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 (40)
1. The Scent of Fear
Aired 13 September 1959
Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival in London. However, a high-ranking secret police officer posing as a passenger informs her that the man she's protecting is not wanted for his politics; actually, he is a murderer.
2. After the Show
Aired 20 September 1959
Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal mistress.She's a young, bohemian type and Victor is smitten. She leads him on and he takes her out, but after meeting her friends, realises she's not for him.
3. Worm in the Bud
Aired 27 September 1959
4. Light from a Star
Aired 4 October 1959
5. The Thought of Tomorrow
Aired 11 October 1959
6. No Trams to Lime Street
Aired 18 October 1959
7. A Trick of the Sun
Aired 25 October 1959
8. A Shilling for the Evil Day
Aired 1 November 1959
9. Small Fish Are Sweet
Aired 8 November 1959
10. The Last of the Brave
Aired 15 November 1959
11. Suspicious Mind
Aired 22 November 1959
12. The Rebel and the Soldier
Aired 29 November 1959
13. Dr Kabil
Aired 6 December 1959
14. Roast Goose and Walnut Stuffing
Aired 13 December 1959
15. The Golden Horn
Aired 20 December 1959
16. The Last Tycoon
Aired 27 December 1959
17. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Aired 3 January 1960
18. Where I Live
Aired 10 January 1960
19. Misfire
Aired 17 January 1960
20. Fifth Floor People
Aired 24 January 1960
21. Cold Fury
Aired 31 January 1960
22. Night Panic
Aired 7 February 1960
23. Come in Razor Red
Aired 14 February 1960
24. Guardian Angel
Aired 21 February 1960
25. Pink String and Sealing Wax
Aired 28 February 1960
26. China Doll
Aired 6 March 1960
27. Some Talk of Alexander
Aired 13 March 1960
28. The Girl in the Market Square
Aired 20 March 1960
29. Roman Gesture
Aired 27 March 1960
30. After the Funeral
Aired 3 April 1960
31. The Leather Jungle
Aired 10 April 1960
32. Hold My Hand, Soldier
Aired 17 April 1960
33. A Night Out
Aired 24 April 1960
34. A Phone Call for Matthew Quade
Aired 1 May 1960
35. The Innocent
Aired 8 May 1960
36. Nest of Four
Aired 15 May 1960
37. On the Spot
Aired 22 May 1960
52. Night Stop
Aired 27 May 1962
Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.
53. The Irish Boys
Aired 10 June 1960
83. A Kind of Kingdom
Aired 1 September 1963