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Armchair Theatre

Season 10 · 27 episodes · Dec 4, 1965

  1. Episode 1

    The Paraffin Season

    Dec 4, 1965

  2. Episode 2

    The Gong Game

    Dec 11, 1965

    Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big troub

  3. Episode 3

    A Cold Peace

    Dec 18, 1965

  4. Episode 4

    The Sweet War Man

    Jan 1, 1966

  5. Episode 5

    Ready for the Glory

    Jan 8, 1966

    A marriage bureau pairs a three times married, alcoholic titled lady with an able seaman from the navy. On visiting her villa he finds it also occupied by an eccentric ex-husband, a daughter and another man she calls her 'companion'

  6. Episode 6

    Neighbours

    Jan 15, 1966

    The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are invited for drinks but things don't quite go as they imagined it would.

  7. Episode 7

    The Pity of it All

    Jan 22, 1966

    Young miner's widow Nancy Harper works in a sweet shop to support her little daughter, who is killed when accidentally struck by the car driven by Walter Daymer. Nancy drifts into an affair with Walter, not suspecting that he is already married.

  8. Episode 8

    Man Without a Mortgage

    Mar 19, 1966

  9. Episode 9

    The Battersea Miracle

    Mar 26, 1966

    Joey, a performer in Bancroft's circus, also keeps his own set of performing fleas. One day a flea speaks to him and persuades him to go public with a microphone. The flea's act is a great success, but not everybody is pleased with its message.

  10. Episode 10

    The Night Before the Morning After

    Apr 2, 1966

    The night before the wedding, the Bride-to-be can't stop worrying about foolish doubts about her future husband, keeping her parents up all night. Meanwhile, the Groom is having second thoughts as his flatmate and a party girl distract him

  11. Episode 11

    Don't Utter a Note

    Apr 9, 1966

    Two well meaning spinsters plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back, when unexpectedly into their possession comes a substantial amount of money, which was not made by the Royal Mint

  12. Episode 12

    Daughter of the House

    Apr 16, 1966

  13. Episode 13

    The Walls Came Tumbling Down

    Apr 23, 1966

  14. Episode 14

    The Match

    Apr 30, 1966

  15. Episode 15

    Pretty Polly

    Jul 23, 1966

    A girl's Cinderella existence crashes to an abrupt end when her wealthy, cantankerous aunt dies on a cruise ship.

  16. Episode 16

    The Wager

    Jul 30, 1966

    During a general election a politician impedes his performance because he has placed a bet against himself winning.

  17. Episode 17

    The One-Eyed Monster

    Aug 6, 1966

  18. Episode 18

    Great Big Blonde

    Aug 13, 1966

    A barmaid returns home to Dublin, to find things are not quite what she expected to be.

  19. Episode 19

    A Fair Swap

    Aug 20, 1966

    Peter Baynes's business is doing well until he has a visitor from his past.

  20. Episode 20

    The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson

    Aug 27, 1966

    Wendy is reluctant to take her new boyfriend home, as there are certain aspects of her family that she is embarrassed about.

  21. Episode 21

    The Noise Stopped

    Sep 3, 1966

    A man is facing a crisis with his neurotic wife, dropout son and bullying, oily boss, who he must suffer while facing office personnel cutbacks. When his job and wife slip away,he finds some redemption in his son's plans for a new life.

  22. Episode 22

    Dead Silence

    Sep 10, 1966

    A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.

  23. Episode 23

    Barrett Keller: His Mark

    Sep 17, 1966

  24. Episode 24

    Light the Blue Touch Paper

    Sep 24, 1966

    June Elliott is happily married with a small baby but when an old friend from college, Dennis Sage, asks for a reference she is visited and interrogated her about her past. June begins to put things together and fears Sage in a spy.

  25. Episode 25

    The Tilted Screen

    Oct 1, 1966

    The girls in his native Australia regard Morrie as a joke, but on a trip abroad he finds there is much more to life than his home town.

  26. Episode 26

    The Three Barrelled Shotgun

    Oct 8, 1966

    A grieving widow returns home from a holiday, to find her flat occupied by an amiable young man.

  27. Episode 27

    The Long Nightmare

    Oct 15, 1966

    A chance meeting enables Arthur to confront his past.