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 (12)
1. The Left Overs
Aired 22 August 1972 • 60 min
A blossoming friendship between a businessman and one of his flatmate's ex-girlfriends is challenged when she answers a phone call and inadvertently reveals to his boss that he has been fraudulently claiming expenses.
2. Whatever Became of Me
Aired 29 August 1972 • 60 min
Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?
3. A Touch of the Victorians
Aired 5 September 1972 • 60 min
An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.
4. High Summer
Aired 12 September 1972 • 60 min
The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th century is disturbed when the wayward Bohemian son of the owning family returns unexpectedly to claim his inheritance.
5. Franklin's Farm
Aired 19 September 1972 • 60 min
A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.
6. A Fluid Arrangement
Aired 26 September 1972 • 60 min
Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him.
7. On Call
Aired 3 October 1972 • 60 min
Roy and Jean's happy life is shattered by Jean's sudden illness and actually finding a doctor who can help her.
8. The Creditors
Aired 10 October 1972 • 60 min
Gustave meets a man called Adolph, who tries to show him that Gustave's fiancee doesn't love him.
9. The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Aired 17 October 1972 • 60 min
As the Allies prepare for invasion in 1944, concerns are raised about Colonel Keyser and his reputed psychopathic personality as a good or bad thing when leading his men into D-Day.
10. Anywhere But England, Old Boy
Aired 31 October 1972 • 60 min
Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.
11. The Folk Singer
Aired 7 November 1972 • 60 min
A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles as the authorities demand him to identify himself as either a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist.
12. The Stumbling Block
Aired 11 December 1972
Alfred decides his business must keep up and move on with the times, but discovers that the biggest obstacle to change is his own son.