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Armchair Theatre

Season 5 · 40 episodes · Sep 11, 1960

  1. Episode 1

    Big Brain Man

    Sep 11, 1960

    Much to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.

  2. Episode 2

    A Heart and a Diamond

    Sep 18, 1960

  3. Episode 3

    Lena, O My Lena

    Sep 25, 1960

    Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.

  4. Episode 4

    Pig's Ear with Flowers

    Oct 2, 1960

  5. Episode 5

    Thunder on the Snowy

    Oct 9, 1960

  6. Episode 6

    The Siege at Killyfaddy

    Oct 16, 1960

  7. Episode 7

    I'll Have You to Remember

    Oct 23, 1960

    A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.

  8. Episode 8

    My Representative

    Oct 30, 1960

    Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.

  9. Episode 9

    The Cake Baker

    Nov 6, 1960

  10. Episode 10

    Hail the Conquering Hero

    Nov 13, 1960

  11. Episode 11

    The Stranger

    Nov 20, 1960

  12. Episode 12

    Mr Nobody

    Nov 27, 1960

  13. Episode 13

    Clip Joint People

    Dec 4, 1960

  14. Episode 14

    The Cupboard

    Dec 11, 1960

    When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.

  15. Episode 15

    Rain

    Dec 18, 1960

    A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.

  16. Episode 16

    The Great Gold Bullion Robbery

    Dec 25, 1960

    Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.

  17. Episode 17

    A Head Full of Crocodiles

    Jan 1, 1961

  18. Episode 18

    Till the Day I Die

    Jan 8, 1961

  19. Episode 19

    The Mystery of Martin Wheeler

    Jan 15, 1961

  20. Episode 20

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Jan 22, 1961

    A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

  21. Episode 21

    Honeymoon Postponed

    Jan 29, 1961

    Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.

  22. Episode 22

    A Degree of Murder

    Feb 5, 1961

    A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.

  23. Episode 23

    Strangers in the Room

    Feb 12, 1961

  24. Episode 24

    The Money Makers

    Feb 19, 1961

  25. Episode 25

    Tune on an Apron-String

    Feb 26, 1961

  26. Episode 26

    The Big Deal

    Mar 3, 1961

    Unscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.

  27. Episode 27

    The Man Out There

    Mar 12, 1961

    A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.

  28. Episode 28

    The Conscientious Gauger

    Mar 26, 1961

  29. Episode 29

    The Way of Love

    Apr 9, 1961

  30. Episode 30

    The Hero

    Apr 23, 1961

  31. Episode 31

    Danger! Men Working

    May 21, 1961

    In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.

  32. Episode 32

    No Licence for Singing

    May 21, 1961

  33. Episode 33

    Flying High

    Apr 23, 1961

  34. Episode 34

    Man on a Mountain Top

    Apr 30, 1961

    A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.

  35. Episode 35

    Duel for Love

    May 7, 1961

  36. Episode 36

    The Ship That Couldn't Stop

    May 14, 1961

    A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.

  37. Episode 37

    The Truth About Helen

    May 21, 1961

  38. Episode 38

    The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

    May 28, 1961

    The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.

  39. Episode 39

    The Typists

    Jun 4, 1961

    We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.

  40. Episode 40

    The Night of the Apes

    Jun 11, 1961

    After Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.