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 Death of Glory
Aired 11 September 1973 • 60 min
Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.
2. Beyond Our Means
Aired 18 September 1973 • 60 min
A couple invite an old school friend for a reunion dinner, it is during the conversation (with the friend now an eminent surgeon) the couple come to the stark realization that their son is showing symptoms of a looming brain tumour.
3. A Bit of a Lift
Aired 25 September 1973 • 60 min
A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.
4. Brussel Sprouts-Boy Scouts
Aired 2 October 1973 • 60 min
Two scout patrols from London's East End, meet up on a holiday in Kent and find it was not what they were expecting at all.
5. Red Riding Hood
Aired 9 October 1973 • 60 min
A repressed junior librarian, frustrated with looking after her sick father, finds herself drawn into a dangerous relationship with the man who might have murdered her mean-spirited grandmother.
6. The Square of Three
Aired 16 October 1973 • 60 min
An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.
7. Verite
Aired 23 October 1973 • 60 min
An affluent, happy and conventionally married couple have their preconceptions about life questioned by their guest (an underground American film maker) as they get more and more involved in his latest project.
8. The Golden Road
Aired 30 October 1973 • 60 min
A housewife, at first reluctant to have a girl lodger, finds the girl disturbs the home in a totally unexpected way.
9. Russian Roulette
Aired 6 November 1973 • 60 min
It's 1865, Fiodor in St, Petersburg is reluctantly supporting his dead wife's family, when he meets new love in the form of Anna and a new life beckons escaping away and traveling Europe.
10. That Sinking Feeling
Aired 13 November 1973 • 60 min
At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.