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 (25)
1. Nothing To Pay
Aired 2 September 1962
Supporters leave their village for the first time and visit the city to see an away match.
2. The Sin Shifter
Aired 16 September 1962
Fisherman Manny Barnes comes into conflict with the local clergy as he tries to halt the decline in his fishing town by turning it into a gambling spot.
3. Afternoon of a Nymph
Aired 30 September 1962
An agent invites his young starlet to a party so she can meet all the right people and have a chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and possible stardom. However while she is there, she realizes that there is a price to pay.
4. Dead Letter
Aired 14 October 1962
Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.
5. Always Something Hot
Aired 28 October 1962
6. Thank You and Goodnight
Aired 11 November 1962
A rather intellectual young woman who has just broken off an affair with a married man meets a rather uncouth pop singer on a train journey.
7. The Big Ride
Aired 25 November 1962
8. Joker
Aired 9 December 1962
9. Hear The Tiger, See The Bay
Aired 23 December 1962
10. Blue and White
Aired 6 January 1963
11. The Hot Potato Boys
Aired 20 January 1963
12. Into The Dark
Aired 3 February 1963
13. The Paradise Suite
Aired 17 February 1963
After a London premiere, a psychologically troubled Hollywood starlet in a luxury hotel suite meets several men, including a critic, an agent, a bell hop and a photographer, desperately seeking understanding.
14. The Cruel Kind
Aired 17 March 1963
Arnold, a soldier who has deserted after a traumatic event on the Berlin Wall, is drowning his sorrows in a pub. A Spanish boy who can speak little English enters the pub begging for help against a lynch mob chasing him, accusing him of molesting the daughter of a local businessman. After recent events, Arnold wants no involvement, but Cissy persuades him otherwise.
15. The Invasion
Aired 31 March 1963
Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.
16. Power and Glory
Aired 14 April 1963
17. Wagger
Aired 28 April 1963
18. Jungle Juice
Aired 12 May 1963
19. The Wednesday Caller
Aired 26 May 1963
20. The Monkey and the Mohawk
Aired 9 June 1963
21. The Pushover
Aired 23 June 1963
22. Late Summer
Aired 7 July 1963
Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together. the more their age difference becomes a rift between them.
23. A Little Night Music
Aired 21 July 1963
24. The Snag
Aired 4 August 1963
When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic centre, only Emma Mannering's corset shoppe stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead he's double crossed.
25. Living Image
Aired 18 August 1963
A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down, when his son, a young radical and his associates brings modern interpretations of art into his life.