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 (10)
1. The Frobisher Game
Aired 6 January 1969 • 60 min
While the owners of a country house are away, the servants play a game of impersonating their employers.
2. A Foot in the Door
Aired 13 January 1969 • 60 min
David's mother thinks he would make a good salesman, but he looses his nerve every time he meets a new customer.
3. What's a Mother For?
Aired 20 January 1969 • 60 min
Angela, whose husband is abroad, wakes to find she has been sharing a bed with a strange man....and he's dead.
4. The Manderins
Aired 27 January 1969 • 60 min
Stanley Marsden is putting himself forward for a top job in the Civil Service, however he is only a grammar school boy, will the old public school boy network hamper his chances?..he must get by that somehow.
5. Go On - It'll Do You Good
Aired 3 February 1969 • 60 min
Ledbetter works for 'The Ministry of Social Welfare' he is very enthusiastic about getting old people to use the many facilities available to him.
6. The Good Son
Aired 10 February 1969 • 60 min
Eddie the son that made good in Canada, returns on a trip to see his London Mum, he has been quite happy to contribute to her welfare but discovers she has a young tenant that has been living rent free for several months.
7. The Brophy Story
Aired 17 February 1969 • 60 min
8. Edward the Confessor
Aired 24 February 1969 • 60 min
Nobody takes Edward seriously causing him to seek attention by regularly visiting the police station to confess to the latest murder. However a new guest at his landlady's house is about to give him all attention he seeks.
9. The Story-Teller
Aired 3 March 1969 • 60 min
Brian a young man, gatecrashes a lively party and intrigues some of the guests with his sombre stories which involves them. There is something ethereal about Brian but is he worth taking seriously?
10. On Vacation
Aired 10 March 1969 • 60 min
A New York businessman and his wife on a much holiday needed in Miami find the staff are treating him as if it's his very last holiday