Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.
Armchair Mystery Theatre (Season 1)
Eye Witness (Episode 1)
Writer: Leslie Sands
Air date: 1960-06-05
The Cupboard (Episode 2)
Writer: John Glennon
Air date: 1960-06-12
The Case of Paul Danek (Episode 3)
Writer: Morton Wishengrad
Air date: 1960-06-19
Flag Fall (Episode 4)
Writer: Royston Morley
Air date: 1960-06-26
Overview: The only clue to a series of apparently motiveless murders of Sydney's taxi drivers is found in a café.
Toff and Fingers (Episode 5)
Writer: Robert Kemp
Air date: 1960-07-03
Runtime: 53 min
Overview: Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware. The pair pose as a General and his batman looking their next job but the warm welcome, from the locals, makes them have second thoughts.
Flight From Treason (Episode 6)
Writer: James Mitchell
Air date: 1960-07-10
Madeleine (Episode 7)
Writer: Alan Caillou
Air date: 1960-07-17
Web of Deceit (Episode 8)
Air date: 1960-07-24
False Witness (Episode 9)
Writer: Philip Levene
Air date: 1960-08-07
Machinal (Episode 10)
Writer: Sophie Treadwell
Air date: 1960-08-14
Overview: A young Woman works as a low level stenographer and lives with her mother. She follows the rituals that society expects of a woman, however resistant she may feel about them, and subsequently marries her boss, whom she finds repulsive.
The Man with the Feather in his Hat (Episode 11)
Writer: Peter Barnes
Air date: 1960-08-21
Cul De Sac (Episode 12)
Writer: Sebastian Shaw
Air date: 1960-08-28
The Dummy (Episode 13)
Writer: Ray Rigby
Air date: 1960-09-04
Seasons
Episodes 13
Episodes 6
Episodes 15