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. Big Brain Man
Aired 11 September 1960
Much to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.
2. A Heart and a Diamond
Aired 18 September 1960
3. Lena, O My Lena
Aired 25 September 1960
Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.
4. Pig's Ear with Flowers
Aired 2 October 1960
5. Thunder on the Snowy
Aired 9 October 1960
6. The Siege at Killyfaddy
Aired 16 October 1960
7. I'll Have You to Remember
Aired 23 October 1960
A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.
8. My Representative
Aired 30 October 1960
Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.
9. The Cake Baker
Aired 6 November 1960
10. Hail the Conquering Hero
Aired 13 November 1960
11. The Stranger
Aired 20 November 1960
12. Mr Nobody
Aired 27 November 1960
13. Clip Joint People
Aired 4 December 1960
14. The Cupboard
Aired 11 December 1960
When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.
15. Rain
Aired 18 December 1960
A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.
16. The Great Gold Bullion Robbery
Aired 25 December 1960
Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.
17. A Head Full of Crocodiles
Aired 1 January 1961
18. Till the Day I Die
Aired 8 January 1961
19. The Mystery of Martin Wheeler
Aired 15 January 1961
20. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Aired 22 January 1961
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
21. Honeymoon Postponed
Aired 29 January 1961
Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.
22. A Degree of Murder
Aired 5 February 1961
A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.
23. Strangers in the Room
Aired 12 February 1961
24. The Money Makers
Aired 19 February 1961
25. Tune on an Apron-String
Aired 26 February 1961
26. The Big Deal
Aired 3 March 1961
Unscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.
27. The Man Out There
Aired 12 March 1961
A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.
28. The Conscientious Gauger
Aired 26 March 1961
29. The Way of Love
Aired 9 April 1961
30. The Hero
Aired 23 April 1961
31. Danger! Men Working
Aired 21 May 1961
In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.
32. No Licence for Singing
Aired 21 May 1961
33. Flying High
Aired 23 April 1961
34. Man on a Mountain Top
Aired 30 April 1961
A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.
35. Duel for Love
Aired 7 May 1961
36. The Ship That Couldn't Stop
Aired 14 May 1961
A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.
37. The Truth About Helen
Aired 21 May 1961
38. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Aired 28 May 1961
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
39. The Typists
Aired 4 June 1961
We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.
40. The Night of the Apes
Aired 11 June 1961
After Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.