Armchair Theatre (Temporada 3)

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 The Pillars of Midnight

    The Pillars of Midnight (Episodio 1)

    Guionista: Trevor Dudley-Smith

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-09-14

    Sinopsis: A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

  • Poster for The Web of Lace

    The Web of Lace (Episodio 2)

    Guionista: Thomas Narcejac

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-09-21

  • Poster for The Franchise Affair

    The Franchise Affair (Episodio 3)

    Guionista: Josephine Tey

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-09-28

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

  • Poster for Murder in Slow Motion

    Murder in Slow Motion (Episodio 4)

    Guionista: Dail Ambler

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-10-05

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

  • Poster for I Can Destroy the Sun

    I Can Destroy the Sun (Episodio 5)

    Guionista: Jimmy Sangster

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-10-12

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: 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?

  • Poster for Time of Your Life

    Time of Your Life (Episodio 6)

    Guionista: Philip Saville

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-10-19

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

  • Poster for The Terrorist

    The Terrorist (Episodio 7)

    Guionista: John Kruse

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-10-26

  • Poster for The Witching Hour

    The Witching Hour (Episodio 8)

    Guionista: Martin Colemans

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-11-02

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Greatest Man in the World

    The Greatest Man in the World (Episodio 9)

    Guionista: James Thurber

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-11-09

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for Please Murder Me

    Please Murder Me (Episodio 10)

    Guionista: Gore Vidal

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-11-16

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Boy with Meat Axe

    The Boy with Meat Axe (Episodio 11)

    Guionista: Ray Rigby

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-11-23

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Underground

    Underground (Episodio 12)

    Guionista: James Forsyth

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-11-30

  • Poster for The Report on Jessie Dean

    The Report on Jessie Dean (Episodio 13)

    Guionista: Warren Chetham-Strode

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-12-07

    Duración: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Dangerous World

    Dangerous World (Episodio 14)

    Guionista: Giles Cooper

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-12-14

    Duración: 60 min

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

  • Poster for The Deaf Heart

    The Deaf Heart (Episodio 15)

    Guionista: Mayo Simon

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-12-21

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for The Criminals

    The Criminals (Episodio 16)

    Guionista: Eric Paice

    Fecha de emisión: 1958-12-28

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Sentry

    The Sentry (Episodio 17)

    Guionista: John Gay

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-01-04

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Break

    The Break (Episodio 18)

    Guionista: Donal Giltinan

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-01-11

    Duración: 60 min

  • Poster for Soundings

    Soundings (Episodio 19)

    Guionista: George Lowther

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-01-18

    Duración: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Love and Money

    Love and Money (Episodio 20)

    Guionista: Phyllis Bentley

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-01-25

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for Hot Summer Night

    Hot Summer Night (Episodio 21)

    Guionista: Ted Willis

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-02-01

    Duración: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Ernie Barger Is 50

    Ernie Barger Is 50 (Episodio 22)

    Guionista: Tad Mosel

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-02-08

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Thug

    The Thug (Episodio 23)

    Guionista: Jane Arden

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-02-15

    Duración: 60 min

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

  • Poster for To Ride a Tiger

    To Ride a Tiger (Episodio 24)

    Guionista: Marcelo Motta

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-02-22

    Duración: 60 min

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for The Fabulous Money Maker

    The Fabulous Money Maker (Episodio 25)

    Guionista: Norman Ginsbury

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-03-01

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

  • Poster for The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

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

    Guionista: John Glennon

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-03-08

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for No Gun, No Guilt

    No Gun, No Guilt (Episodio 27)

    Guionista: A. E. Hotchner

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-03-15

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

  • Poster for Strange Meeting

    Strange Meeting (Episodio 28)

    Guionista: Robert Rietty

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-03-22

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for Star in the Summer Night

    Star in the Summer Night (Episodio 29)

    Guionista: Tad Mosel

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-03-29

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

  • Poster for The Angry Flower

    The Angry Flower (Episodio 30)

    Guionista: Michael Noonan

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-04-05

  • Poster for The Trouble with Benny

    The Trouble with Benny (Episodio 31)

    Guionista: Mordecai Richler

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-04-12

  • Poster for Parole

    Parole (Episodio 32)

    Guionista: Carl Nystrom

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-04-19

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

  • Poster for The Shadow of the Ruthless

    The Shadow of the Ruthless (Episodio 33)

    Guionista: Stuart Douglass

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-04-26

  • Poster for Hand in Glove

    Hand in Glove (Episodio 34)

    Guionista: Gerald Savory

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-05-03

  • Poster for Till Death Do Us Part

    Till Death Do Us Part (Episodio 35)

    Guionista: Joseph Schull

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-05-10

  • Poster for The Big Client

    The Big Client (Episodio 36)

    Guionista: Eric Paice

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-05-17

    Sinopsis: A satire set in the advertising industry.

  • Poster for The Girl on the Beach

    The Girl on the Beach (Episodio 37)

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-05-24

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

  • Poster for Wedding Day

    Wedding Day (Episodio 38)

    Guionista: Ray Rigby

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-05-31

  • Poster for My Guess Would Be Murder

    My Guess Would Be Murder (Episodio 39)

    Guionista: Anthony Gilbert

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-06-07

  • Poster for The Devil's Instrument

    The Devil's Instrument (Episodio 40)

    Guionista: W.O. Mitchell

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-06-14

  • Poster for The Model Marriage

    The Model Marriage (Episodio 41)

    Guionista: Wolf Mankowitz

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-06-21

  • Poster for Guest Appearance

    Guest Appearance (Episodio 42)

    Guionista: Lester Powell

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-06-28

  • Poster for My Lost Saints

    My Lost Saints (Episodio 43)

    Guionista: Tad Mosel

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-07-05

  • Poster for If You Loved Me

    If You Loved Me (Episodio 44)

    Guionista: John Chandos

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-07-12

  • Poster for The Grandma Bandit

    The Grandma Bandit (Episodio 45)

    Guionista: Lester Powell

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-07-19

  • Poster for A House of His Own

    A House of His Own (Episodio 46)

    Guionista: Loring Mandel

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-07-26

  • Poster for The Garden Party

    The Garden Party (Episodio 47)

    Guionista: Tad Mosel

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-08-02

  • Poster for Lysette

    Lysette (Episodio 48)

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-08-09

  • Poster for You'll Never See Me Again

    You'll Never See Me Again (Episodio 49)

    Guionista: Cornell Woolrich

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-08-16

    Sinopsis: 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.

  • Poster for Black Laughter/Double Exit

    Black Laughter/Double Exit (Episodio 50)

    Guionista: James Parish

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-08-23

  • Poster for Invitation to Murder

    Invitation to Murder (Episodio 51)

    Guionista: Joel Murcott

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-08-30

  • Poster for Young David

    Young David (Episodio 52)

    Guionista: Charles Dickens

    Fecha de emisión: 1959-09-06

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

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