Armchair Theatre

Season 3 (52 Episodes)

18 Seasons1958NR1h 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 3 Episodes:

Episode 4 Murder in Slow Motion

4. Murder in Slow Motion

Aired: Oct 5, 1958

Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he co...

Episode 5 I Can Destroy the Sun

5. I Can Destroy the Sun

Aired: Oct 12, 1958

Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive...

Episode 6 Time of Your Life

6. Time of Your Life

Aired: Oct 19, 1958

This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast o...

Episode 8 The Witching Hour

8. The Witching Hour

Aired: Nov 1, 1958

Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to w...

Episode 10 Please Murder Me

10. Please Murder Me

Aired: Nov 15, 1958

A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own a...

Episode 14 Dangerous World

14. Dangerous World

Aired: Dec 13, 1958

A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to upho...

Episode 16 The Criminals

16. The Criminals

Aired: Dec 27, 1958

A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook ...

Episode 17 The Sentry

17. The Sentry

Aired: Jan 3, 1959

An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the ...

Episode 19 Soundings

19. Soundings

Aired: Jan 17, 1959

A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendl...

Episode 20 Love and Money

20. Love and Money

Aired: Jan 24, 1959

The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owne...

Episode 21 Hot Summer Night

21. Hot Summer Night

Aired: Jan 31, 1959

Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when hi...

Episode 22 Ernie Barger Is 50

22. Ernie Barger Is 50

Aired: Feb 7, 1959

Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his so...

Episode 23 The Thug

23. The Thug

Aired: Feb 14, 1959

The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl w...

Episode 24 To Ride a Tiger

24. To Ride a Tiger

Aired: Feb 21, 1959

A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popul...

Episode 27 No Gun, No Guilt

27. No Gun, No Guilt

Aired: Mar 14, 1959

A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing m...

Episode 28 Strange Meeting

28. Strange Meeting

Aired: Mar 21, 1959

An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is...

Episode 32 Parole

32. Parole

Aired: Apr 18, 1959

The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of ...

Episode 52 Young David

52. Young David

Aired: Sep 6, 1959

A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.


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Info about Armchair Theatre

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Genres:Drama