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 (24)
1. A Kind of Kingdom
Aired 1 September 1963
2. The Front Room
Aired 15 September 1963
A marriage is threatened by a wife's obsession with cleaning.
3. Mr. Big
Aired 29 September 1963
Mr. Bigelow is a dwarf who works for a carnival. Each night after the customers have gone, he visits the Mirror Maze, where he stands before one mirror in particular, one that magnifies his image many, many times.
4. Little Doris
Aired 13 October 1963
5. The Chocolate Tree
Aired 27 October 1963
As independence for Africa draws near, a wealthy British trading family welcomes a future president of one country into their home, in an uneasy conversation that is tinged by condescension and racism, grudges and militant anger.
6. Long Past Glory
Aired 17 November 1963
Two aging, shabby men inhabit a decaying sewer pumping station. They live by stealing things, including beds, a piano and a gramophone.They're joined by a younger man who disrupts their dreary small talk with angry, upsetting arguments.
7. The Higher They Fly
Aired 1 December 1963
Test pilot Fleming's jet develops an undercarriage problem on a passenger flight, necessitating in-flight repairs -- and Fleming is on the ground.
8. The Swindler
Aired 15 December 1963
Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.
9. A Way of Living
Aired 29 December 1963
10. Sharp at Four
Aired 12 January 1964
Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.
11. Last Word on Julie
Aired 26 January 1964
Beautiful 23-year-old Julie Lister has left home to enjoy the single life. Reckless with money her love life is a disaster but when friends and family receive letters they fear she may have committed suicide.
12. The Pretty English Girls
Aired 16 February 1964
13. Realm of Error
Aired 1 March 1964
14. Always Ask for the Best
Aired 15 March 1964
An eternal triangle develops amongst shop keepers in shopping parade when an attractive young woman moves in.
15. Mug's Game
Aired 29 March 1964
16. Prisoner and Escort
Aired 5 April 1964
17. Cradle Song
Aired 12 April 1964
18. A Nice Little Business
Aired 26 April 1964
19. Pleasure Where She Finds It
Aired 3 May 1964
20. A Jug of Bread
Aired 17 May 1964
21. St. Ernie Leatherbound
Aired 24 May 1964
A reformed alcoholic businessman wants to prove that his newfound religion works by letting an alcoholic tramp stay in his house and be subject to his preaching. He ignores the protests of his wife and son.
22. That's Where the Town's Going
Aired 7 June 1964
23. Exit Joe - Running
Aired 14 June 1964
24. A Certain Kind of Silence
Aired 28 June 1964