Armchair Theatre (Season 10)

The Paraffin Season (Episode 1)

Writer: Donald Churchill

Air date: 1965-12-04

Runtime: 60 min

The Gong Game (Episode 2)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1965-12-11

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big troub

A Cold Peace (Episode 3)

Writer: Robert Muller

Air date: 1965-12-18

Runtime: 60 min

The Sweet War Man (Episode 4)

Writer: Barry England

Air date: 1966-01-01

Runtime: 60 min

Ready for the Glory (Episode 5)

Writer: Alun Richards

Air date: 1966-01-08

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A marriage bureau pairs a three times married, alcoholic titled lady with an able seaman from the navy. On visiting her villa he finds it also occupied by an eccentric ex-husband, a daughter and another man she calls her 'companion'

Neighbours (Episode 6)

Writer: Arkady Leokum

Air date: 1966-01-15

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are invited for drinks but things don't quite go as they imagined it would.

The Pity of it All (Episode 7)

Writer: Stan Barstow

Air date: 1966-01-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Young miner's widow Nancy Harper works in a sweet shop to support her little daughter, who is killed when accidentally struck by the car driven by Walter Daymer. Nancy drifts into an affair with Walter, not suspecting that he is already married.

Man Without a Mortgage (Episode 8)

Writer: Donald Churchill

Air date: 1966-03-19

Runtime: 60 min

The Battersea Miracle (Episode 9)

Writer: Wolf Mankowitz

Air date: 1966-03-26

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Joey, a performer in Bancroft's circus, also keeps his own set of performing fleas. One day a flea speaks to him and persuades him to go public with a microphone. The flea's act is a great success, but not everybody is pleased with its message.

The Night Before the Morning After (Episode 10)

Writer: Jack Rosenthal

Air date: 1966-04-02

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The night before the wedding, the Bride-to-be can't stop worrying about foolish doubts about her future husband, keeping her parents up all night. Meanwhile, the Groom is having second thoughts as his flatmate and a party girl distract him

Don't Utter a Note (Episode 11)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-04-09

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Two well meaning spinsters plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back, when unexpectedly into their possession comes a substantial amount of money, which was not made by the Royal Mint

Daughter of the House (Episode 12)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-04-16

The Walls Came Tumbling Down (Episode 13)

Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

Air date: 1966-04-23

The Match (Episode 14)

Writer: Norman Bognor

Air date: 1966-04-30

Pretty Polly (Episode 15)

Writer: William Marchant

Air date: 1966-07-23

Overview: A girl's Cinderella existence crashes to an abrupt end when her wealthy, cantankerous aunt dies on a cruise ship.

The Wager (Episode 16)

Writer: Hugo Charteris

Air date: 1966-07-30

Overview: During a general election a politician impedes his performance because he has placed a bet against himself winning.

The One-Eyed Monster (Episode 17)

Writer: Allan Prior

Air date: 1966-08-06

Great Big Blonde (Episode 18)

Writer: Hugh Leonard

Air date: 1966-08-13

Overview: A barmaid returns home to Dublin, to find things are not quite what she expected to be.

A Fair Swap (Episode 19)

Writer: Robert Banks Stewart

Air date: 1966-08-20

Overview: Peter Baynes's business is doing well until he has a visitor from his past.

The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson (Episode 20)

Writer: Norman Bognor

Air date: 1966-08-27

Overview: Wendy is reluctant to take her new boyfriend home, as there are certain aspects of her family that she is embarrassed about.

The Noise Stopped (Episode 21)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-09-03

Overview: A man is facing a crisis with his neurotic wife, dropout son and bullying, oily boss, who he must suffer while facing office personnel cutbacks. When his job and wife slip away,he finds some redemption in his son's plans for a new life.

Dead Silence (Episode 22)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-09-10

Overview: A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.

Barrett Keller: His Mark (Episode 23)

Writer: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes

Air date: 1966-09-17

Light the Blue Touch Paper (Episode 24)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-09-24

Overview: June Elliott is happily married with a small baby but when an old friend from college, Dennis Sage, asks for a reference she is visited and interrogated her about her past. June begins to put things together and fears Sage in a spy.

The Tilted Screen (Episode 25)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-10-01

Overview: The girls in his native Australia regard Morrie as a joke, but on a trip abroad he finds there is much more to life than his home town.

The Three Barrelled Shotgun (Episode 26)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-10-08

Overview: A grieving widow returns home from a holiday, to find her flat occupied by an amiable young man.

The Long Nightmare (Episode 27)

Writer: Terence Feely

Air date: 1966-10-15

Overview: A chance meeting enables Arthur to confront his past.