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Armchair Theatre

Season 16 · 12 episodes · Aug 22, 1972

  1. Episode 1

    The Left Overs

    Aug 22, 1972

    A blossoming friendship between a businessman and one of his flatmate's ex-girlfriends is challenged when she answers a phone call and inadvertently reveals to his boss that he has been fraudulently claiming expenses.

  2. Episode 2

    Whatever Became of Me

    Aug 29, 1972

    Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?

  3. Episode 3

    A Touch of the Victorians

    Sep 5, 1972

    An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.

  4. Episode 4

    High Summer

    Sep 12, 1972

    The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th century is disturbed when the wayward Bohemian son of the owning family returns unexpectedly to claim his inheritance.

  5. Episode 5

    Franklin's Farm

    Sep 19, 1972

    A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.

  6. Episode 6

    A Fluid Arrangement

    Sep 26, 1972

    Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him.

  7. Episode 7

    On Call

    Oct 3, 1972

    Roy and Jean's happy life is shattered by Jean's sudden illness and actually finding a doctor who can help her.

  8. Episode 8

    The Creditors

    Oct 10, 1972

    Gustave meets a man called Adolph, who tries to show him that Gustave's fiancee doesn't love him.

  9. Episode 9

    The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

    Oct 17, 1972

    As the Allies prepare for invasion in 1944, concerns are raised about Colonel Keyser and his reputed psychopathic personality as a good or bad thing when leading his men into D-Day.

  10. Episode 10

    Anywhere But England, Old Boy

    Oct 31, 1972

    Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.

  11. Episode 11

    The Folk Singer

    Nov 7, 1972

    A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles as the authorities demand him to identify himself as either a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist.

  12. Episode 12

    The Stumbling Block

    Dec 11, 1972

    Alfred decides his business must keep up and move on with the times, but discovers that the biggest obstacle to change is his own son.