Armchair Theatre

Season 2 (47 Episodes)

18 Seasons1957NR1h 00m7.6

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.

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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 2 Now Let Him Go

2. Now Let Him Go

Aired: Sep 15, 1957

A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn while pe...

Episode 3 Ghosts

3. Ghosts

Aired: Sep 22, 1957

A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment...

Episode 9 The Last Mile

9. The Last Mile

Aired: Nov 2, 1957

Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to hi...

Episode 11 Man in a Moon

11. Man in a Moon

Aired: Nov 16, 1957

A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as th...

Episode 12 The Human Touch

12. The Human Touch

Aired: Nov 23, 1957

A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, b...

Episode 17 The Shining Hour

17. The Shining Hour

Aired: Jan 4, 1960

A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous s...

Episode 19 The Master Builder

19. The Master Builder

Aired: Jan 18, 1960

A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wi...

Episode 22 The Five Dollar Bill

22. The Five Dollar Bill

Aired: Feb 8, 1960

An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few...

Episode 25 Murder Story

25. Murder Story

Aired: Mar 1, 1960

Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the kill...

Episode 29 Emperor Jones

29. Emperor Jones

Aired: Mar 29, 1960

Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard...

Episode 32 The Rat Wife

32. The Rat Wife

Aired: Apr 19, 1960

A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. T...

Episode 35 Hanging Judge

35. Hanging Judge

Aired: May 11, 1960

A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and le...

Episode 36 Paid in Full

36. Paid in Full

Aired: May 18, 1960

The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent...

Episode 38 The Widower

38. The Widower

Aired: Jun 1, 1960

Paris in spring and a lonely widower Paul Marley leaves a pearls necklace at ...

Episode 39 No Flags for Geebang

39. No Flags for Geebang

Aired: Jun 8, 1960

In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward...

Episode 40 Homecoming

40. Homecoming

Aired: Jun 15, 1960

Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly bec...

Episode 44 Noon on Doomsday

44. Noon on Doomsday

Aired: Jul 6, 1960

After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in...

Episode 47 The Travelling Lady

47. The Travelling Lady

Aired: Aug 3, 1960

Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will ...


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Info about Armchair Theatre

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres:Drama