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 (11)
1. Ireland, Mother Ireland
Aired 3 August 1971 • 60 min
A play that examines the casualties in a war, such as truth, loyalty, and death.
2. The Bargain Hunters
Aired 10 August 1971 • 60 min
A couple buying a cheap painting begin to think that it maybe unique and valuable.
3. Office Party
Aired 17 August 1971 • 60 min
Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.
4. The Loving Lessons
Aired 31 August 1971 • 60 min
Mary's husband works away on nights- after returning home from a party she has an unexpected caller.
5. Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Aired 7 September 1971 • 60 min
In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.
6. Detective Waiting
Aired 14 September 1971 • 60 min
A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.
7. The Girl on the M1
Aired 21 September 1971 • 60 min
A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.
8. Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?
Aired 29 September 1971 • 60 min
They write so many innocent words, but what are the authors of your children's stories really like?
9. Competition
Aired 5 October 1971 • 60 min
An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.
10. Man Charged
Aired 12 October 1971 • 60 min
A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector Peter Hill.
11. Father's Help
Aired 19 October 1971
A father who ditched his family life to be free and single again finds some unexpected guests left on his doorstep by his wife who has now done the same.