Armchair Theatre (Staffel 3)

The Pillars of Midnight (Folge 1)

Autor: Trevor Dudley-Smith

Sendedatum: 1958-09-14

Übersicht: A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

The Web of Lace (Folge 2)

Autor: Thomas Narcejac

Sendedatum: 1958-09-21

The Franchise Affair (Folge 3)

Autor: Josephine Tey

Sendedatum: 1958-09-28

Übersicht: An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.

Murder in Slow Motion (Folge 4)

Autor: Dail Ambler

Sendedatum: 1958-10-05

Übersicht: Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.

I Can Destroy the Sun (Folge 5)

Autor: Jimmy Sangster

Sendedatum: 1958-10-12

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?

Time of Your Life (Folge 6)

Autor: Philip Saville

Sendedatum: 1958-10-19

Übersicht: This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.

The Terrorist (Folge 7)

Autor: John Kruse

Sendedatum: 1958-10-26

The Witching Hour (Folge 8)

Autor: Martin Colemans

Sendedatum: 1958-11-02

Übersicht: Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.

The Greatest Man in the World (Folge 9)

Autor: James Thurber

Sendedatum: 1958-11-09

Übersicht: Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.

Please Murder Me (Folge 10)

Autor: Gore Vidal

Sendedatum: 1958-11-16

Übersicht: A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.

The Boy with Meat Axe (Folge 11)

Autor: Ray Rigby

Sendedatum: 1958-11-23

Laufzeit: 60 min

Underground (Folge 12)

Autor: James Forsyth

Sendedatum: 1958-11-30

The Report on Jessie Dean (Folge 13)

Autor: Warren Chetham-Strode

Sendedatum: 1958-12-07

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.

Dangerous World (Folge 14)

Autor: Giles Cooper

Sendedatum: 1958-12-14

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.

The Deaf Heart (Folge 15)

Autor: Mayo Simon

Sendedatum: 1958-12-21

Laufzeit: 60 min

The Criminals (Folge 16)

Autor: Eric Paice

Sendedatum: 1958-12-28

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.

The Sentry (Folge 17)

Autor: John Gay

Sendedatum: 1959-01-04

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.

The Break (Folge 18)

Autor: Donal Giltinan

Sendedatum: 1959-01-11

Laufzeit: 60 min

Soundings (Folge 19)

Autor: George Lowther

Sendedatum: 1959-01-18

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.

Love and Money (Folge 20)

Autor: Phyllis Bentley

Sendedatum: 1959-01-25

Übersicht: The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.

Hot Summer Night (Folge 21)

Autor: Ted Willis

Sendedatum: 1959-02-01

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.

Ernie Barger Is 50 (Folge 22)

Autor: Tad Mosel

Sendedatum: 1959-02-08

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.

The Thug (Folge 23)

Autor: Jane Arden

Sendedatum: 1959-02-15

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.

To Ride a Tiger (Folge 24)

Autor: Marcelo Motta

Sendedatum: 1959-02-22

Laufzeit: 60 min

Übersicht: A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.

The Fabulous Money Maker (Folge 25)

Autor: Norman Ginsbury

Sendedatum: 1959-03-01

Übersicht: A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress (Folge 26)

Autor: John Glennon

Sendedatum: 1959-03-08

Übersicht: A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.

No Gun, No Guilt (Folge 27)

Autor: A. E. Hotchner

Sendedatum: 1959-03-15

Übersicht: A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.

Strange Meeting (Folge 28)

Autor: Robert Rietty

Sendedatum: 1959-03-22

Übersicht: An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.

Star in the Summer Night (Folge 29)

Autor: Tad Mosel

Sendedatum: 1959-03-29

Übersicht: International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.

The Angry Flower (Folge 30)

Autor: Michael Noonan

Sendedatum: 1959-04-05

The Trouble with Benny (Folge 31)

Autor: Mordecai Richler

Sendedatum: 1959-04-12

Parole (Folge 32)

Autor: Carl Nystrom

Sendedatum: 1959-04-19

Übersicht: The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.

The Shadow of the Ruthless (Folge 33)

Autor: Stuart Douglass

Sendedatum: 1959-04-26

Hand in Glove (Folge 34)

Autor: Gerald Savory

Sendedatum: 1959-05-03

Till Death Do Us Part (Folge 35)

Autor: Joseph Schull

Sendedatum: 1959-05-10

The Big Client (Folge 36)

Autor: Eric Paice

Sendedatum: 1959-05-17

Übersicht: A satire set in the advertising industry.

The Girl on the Beach (Folge 37)

Sendedatum: 1959-05-24

Übersicht: A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.

Wedding Day (Folge 38)

Autor: Ray Rigby

Sendedatum: 1959-05-31

My Guess Would Be Murder (Folge 39)

Autor: Anthony Gilbert

Sendedatum: 1959-06-07

The Devil's Instrument (Folge 40)

Autor: W.O. Mitchell

Sendedatum: 1959-06-14

The Model Marriage (Folge 41)

Autor: Wolf Mankowitz

Sendedatum: 1959-06-21

Guest Appearance (Folge 42)

Autor: Lester Powell

Sendedatum: 1959-06-28

My Lost Saints (Folge 43)

Autor: Tad Mosel

Sendedatum: 1959-07-05

If You Loved Me (Folge 44)

Autor: John Chandos

Sendedatum: 1959-07-12

The Grandma Bandit (Folge 45)

Autor: Lester Powell

Sendedatum: 1959-07-19

A House of His Own (Folge 46)

Autor: Loring Mandel

Sendedatum: 1959-07-26

The Garden Party (Folge 47)

Autor: Tad Mosel

Sendedatum: 1959-08-02

Lysette (Folge 48)

Sendedatum: 1959-08-09

You'll Never See Me Again (Folge 49)

Autor: Cornell Woolrich

Sendedatum: 1959-08-16

Übersicht: Jim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.

Black Laughter/Double Exit (Folge 50)

Autor: James Parish

Sendedatum: 1959-08-23

Invitation to Murder (Folge 51)

Autor: Joel Murcott

Sendedatum: 1959-08-30

Young David (Folge 52)

Autor: Charles Dickens

Sendedatum: 1959-09-06

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