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 (17)
1. The Omega Mystery
Aired 10 September 1961 • 60 min
Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.
2. Looking For Frankie
Aired 24 September 1961
3. The Rose Affair
Aired 8 October 1961
A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
4. His Polyvinyl Girl
Aired 22 October 1961
A department store closes for the night and instead of going home, the staff realize a musical fantasy amongst the store set pieces.
5. Roll On Bloomin' Death
Aired 5 November 1961
Its near the end of World War 2, and a young green officer takes over a war weary platoon, he is ordered to take some of them on a raid, but he cannot rouse any volunteers.
6. The Trouble With Our Ivy
Aired 19 November 1961
A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbour acquires a fast-growing creeper
7. Murder Club
Aired 3 December 1961
In the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.
8. Tune On An Old Tax Fiddle
Aired 17 December 1961
When the inland revenue gets an angry mistress's letter exposing a man named Toby as a tax cheat, they quietly put pressure on him. Toby panics, and hires an unscrupulous lawyer named Elvin, but he has a hard time taking his advice.
9. The Rank and File
Aired 31 December 1961
An observation on corruption in a US Trade Union.Follows the life of factory worker Bill Kilcoyne from the depressed 1930s to his present day (1959) standing in front of a Senate Committee as a trade union leader.
10. Night Conspirators
Aired 6 May 1962
An elderly man is rescued from Iceland. Why would an elderly man need to escape from Iceland? Unless of course its Adolf Hitler.
11. Girl In A Birdcage
Aired 13 May 1962
12. Night Stop
Aired 27 May 1962
Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.
13. The Irish Boys
Aired 10 June 1962
14. Dumb Martian
Aired 24 June 1962
On Mars, Withers a gruff, bigoted pioneer buys himself a Martian wife for company. Like all her race, Lellie cannot speak and Withers treats her like a slave. But he becomes jealous when Weaver, a young scientist, lodges at his camp and treats Lellie sympathetically.
15. The Hard Knock
Aired 8 July 1962
A short tempered Irishman returns home after his brother was hanged for murder during a robbery. Though at first determined he was actually innocent, family and friends slowly convince him otherwise.
16. North City Traffic Straight Ahead
Aired 22 July 1962
17. The Fishing Match
Aired 19 August 1962
Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels but discovers a picture of him taken in Skegness and knows he's living a lie.