Armchair Theatre

Season 11

This show was 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 from mid-1968 by Thames Television.

Where to Watch Armchair Theatre • Season 11

30 Episodes

  • The Floating Population
    E1
    The Floating PopulationNurse Marjorie and young tycoon Bernard play an unusual game of cards.
  • A Magnum for Schneider
    E2
    A Magnum for SchneiderThe first adventure of David Callan, top agent for the S.I.S. Forcibly "retired" several years earlier because he had lost his nerve, Callan is called back into service to handle the assassination of Schneider, a German businessman who may be more than he seems. This could be Callan's last chance to prove he's still a worthy agent.
  • What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty
    E3
    What's Wrong with Humpty DumptyPompous film director David endures a boring existence with his wife Hilary, a children's-book author--and has a glamorous girlfriend, Caroline. When Hilary finds out about Caroline, she decides to befriend her, then update him.
  • Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
    E4
    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the WidthTwo partners in tailoring, one Catholic and the other Jewish, spend the time settling their differences.
  • Easier in the Dark
    E5
    Easier in the Dark
  • Reason For Sale
    E6
    Reason For SaleBen Lewis works for an investment group looking buy the former home of Ferenc Davos. However Davos daughter Anna starts making strange claims that her step mother has murdered him and she knows where to body is buried.
  • The Happy Sacking
    E7
    The Happy Sacking
  • The Exploding Azalea
    E8
    The Exploding Azalea
  • Any Number Can Play
    E9
    Any Number Can PlaySet in a future where the three-day working week is the norm, the play asks what human qualities will the games people play bring out--love or hate?
  • A World of Time
    E10
    A World of TimeA young wife runs away to her sister, who discovers she has a serious problem with kleptomania which includes trying to steal her husband.
  • Call Me Daddy
    E11
    Call Me DaddyA lonely middle-aged businessman blackmails a typist into spending the weekend at his large house in the country. She expects the worst, but he concentrates on something she doesn't expect - making her fall in love with him.
  • I Am Osango
    E12
    I Am Osango
  • Will You Come a Little Closer
    E13
    Will You Come a Little CloserA young woman is told to get a job meeting people to cure her shyness. However as a door to door representative nothing had prepared her for meeting the likes of John Dolby. Later remade for the Shadows of Fear series.
  • England My England
    E14
    England My EnglandHappily married Maggie's birthday starts off in the normal way with deliveries of presents and visitors, but by the end of the day her marriage is in trouble.
  • In The Name of the Law
    E15
    In The Name of the LawThe safe with the takings from an all-night café seem easy picking for a trio of villains until some policemen and a gun become involved.
  • Depart in Terror
    E16
    Depart in TerrorAn electronics expert takes revenge on his wife's lover.
  • The Snares of Death
    E17
    The Snares of DeathWhen Harold's undertaking business in a small town is not doing well, he hits on an unusual solution to balance the books.
  • Compensation Alice
    E18
    Compensation AliceAlice, married to a boring accountant, suddenly realises that she is no longer in step with the young person she once was. She becomes fascinated with the life of her Au Pair and starts hanging out with her and recaptures her youth.
  • A Slight Formality
    E19
    A Slight Formality
  • Quite an Ordinary Knife
    E20
    Quite an Ordinary Knife
  • Another Branch of the Family
    E21
    Another Branch of the FamilyA loner, possibly autistic, is able to relate to the world through his pet monkey.
  • Love Life
    E22
    Love Life
  • The Education of Corporal Halliday
    E23
    The Education of Corporal Halliday
  • Nursery Tale
    E24
    Nursery Tale
  • Marriage and Henry Sunday
    E25
    Marriage and Henry SundayHandbag maker and shy bachelor Henry Sunday is enticed by his landlady and daughter into joining a computer dating agency.
  • The Girl
    E26
    The GirlThe Greens' peaceful existence is interrupted by Felicity, a teenage girl claiming to be Mr Green's illegitimate child. Her friends are also on the way as more unexpected visitors.
  • Split Level
    E27
    Split Level
  • Poor Cherry
    E28
    Poor CherryA politically-active couple's involvement in an election campaign threatens their marriage through personal entanglements with the candidate and other campaigners.
  • Don't Forget the Basics
    E29
    Don't Forget the Basics
  • The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
    E30
    The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

 

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