Armchair Theatre
Season 5
196040 episodes
Episodes
- E1
Big Brain Man
1960-09-11
Much to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.
- E2
A Heart and a Diamond
1960-09-18
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E3
Lena, O My Lena
1960-09-25
Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.
- E4
Pig's Ear with Flowers
1960-10-02
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E5
Thunder on the Snowy
1960-10-09
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E6
The Siege at Killyfaddy
1960-10-16
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E7
I'll Have You to Remember
1960-10-23
A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.
- E8
My Representative
1960-10-30
Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.
- E9
The Cake Baker
1960-11-06
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E10
Hail the Conquering Hero
1960-11-13
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E11
The Stranger
1960-11-20
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E12
Mr Nobody
1960-11-27
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E13
Clip Joint People
1960-12-04
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E14
The Cupboard
1960-12-11
When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.
- E15
Rain
1960-12-18
A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.
- E16
The Great Gold Bullion Robbery
1960-12-25
Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.
- E17
A Head Full of Crocodiles
1961-01-01
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E18
Till the Day I Die
1961-01-08
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E19
The Mystery of Martin Wheeler
1961-01-15
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E20
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1961-01-22
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
- E21
Honeymoon Postponed
1961-01-29
Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.
- E22
A Degree of Murder
1961-02-05
A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.
- E23
Strangers in the Room
1961-02-12
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E24
The Money Makers
1961-02-19
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E25
Tune on an Apron-String
1961-02-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E26
The Big Deal
1961-03-03
Unscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.
- E27
The Man Out There
1961-03-12
A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.
- E28
The Conscientious Gauger
1961-03-26
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E29
The Way of Love
1961-04-09
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E30
The Hero
1961-04-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E31
Danger! Men Working
1961-05-21
In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.
- E32
No Licence for Singing
1961-05-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E33
Flying High
1961-04-23
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E34
Man on a Mountain Top
1961-04-30
A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.
- E35
Duel for Love
1961-05-07
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E36
The Ship That Couldn't Stop
1961-05-14
A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.
- E37
The Truth About Helen
1961-05-21
No episode synopsis available yet.
- E38
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1961-05-28
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
- E39
The Typists
1961-06-04
We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.
- E40
The Night of the Apes
1961-06-11
After Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.