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Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974.
Season 1
8 Jul 1956 – 25 Aug 1957 · 44 episodes
- 1The Outsider8 Jul 1956
- 2The Handshake/Bid for Fame12 Aug 1956
- 3Tears in the Wind16 Sep 1956
- 4Flash Point23 Sep 1956
- 5Black Limelight30 Sep 1956
- 6The Hollow Crown7 Oct 1956
- 7It's an Ill Wind14 Oct 1956
- 8The Mother28 Oct 1956
- 9The Old Lady Shows Her Medals4 Nov 1956
- 10The Common Man11 Nov 1956
- 11The Right Thing25 Nov 1956
- 12The Face of a Stranger2 Dec 1956
- 13The Same Sky9 Dec 1956
- 14Three O'Clock Deadline16 Dec 1956
- 15Miss Julie23 Dec 1956
- 16Ring Out the Old30 Dec 1956
- 17Michael and Mary17 Jan 1957
- 18The Necklace20 Jan 1957
- 19The Last Flight27 Jan 1957
- 20Quay South3 Feb 1957
- 21If This Be Treason10 Feb 1957
- 22The King of Iceland17 Feb 1957
- 23The Witness24 Feb 1957
- 24This Was a Woman10 Mar 1957
- 25The Cask of Amontillado17 Mar 1957
- 26Catch a Falling Star24 Mar 1957
- 27Hilda Morgan7 Apr 1957
- 28The Constant Stranger14 Apr 1957
- 29Autumn21 Apr 1957
- 30Episode #1.3028 Apr 1957
- 31The Heiress5 May 1957
- 32Rappaport Always Pays12 May 1957
- 33Possession19 May 1957
- 34Episode #1.3425 May 1957
- 35Dear Murderer2 Jun 1957
- 36Escape to Happiness9 Jun 1957
- 37Start from Scratch16 Jun 1957
- 38Episode #1.3823 Jun 1957
- 39It Pays to Advertise30 Jun 1957
- 40Episode #1.407 Jul 1957
- 41The Whiteheaded Boy14 Jul 1957
- 42While Parents Sleep28 Jul 1957
- 43Bed, Board and Romance11 Aug 1957
- 44The Women Have Their Way25 Aug 1957
Season 2
8 Sep 1957 – 3 Aug 1958 · 47 episodes
- 1Off the Deep End8 Sep 1957
- 2Now Let Him Go15 Sep 1957
- 3Ghosts22 Sep 1957
- 4Policy for Love29 Sep 1957
- 5The Pier6 Oct 1957
- 6Inch from the Heart13 Oct 1957
- 7Episode #2.720 Oct 1957
- 8Ann Veronica27 Oct 1957
- 9The Last Mile3 Nov 1957
- 10The Great City10 Nov 1957
- 11Man in a Moon17 Nov 1957
- 12The Human Touch24 Nov 1957
- 13Sister1 Dec 1957
- 14The Mortimer Touch8 Dec 1957
- 15The Dividing Line15 Dec 1957
- 16Panther 14022 Dec 1957
- 17The Shining Hour5 Jan 1958
- 18Man in the Corner12 Jan 1958
- 19The Master Builder19 Jan 1958
- 20Tragedy in a Temporary Town26 Jan 1958
- 21Night of the Ding-Dong2 Feb 1958
- 22The Five Dollar Bill9 Feb 1958
- 23The Lady of Camellias16 Feb 1958
- 24A Gust of Wind23 Feb 1958
- 25Murder Story2 Mar 1958
- 26Vendetta9 Mar 1958
- 27The One Who Came Back16 Mar 1958
- 28A Man's Woman23 Mar 1958
- 29Emperor Jones30 Mar 1958
- 30Miss Olive6 Apr 1958
- 31Wolf Pack13 Apr 1958
- 32The Rat Wife20 Apr 1958
- 33Fifty Fifty27 Apr 1958
- 34Breach of Marriage4 May 1958
- 35Hanging Judge11 May 1958
- 36Paid in Full18 May 1958
- 37Death of Satan25 May 1958
- 38The Widower1 Jun 1958
- 39No Flags for Geebang8 Jun 1958
- 40Homecoming15 Jun 1958
- 41Trial by Candlelight22 Jun 1958
- 42The House of Bernarda Alba22 Jun 1958
- 43Wings of the Wind29 Jun 1958
- 44Noon on Doomsday6 Jul 1958
- 45The Sins of Simone13 Jul 1958
- 46The Woman in Question20 Jul 1958
- 47The Travelling Lady3 Aug 1958
Season 3
14 Sep 1958 – 29 May 1960 · 89 episodes
- 1The Pillars of Midnight14 Sep 1958
- 2The Web of Lace21 Sep 1958
- 3The Franchise Affair28 Sep 1958
- 4Murder in Slow Motion5 Oct 1958
- 5I Can Destroy the Sun12 Oct 1958
- 6Time of Your Life19 Oct 1958
- 7The Terrorist26 Oct 1958
- 8The Witching Hour2 Nov 1958
- 9The Greatest Man in the World9 Nov 1958
- 10Please Murder Me16 Nov 1958
- 11The Boy with Meat Axe23 Nov 1958
- 12Underground30 Nov 1958
- 13The Report on Jessie Dean7 Dec 1958
- 14Dangerous World14 Dec 1958
- 15The Deaf Heart21 Dec 1958
- 16The Criminals28 Dec 1958
- 17The Sentry4 Jan 1959
- 18The Break11 Jan 1959
- 19Soundings18 Jan 1959
- 20Love and Money25 Jan 1959
- 21Hot Summer Night1 Feb 1959
- 22Ernie Barger is 508 Feb 1959
- 23The Thug15 Feb 1959
- 24To Ride a Tiger22 Feb 1959
- 25The Fabulous Money Maker1 Mar 1959
- 26The Bird, the Bear and the Actress8 Mar 1959
- 27No Gun, No Guilt15 Mar 1959
- 28Strange Meeting22 Mar 1959
- 29Star in the Summer Night29 Mar 1959
- 30The Angry Flower5 Apr 1959
- 31The Trouble with Benny12 Apr 1959
- 32Parole19 Apr 1959
- 33The Shadow of the Ruthless26 Apr 1959
- 34Hand in Glove3 May 1959
- 35Till Death Do Us Part10 May 1959
- 36The Big Client17 May 1959
- 37The Girl on the Beach24 May 1959
- 38Wedding Day31 May 1959
- 39My Guess Would Be Murder7 Jun 1959
- 40The Devil's Instrument14 Jun 1959
- 41The Model Marriage21 Jun 1959
- 42Guest Appearance28 Jun 1959
- 43My Lost Saints5 Jul 1959
- 44If You Loved Me12 Jul 1959
- 45The Grandma Bandit19 Jul 1959
- 46A House of His Own26 Jul 1959
- 47The Garden Party2 Aug 1959
- 48Lysette9 Aug 1959
- 49You'll Never See Me Again16 Aug 1959
- 50Black Laughter/Double Exit23 Aug 1959
- 51Invitation to Murder30 Aug 1959
- 52Young David6 Sep 1959
- 53The Scent of Fear13 Sep 1959
- 54After the Show20 Sep 1959
- 55Worm in the Bud27 Sep 1959
- 56Light from a Star4 Oct 1959
- 57The Thought of Tomorrow11 Oct 1959
- 58No Trams to Lime Street18 Oct 1959
- 59A Trick of the Sun25 Oct 1959
- 60A Shilling for the Evil Day1 Nov 1959
- 61Small Fish Are Sweet8 Nov 1959
- 62The Last of the Brave15 Nov 1959
- 63Suspicious Mind22 Nov 1959
- 64The Rebel and the Soldier29 Nov 1959
- 65Dr. Kabil6 Dec 1959
- 66Roast Goose and Walnut Stuffing13 Dec 1959
- 67The Golden Horn20 Dec 1959
- 68The Last Tycoon27 Dec 1959
- 69Lord Arthur Savile's Crime3 Jan 1960
- 70Where I Live10 Jan 1960
- 71Misfire17 Jan 1960
- 72Fifth Floor People24 Jan 1960
- 73Cold Fury31 Jan 1960
- 74Night Panic7 Feb 1960
- 75Come in Razor Red14 Feb 1960
- 76Guardian Angel21 Feb 1960
- 77Pink String and Sealing Wax28 Feb 1960
- 78China Doll6 Mar 1960
- 79Some Talk of Alexander13 Mar 1960
- 80The Girl in the Market Square20 Mar 1960
- 81Roman Gesture27 Mar 1960
- 82After the Funeral3 Apr 1960
- 83The Leather Jungle10 Apr 1960
- 84Hold My Hand, Soldier17 Apr 1960
- 85A Night Out24 Apr 1960
- 86A Phone Call for Matthew Quade1 May 1960
- 87The Innocent8 May 1960
- 88Nest of Four15 May 1960
- 89On the Spot29 May 1960
Season 4
11 Sep 1960 – 28 Jun 1964 · 106 episodes
- 1Big Brain Man11 Sep 1960
- 2A Heart and a Diamond18 Sep 1960
- 3Lena, O My Lena25 Sep 1960
- 4Pig's Ear with Flowers2 Oct 1960
- 5Thunder on the Snowy9 Oct 1960
- 6The Seige at Killyfaddy16 Oct 1960
- 7I'll Have You to Remember23 Oct 1960
- 8My Representative30 Oct 1960
- 9The Cake Baker6 Nov 1960
- 10Hail the Conquering Hero13 Nov 1960
- 11The Stranger20 Nov 1960
- 12Mr. Nobody27 Nov 1960
- 13Clip Joint People4 Dec 1960
- 14The Cupboard11 Dec 1960
- 15Rain18 Dec 1960
- 16The Great Gold Bullion Robbery25 Dec 1960
- 17A Head Full of Crocodiles1 Jan 1961
- 18Till the Day I Die8 Jan 1961
- 19The Mystery of Martin Wheeler15 Jan 1961
- 20The Picture of Dorian Gray22 Jan 1961
- 21Honeymoon Postponed29 Jan 1961
- 22A Degree of Murder5 Feb 1961
- 23Strangers in the Room12 Feb 1961
- 24The Money Makers19 Feb 1961
- 25Tune on an Apron-String26 Feb 1961
- 26The Big Deal5 Mar 1961
- 27The Man Out There12 Mar 1961
- 28The Conscientious Gauger26 Mar 1961
- 29The Way of Love9 Apr 1961
- 30The Hero23 Apr 1961
- 31Danger! Men Working7 May 1961
- 32No Licence for Singing21 May 1961
- 33Flying High28 May 1961
- 34Man on a Mountain Top4 Jun 1961
- 35Duel for Love18 Jun 1961
- 36The Ship That Couldn't Stop2 Jul 1961
- 37The Truth About Helen16 Jul 1961
- 38The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz30 Jul 1961
- 39The Typists13 Aug 1961
- 40The Night of the Apes27 Aug 1961
- 41The Omega Mystery10 Sep 1961
- 42Looking for Frankie24 Sep 1961
- 43The Rose Affair8 Oct 1961
- 44His Polyvinyl Girl22 Oct 1961
- 45Roll on Blooming Death5 Nov 1961
- 46The Trouble with Our Ivy19 Nov 1961
- 47Murder Club3 Dec 1961
- 48A Tune on the Old Tax Fiddle17 Dec 1961
- 49The Rank and File31 Dec 1961
- 50Night Conspirators6 May 1962
- 51Girl in a Bird Cage13 May 1962
- 52Night Stop3 Jun 1962
- 53The Irish Boys10 Jun 1962
- 54Dumb Martian24 Jun 1962
- 55The Hard Knock8 Jul 1962
- 56North City Traffic Straight Ahead22 Jul 1962
- 57The Fishing Match19 Aug 1962
- 58Nothing to Pay2 Sep 1962
- 59The Sin Shifter16 Sep 1962
- 60Afternoon of a Nymph30 Sep 1962
- 61Dead Letter14 Oct 1962
- 62Always Something Hot28 Oct 1962
- 63Thank You and Goodnight11 Nov 1962
- 64The Big Ride25 Nov 1962
- 65Joker9 Dec 1962
- 66Hear the Tiger See the Bay23 Dec 1962
- 67Blue and White6 Jan 1963
- 68The Hot Potato Boys20 Jan 1963
- 69Into the Dark3 Feb 1963
- 70The Paradise Suite24 Feb 1963
- 71The Cruel Kind17 Mar 1963
- 72Invasion31 Mar 1963
- 73Power and Glory14 Apr 1963
- 74Wagger28 Apr 1963
- 75Jungle Juice12 May 1963
- 76The Wednesday Caller26 May 1963
- 77The Monkey and the Mohawk9 Jun 1963
- 78The Push Over23 Jun 1963
- 79Late Summer7 Jul 1963
- 80A Little Night Music21 Jul 1963
- 81The Snag4 Aug 1963
- 82The Living Image18 Aug 1963
- 83A Kind of Kingdom1 Sep 1963
- 84The Front Room15 Sep 1963
- 85Mr. Big29 Sep 1963
- 86Little Doris13 Oct 1963
- 87The Chocolate Tree27 Oct 1963
- 88Long Past Glory17 Nov 1963
- 89The Higher They Fly1 Dec 1963
- 90The Swindler15 Dec 1963
- 91A Way of Living29 Dec 1963
- 92Sharp at Four9 Feb 1964
- 93The Last Word on Julie26 Jan 1964
- 94The Pretty English Girls16 Feb 1964
- 95Realm of Error1 Mar 1964
- 96Always Ask for the Best15 Mar 1964
- 97Mug's Game29 Mar 1964
- 98Prisoner and Escort5 Apr 1964
- 99Cradle Song12 Apr 1964
- 100A Nice Little Business26 Apr 1964
- 101Pleasure is Where She Finds It3 May 1964
- 102A Jug of Bread17 May 1964
- 103St Ernie: Leather Bound24 May 1964
- 104That's Where the Town is Going7 Jun 1964
- 105Exit Joe: Running14 Jun 1964
- 106A Certain Kind of Silence28 Jun 1964
Season 5
13 Sep 1964 – 25 Apr 1965 · 20 episodes
- 1The Trial of Dr. Fancy13 Sep 1964
- 2The Cherry on Top27 Sep 1964
- 3Something to Declare4 Oct 1964
- 4Old Soldiers18 Oct 1964
- 5They Throw It at You25 Oct 1964
- 6The Importance of Being Earnest15 Nov 1964
- 7The Girl in the Picture29 Nov 1964
- 8Sally6 Dec 1964
- 9The Hothouse13 Dec 1964
- 10Episode 1020 Dec 1964
- 11I've Got a System3 Jan 1965
- 12The Gaming Book10 Jan 1965
- 13The Lady with the Albatross14 Feb 1965
- 14Putty Medal21 Feb 1965
- 15The Keys of the Cafe7 Mar 1965
- 16I Took My Little World Away14 Mar 1965
- 17A Voice in the Sky21 Mar 1965
- 18I Loved You Last Summer4 Apr 1965
- 19The Man Who Came to Die18 Apr 1965
- 20The Incident25 Apr 1965
Season 6
4 Dec 1965 – 15 Oct 1966 · 27 episodes
- 1The Paraffin Season4 Dec 1965
- 2The Gong Game11 Dec 1965
- 3A Cold Peace18 Dec 1965
- 4The Sweet War Man1 Jan 1966
- 5Ready for Glory8 Jan 1966
- 6Neighbours15 Jan 1966
- 7The Pity of It All22 Jan 1966
- 8Man Without a Mortgage19 Mar 1966
- 9The Battersea Miracle26 Mar 1966
- 10The Night Before the Morning After2 Apr 1966
- 11Dont Utter a Note9 Apr 1966
- 12Daughter of the House16 Apr 1966
- 13The Walls Came Tumbling Down23 Apr 1966
- 14The Match30 Apr 1966
- 15Pretty Polly23 Jul 1966
- 16The Wager30 Jul 1966
- 17The One Eyed Monster6 Aug 1966
- 18Great Big Blonde13 Aug 1966
- 19A Fair Swap21 Aug 1966
- 20The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson27 Aug 1966
- 21The Noise Stopped3 Sep 1966
- 22Dead Silence10 Sep 1966
- 23Barrett Keller: His Mark17 Sep 1966
- 24Light the Blue Touch Paper24 Sep 1966
- 25The Tilted Screen1 Oct 1966
- 26The Three Barrelled Shotgun8 Oct 1966
- 27The Long Nightmare15 Oct 1966
Season 7
28 Jan 1967 – 20 May 1967 · 17 episodes
- 1The Floating Population28 Jan 1967
- 2A Magnum for Schneider4 Feb 1967
- 3What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?11 Feb 1967
- 4Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width18 Feb 1967
- 5Easier in the Dark25 Feb 1967
- 6Reason for Sale4 Mar 1967
- 7The Happy Sacking11 Mar 1967
- 8The Exploding Azalea18 Mar 1967
- 9Any Number Can Play25 Mar 1967
- 10A World of Time1 Apr 1967
- 11Call Me Daddy8 Apr 1967
- 12I Am Osango15 Apr 1967
- 13Will You Come a Little Closer22 Apr 1967
- 14England My England29 Apr 1967
- 15In the Name of the Law6 May 1967
- 16Depart in Terror13 May 1967
- 17The Snares of Death20 May 1967
Season 8
1 Jul 1967 – 22 Jun 1968 · 29 episodes
- 1Compensation Alice1 Jul 1967
- 2A Slight Formality8 Jul 1967
- 3Quite an Ordinary Knife15 Jul 1967
- 4Another Branch of the Family22 Jul 1967
- 5Love Life29 Jul 1967
- 6The Education of Corporal Halliday5 Aug 1967
- 7Nursery Tale12 Aug 1967
- 8Marriage and Henry Sunday19 Aug 1967
- 9The Girl26 Aug 1967
- 10Split Level2 Sep 1967
- 11Poor Cherry9 Sep 1967
- 12Dont Forget the Basics16 Sep 1967
- 13The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick26 Sep 1967
- 14Mrs Capper's Birthday3 Feb 1968
- 15The Wind in a Tall Paper Chimney10 Feb 1968
- 16The Scallop Shell17 Feb 1968
- 17A Second Look21 Feb 1968
- 18The Contact28 Feb 1968
- 19A Very Fine Line9 Mar 1968
- 20Unscheduled Stop16 Mar 1968
- 21Recount18 Apr 1968
- 22No Easy Walk4 May 1968
- 23The Escape Club11 May 1968
- 24Home Movies18 May 1968
- 25You and Me25 May 1968
- 26The Glove Puppet1 Jun 1968
- 27The Three Wives of Felix Hull8 Jun 1968
- 28One Night I Danced with Mr. Dalton15 Jun 1968
- 29The Ballad of the Artificial Mash22 Jun 1968
Season 9
6 Jan 1969 – 10 Mar 1969 · 10 episodes
- 1The Frobisher Game6 Jan 1969
- 2A Foot in the Door13 Jan 1969
- 3What's a Mother For?20 Jan 1969
- 4The Mandarins27 Jan 1969
- 5Go on... It'll Do You Good3 Feb 1969
- 6The Good Son10 Feb 1969
- 7The Brophy Story17 Feb 1969
- 8Edward the Confessor24 Feb 1969
- 9The Story-teller3 Mar 1969
- 10On Vacation10 Mar 1969
Season 10
7 Jun 1970 – 17 Nov 1970 · 16 episodes
- 1Up Among the Cuckoos7 Jun 1970
- 2The Others14 Jun 1970
- 3The World in a Room21 Jun 1970
- 4The End of the Line28 Jun 1970
- 5A Young Man in Trouble5 Jul 1970
- 6The Prime Minister's Daughter12 Jul 1970
- 7A Room in Town15 Sep 1970
- 8Warm Feet, Warm Heart22 Sep 1970
- 9The Second Interview29 Sep 1970
- 10The Company Man6 Oct 1970
- 11Poor Mother13 Oct 1970
- 12Mrs Davenport20 Oct 1970
- 13Say Goodnight to Your Grandma27 Oct 1970
- 14The Dolly Scene3 Nov 1970
- 15Wednesday's Child10 Nov 1970
- 16Still Life17 Nov 1970
Season 11
Season 12
Season 13
3 Aug 1971 – 19 Oct 1971 · 11 episodes
- 1Ireland, Mother Ireland3 Aug 1971
- 2The Bargain Hunters10 Aug 1971
- 3Office Party17 Aug 1971
- 4The Loving Lesson31 Aug 1971
- 5Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee7 Sep 1971
- 6The Detective Waiting14 Sep 1971
- 7The Girl on the M121 Sep 1971
- 8Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?28 Sep 1971
- 9Competition5 Oct 1971
- 10Man Charged12 Oct 1971
- 11Father's Help19 Oct 1971
Season 14
22 Aug 1972 – 11 Nov 1972 · 12 episodes
- 1The Left Overs22 Aug 1972
- 2What Became of Me?29 Aug 1972
- 3A Touch of the Victorians5 Sep 1972
- 4Hot Summer: Do Not Sell12 Sep 1972
- 5Franklin's Farm19 Sep 1972
- 6A Fluid Arrangement26 Sep 1972
- 7On Call3 Oct 1972
- 8The Creditors10 Oct 1972
- 9The Breaking of Colonel Keyser17 Oct 1972
- 10Anywhere But England, Old Boy31 Oct 1972
- 11The Folk Singer7 Nov 1972
- 12The Stumbling Block11 Nov 1972
Season 15
11 Sep 1973 – 13 Nov 1973 · 10 episodes
- 1The Death of Glory11 Sep 1973
- 2Beyond Our Means18 Sep 1973
- 3A Bit of a Lift25 Sep 1973
- 4Brussels Sprouts-Boy Scouts2 Oct 1973
- 5Red Riding Hood9 Oct 1973
- 6The Square Root of Three16 Oct 1973
- 7Verite23 Oct 1973
- 8The Golden Road30 Oct 1973
- 9Russian Roulette6 Nov 1973
- 10That Sinking Feeling13 Nov 1973
Season 16
15 May 1974 – 12 Jun 1974 · 5 episodes
- 1If You Could See What I Can See15 May 1974
- 2Amy, Wonderful Amy22 May 1974
- 3The Virgins29 May 1974
- 4According to the Rules5 Jun 1974
- 5Clap Hands for the Walking Dead12 Jun 1974
Season 17
Season 18
Cast
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