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Armchair Theatre

Season 7 · 25 episodes · Sep 2, 1962

  1. Episode 1

    Nothing To Pay

    Sep 2, 1962

    Supporters leave their village for the first time and visit the city to see an away match.

  2. Episode 2

    The Sin Shifter

    Sep 16, 1962

    Fisherman Manny Barnes comes into conflict with the local clergy as he tries to halt the decline in his fishing town by turning it into a gambling spot.

  3. Episode 3

    Afternoon of a Nymph

    Sep 30, 1962

    An agent invites his young starlet to a party so she can meet all the right people and have a chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and possible stardom. However while she is there, she realizes that there is a price to pay.

  4. Episode 4

    Dead Letter

    Oct 14, 1962

    Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.

  5. Episode 5

    Always Something Hot

    Oct 28, 1962

  6. Episode 6

    Thank You and Goodnight

    Nov 11, 1962

    A rather intellectual young woman who has just broken off an affair with a married man meets a rather uncouth pop singer on a train journey.

  7. Episode 7

    The Big Ride

    Nov 25, 1962

  8. Episode 8

    Joker

    Dec 9, 1962

  9. Episode 9

    Hear The Tiger, See The Bay

    Dec 23, 1962

  10. Episode 10

    Blue and White

    Jan 6, 1963

  11. Episode 11

    The Hot Potato Boys

    Jan 20, 1963

  12. Episode 12

    Into The Dark

    Feb 3, 1963

  13. Episode 13

    The Paradise Suite

    Feb 17, 1963

    After a London premiere, a psychologically troubled Hollywood starlet in a luxury hotel suite meets several men, including a critic, an agent, a bell hop and a photographer, desperately seeking understanding.

  14. Episode 14

    The Cruel Kind

    Mar 17, 1963

    Arnold, a soldier who has deserted after a traumatic event on the Berlin Wall, is drowning his sorrows in a pub. A Spanish boy who can speak little English enters the pub begging for help against a lynch mob chasing him, accusing him of molesting the daughter of a local businessman. After recent events, Arnold wants no involvement, but Cissy persuades him otherwise.

  15. Episode 15

    The Invasion

    Mar 31, 1963

    Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.

  16. Episode 16

    Power and Glory

    Apr 14, 1963

  17. Episode 17

    Wagger

    Apr 28, 1963

  18. Episode 18

    Jungle Juice

    May 12, 1963

  19. Episode 19

    The Wednesday Caller

    May 26, 1963

  20. Episode 20

    The Monkey and the Mohawk

    Jun 9, 1963

  21. Episode 21

    The Pushover

    Jun 23, 1963

  22. Episode 22

    Late Summer

    Jul 7, 1963

    Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together. the more their age difference becomes a rift between them.

  23. Episode 23

    A Little Night Music

    Jul 21, 1963

  24. Episode 24

    The Snag

    Aug 4, 1963

    When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic centre, only Emma Mannering's corset shoppe stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead he's double crossed.

  25. Episode 25

    Living Image

    Aug 18, 1963

    A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down, when his son, a young radical and his associates brings modern interpretations of art into his life.