Armchair Theatre

Season 3

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 3

52 Episodes

  • The Pillars of Midnight
    E1
    The Pillars of MidnightA smallpox outbreak hits an English city.
  • The Web of Lace
    E2
    The Web of Lace
  • The Franchise Affair
    E3
    The Franchise AffairAn elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.
  • Murder in Slow Motion
    E4
    Murder in Slow MotionRacing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.
  • I Can Destroy the Sun
    E5
    I Can Destroy the SunSenior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?
  • Time of Your Life
    E6
    Time of Your LifeThis is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.
  • The Terrorist
    E7
    The Terrorist
  • The Witching Hour
    E8
    The Witching HourJack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.
  • The Greatest Man in the World
    E9
    The Greatest Man in the WorldJust after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.
  • Please Murder Me
    E10
    Please Murder MeA black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.
  • The Boy with Meat Axe
    E11
    The Boy with Meat Axe
  • Underground
    E12
    Underground
  • The Report on Jessie Dean
    E13
    The Report on Jessie DeanA bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.
  • Dangerous World
    E14
    Dangerous WorldA new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.
  • The Deaf Heart
    E15
    The Deaf Heart
  • The Criminals
    E16
    The CriminalsA small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.
  • The Sentry
    E17
    The SentryAn American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.
  • The Break
    E18
    The Break
  • Soundings
    E19
    SoundingsA lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.
  • Love and Money
    E20
    Love and MoneyThe marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.
  • Hot Summer Night
    E21
    Hot Summer NightJack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.
  • Ernie Barger Is 50
    E22
    Ernie Barger Is 50Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.
  • The Thug
    E23
    The ThugThe relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.
  • To Ride a Tiger
    E24
    To Ride a TigerA cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.
  • The Fabulous Money Maker
    E25
    The Fabulous Money MakerA drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.
  • The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
    E26
    The Bird, the Bear and the ActressA group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.
  • No Gun, No Guilt
    E27
    No Gun, No GuiltA courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.
  • Strange Meeting
    E28
    Strange MeetingAn Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.
  • Star in the Summer Night
    E29
    Star in the Summer NightInternational singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.
  • The Angry Flower
    E30
    The Angry Flower
  • The Trouble with Benny
    E31
    The Trouble with Benny
  • Parole
    E32
    ParoleThe life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.
  • The Shadow of the Ruthless
    E33
    The Shadow of the Ruthless
  • Hand in Glove
    E34
    Hand in Glove
  • Till Death Do Us Part
    E35
    Till Death Do Us Part
  • The Big Client
    E36
    The Big ClientA satire set in the advertising industry.
  • The Girl on the Beach
    E37
    The Girl on the BeachA girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.
  • Wedding Day
    E38
    Wedding Day
  • My Guess Would Be Murder
    E39
    My Guess Would Be Murder
  • The Devil's Instrument
    E40
    The Devil's Instrument
  • The Model Marriage
    E41
    The Model Marriage
  • Guest Appearance
    E42
    Guest Appearance
  • My Lost Saints
    E43
    My Lost Saints
  • If You Loved Me
    E44
    If You Loved Me
  • The Grandma Bandit
    E45
    The Grandma Bandit
  • A House of His Own
    E46
    A House of His Own
  • The Garden Party
    E47
    The Garden Party
  • Lysette
    E48
    Lysette
  • You'll Never See Me Again
    E49
    You'll Never See Me AgainJim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.
  • Black Laughter/Double Exit
    E50
    Black Laughter/Double Exit
  • Invitation to Murder
    E51
    Invitation to Murder
  • Young David
    E52
    Young DavidA gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

 

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