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 (21)
1. The Trial of Doctor Fancy
Aired 13 September 1964 • 60 min
A Harley Street doctor is charged following the death of a patient. The court case exposes a series of bizarre operations.
2. The Cherry on the Top
Aired 27 September 1964 • 60 min
University educated Audrey Inskip is tired of life in the RAF and particularly the constant attention of her senior office. During an afternoon in a pub she become intrigued by Bill Hemmings, a failed salesman who supplies toppings.
3. Something To Declare
Aired 4 October 1964 • 60 min
4. Old Soldiers
Aired 18 October 1964 • 60 min
5. They Throw It At You
Aired 25 October 1964 • 60 min
6. The Importance of Being Ernest
Aired 15 November 1964 • 60 min
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.
7. The Girl in the Picture
Aired 29 November 1964 • 60 min
8. Sally
Aired 6 December 1964 • 60 min
Charles Drummond thought he had it made, with an understanding wife and a talented artistic mistress.But when he asked his mistress to paint his mother he had not taken into account the sisterhood, and discovers his habits and foibles provide extensive conversation and much merriment amongst the women.
9. The Hothouse
Aired 13 December 1964 • 60 min
Harry H Corbett plays a tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - he's now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.
10. I've Got a System
Aired 3 January 1965 • 60 min
11. The Gaming Book
Aired 10 January 1965 • 60 min
As an experiment, an army junior officer is allowed to join a club of high ranking aristocrat officers. He quickly finds himself out of his depth and humiliated.
12. Putty Metal
Aired 24 January 1965 • 60 min
13. The Lady with the Albatross
Aired 14 February 1965 • 60 min
14. The Vanishing Trick
Aired 28 February 1965 • 60 min
15. Keys of the Cafe
Aired 7 March 1965 • 60 min
The romantic entanglements of a hairdresser, a driving instructor and a wife.
16. I Took My Little World Away
Aired 14 March 1965 • 60 min
Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.
17. A Fearful Thing
Aired 15 March 1965 • 60 min
18. A Voice in the Sky
Aired 21 March 1965
After a calamitous space trip, an astronaut returns to Earth to say that he has spoken to God and God wants the world destroyed by a secret organization with nuclear weapons.
19. I Loved You Last Summer
Aired 4 April 1965
A spoof on Dumas's 'The Three Musketeers' as three Irish labourers take on Birmingham.
20. The Man Who Came to Die
Aired 18 April 1965
Michael and Jo Richardson are celebrating their wedding anniversary at a secluded country cottage. Jo discovers the body of their friend Edward Fellowes in the bedroom and call Dr Clarkson but find his behaviour very strange.
21. The Incident
Aired 25 April 1965