend home, as there are certain aspects of her family that she is embarrassed about.
21. The Noise Stopped
Aired 3 September 1966
A man is facing a crisis with his neurotic wife, dropout son and bullying, oily boss, who he must suffer while facing office personnel cutbacks. When his job and wife slip away,he finds some redemption in his son's plans for a new life.
22. Dead Silence
Aired 10 September 1966
A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.
23. Barrett Keller: His Mark
Aired 17 September 1966
24. Light the Blue Touch Paper
Aired 24 September 1966
June Elliott is happily married with a small baby but when an old friend from college, Dennis Sage, asks for a reference she is visited and interrogated her about her past. June begins to put things together and fears Sage in a spy.
25. The Tilted Screen
Aired 1 October 1966
The girls in his native Australia regard Morrie as a joke, but on a trip abroad he finds there is much more to life than his home town.
26. The Three Barrelled Shotgun
Aired 8 October 1966
A grieving widow returns home from a holiday, to find her flat occupied by an amiable young man.
27. The Long Nightmare
Aired 15 October 1966
A chance meeting enables Arthur to confront his past.