Armchair Theatre (Temporada 2)

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

  • Poster for Off the Deep End

    Off the Deep End (Episodio 1)

    Guionista: Guy Verney

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-09-08

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Now Let Him Go

    Now Let Him Go (Episodio 2)

    Guionista: J. B. Priestley

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-09-15

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound that plays throughout.

  • Poster for Ghosts

    Ghosts (Episodio 3)

    Guionista: Henrik Ibsen

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-09-22

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness.

  • Poster for Policy for Love

    Policy for Love (Episodio 4)

    Guionista: Jerrard Tickell

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-09-29

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for The Pier

    The Pier (Episodio 5)

    Guionista: James Forsyth

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-10-06

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Inch from the Heart

    Inch from the Heart (Episodio 6)

    Guionista: Stephen Clarkson

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-10-13

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Trial By Candlelight

    Trial By Candlelight (Episodio 7)

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-10-20

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.

  • Poster for Ann Veronica

    Ann Veronica (Episodio 8)

    Guionista: H. G. Wells

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-10-28

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for The Last Mile

    The Last Mile (Episodio 9)

    Guionista: John Wexley

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-11-03

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.

  • Poster for The Great City

    The Great City (Episodio 10)

    Guionista: James Parish

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-11-10

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Man in a Moon

    Man in a Moon (Episodio 11)

    Guionista: Michael Pertwee

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-11-17

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.

  • Poster for The Human Touch

    The Human Touch (Episodio 12)

    Guionista: Dudley Leslie

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-11-24

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, but meets with huge resistance from established medical figures.

  • Poster for Sister

    Sister (Episodio 13)

    Guionista: Sidney Carroll

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-12-01

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for The Mortimer Touch

    The Mortimer Touch (Episodio 14)

    Guionista: Eric Linklater

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-12-08

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for The Dividing Line

    The Dividing Line (Episodio 15)

    Guionista: Edward Cranstone

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-12-15

  • Poster for Panther 140

    Panther 140 (Episodio 16)

    Guionista: Patrick Alexander

    Fecha de emisión: 1957-12-22

  • Poster for The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour (Episodio 17)

    Guionista: Keith Winter

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-05

    Sinopsis: A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

  • Poster for Man in the Corner

    Man in the Corner (Episodio 18)

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-12

  • Poster for The Master Builder

    The Master Builder (Episodio 19)

    Guionista: Henrik Ibsen

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-19

    Sinopsis: A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

  • Poster for Tragedy in a Temporary Town

    Tragedy in a Temporary Town (Episodio 20)

    Guionista: Reginald Rose

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-01-26

  • Poster for Night of the Ding-Dong

    Night of the Ding-Dong (Episodio 21)

    Guionista: John Nelson-Burton

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-02

  • Poster for The Five Dollar Bill

    The Five Dollar Bill (Episodio 22)

    Guionista: Tad Mosel

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-09

    Sinopsis: An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.

  • Poster for The Lady of Camellias

    The Lady of Camellias (Episodio 23)

    Guionista: Norman Ginsbury

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-16

    Sinopsis: A naive young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.

  • Poster for A Gust of Wind

    A Gust of Wind (Episodio 24)

    Guionista: Philip Saville

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-02-23

  • Poster for Murder Story

    Murder Story (Episodio 25)

    Guionista: Ludovic Kennedy

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-02

    Sinopsis: Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.

  • Poster for Vendetta

    Vendetta (Episodio 26)

    Guionista: Morris L. West

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-09

  • Poster for The One Who Came Back

    The One Who Came Back (Episodio 27)

    Guionista: John Nelson-Burton

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-16

    Sinopsis: An ex-Luftwaffe pilot is sent to work in the English village where he was captured during the war. What will happen if the villagers recognise him?

  • Poster for A Man's Woman

    A Man's Woman (Episodio 28)

    Guionista: Paul Vincent Carroll

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-23

  • Poster for The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones (Episodio 29)

    Guionista: Terry Southern

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-03-30

    Sinopsis: Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.

  • Poster for Miss Olive

    Miss Olive (Episodio 30)

    Guionista: David D. Osborn

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-06

  • Poster for Wolf Pack

    Wolf Pack (Episodio 31)

    Guionista: Jon Manchip White

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-13

  • Poster for The Rat Wife

    The Rat Wife (Episodio 32)

    Guionista: Henrik Ibsen

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-20

    Sinopsis: A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

  • Poster for Fifty Fifty

    Fifty Fifty (Episodio 33)

    Guionista: Harry Green

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-04-27

  • Poster for Breach of Marriage

    Breach of Marriage (Episodio 34)

    Guionista: Dan Sutherland

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-04

  • Poster for Hanging Judge

    Hanging Judge (Episodio 35)

    Guionista: Raymond Massey

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-11

    Sinopsis: A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and learns a lesson in humanity.

  • Poster for Paid in Full

    Paid in Full (Episodio 36)

    Guionista: Mordecai Richler

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-18

    Sinopsis: The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.

  • Poster for Death of Satan

    Death of Satan (Episodio 37)

    Guionista: Ronald Duncan

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-05-25

  • Poster for The Widower

    The Widower (Episodio 38)

    Guionista: Cyril Campion

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-01

    Sinopsis: Paris in spring and a lonely widower Paul Marley leaves a pearls necklace at the table of a young woman. She returns them but agrees to take a room in his home unaware that his secretary is her former boyfriend Gilbert.

  • Poster for No Flags for Geebang

    No Flags for Geebang (Episodio 39)

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-08

    Sinopsis: In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.

  • Poster for Homecoming

    Homecoming (Episodio 40)

    Guionista: Nelson Bond

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-15

    Sinopsis: Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.

  • Poster for Trial by Candlelight

    Trial by Candlelight (Episodio 41)

    Guionista: John Kruse

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-22

    Sinopsis: In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?

  • Poster for The House of Bernarda Alba

    The House of Bernarda Alba (Episodio 42)

    Guionista: Mordecai Richler

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-22

    Sinopsis: A domineering, reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensue among the other daughters.

  • Poster for Wings of the Wind

    Wings of the Wind (Episodio 43)

    Guionista: Alexandre Rivemale

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-06-29

  • Poster for Noon on Doomsday

    Noon on Doomsday (Episodio 44)

    Guionista: Rod Serling

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-07-06

    Sinopsis: After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.

  • Poster for The Sins of Simone

    The Sins of Simone (Episodio 45)

    Guionista: Ivan Staff

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-07-13

  • Poster for The Woman in Question

    The Woman in Question (Episodio 46)

    Guionista: Miguel Mihura

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-07-20

  • Poster for The Travelling Lady

    The Travelling Lady (Episodio 47)

    Guionista: Horton Foote

    Fecha de emisión: 1960-08-03

    Sinopsis: Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.

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