Armchair Theatre (Season 11)

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 Floating Population

    The Floating Population (Episode 1)

    Writer: Donald Churchill

    Air date: 1967-01-28

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nurse Marjorie and young tycoon Bernard play an unusual game of cards.

  • Poster for A Magnum for Schneider

    A Magnum for Schneider (Episode 2)

    Writer: James Mitchell

    Air date: 1967-02-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: The first adventure of David Callan, top agent for the S.I.S. Forcibly "retired" several years earlier because he had lost his nerve, Callan is called back into service to handle the assassination of Schneider, a German businessman who may be more than he seems. This could be Callan's last chance to prove he's still a worthy agent.

  • Poster for What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty

    What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty (Episode 3)

    Writer: Hugh Whitemore

    Air date: 1967-02-11

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Pompous film director David endures a boring existence with his wife Hilary, a children's-book author--and has a glamorous girlfriend, Caroline. When Hilary finds out about Caroline, she decides to befriend her, then update him.

  • Poster for Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

    Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (Episode 4)

    Writer: Vince Powell

    Air date: 1967-02-18

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Two partners in tailoring, one Catholic and the other Jewish, spend the time settling their differences.

  • Poster for Easier in the Dark

    Easier in the Dark (Episode 5)

    Writer: Robert Muller

    Air date: 1967-02-25

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Reason For Sale

    Reason For Sale (Episode 6)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-03-04

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ben Lewis works for an investment group looking buy the former home of Ferenc Davos. However Davos daughter Anna starts making strange claims that her step mother has murdered him and she knows where to body is buried.

  • Poster for The Happy Sacking

    The Happy Sacking (Episode 7)

    Writer: Donald Churchill

    Air date: 1967-03-11

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for The Exploding Azalea

    The Exploding Azalea (Episode 8)

    Writer: John Mortimer

    Air date: 1967-03-18

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Any Number Can Play

    Any Number Can Play (Episode 9)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-03-25

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Set in a future where the three-day working week is the norm, the play asks what human qualities will the games people play bring out--love or hate?

  • Poster for A World of Time

    A World of Time (Episode 10)

    Writer: Robert Muller

    Air date: 1967-04-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A young wife runs away to her sister, who discovers she has a serious problem with kleptomania which includes trying to steal her husband.

  • Poster for Call Me Daddy

    Call Me Daddy (Episode 11)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-04-08

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A lonely middle-aged businessman blackmails a typist into spending the weekend at his large house in the country. She expects the worst, but he concentrates on something she doesn't expect - making her fall in love with him.

  • Poster for I Am Osango

    I Am Osango (Episode 12)

    Writer: Giles Cooper

    Air date: 1967-04-15

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Will You Come a Little Closer

    Will You Come a Little Closer (Episode 13)

    Writer: Roger Marshall

    Air date: 1967-04-22

    Overview: A young woman is told to get a job meeting people to cure her shyness. However as a door to door representative nothing had prepared her for meeting the likes of John Dolby. Later remade for the Shadows of Fear series.

  • Poster for England My England

    England My England (Episode 14)

    Writer: Julian Bond

    Air date: 1967-04-29

    Overview: Happily married Maggie's birthday starts off in the normal way with deliveries of presents and visitors, but by the end of the day her marriage is in trouble.

  • Poster for In The Name of the Law

    In The Name of the Law (Episode 15)

    Writer: Jack Trevor Story

    Air date: 1967-05-06

    Overview: The safe with the takings from an all-night café seem easy picking for a trio of villains until some policemen and a gun become involved.

  • Poster for Depart in Terror

    Depart in Terror (Episode 16)

    Writer: Jacques Gillies

    Air date: 1967-05-13

    Overview: An electronics expert takes revenge on his wife's lover.

  • Poster for The Snares of Death

    The Snares of Death (Episode 17)

    Writer: Stanley Miller

    Air date: 1967-05-20

    Overview: When Harold's undertaking business in a small town is not doing well, he hits on an unusual solution to balance the books.

  • Poster for Compensation Alice

    Compensation Alice (Episode 18)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-07-01

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Alice, married to a boring accountant, suddenly realises that she is no longer in step with the young person she once was. She becomes fascinated with the life of her Au Pair and starts hanging out with her and recaptures her youth.

  • Poster for A Slight Formality

    A Slight Formality (Episode 19)

    Writer: Richard Harris

    Air date: 1967-07-08

  • Poster for Quite an Ordinary Knife

    Quite an Ordinary Knife (Episode 20)

    Writer: Jordan Lawrence

    Air date: 1967-07-15

  • Poster for Another Branch of the Family

    Another Branch of the Family (Episode 21)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-07-22

    Overview: A loner, possibly autistic, is able to relate to the world through his pet monkey.

  • Poster for Love Life

    Love Life (Episode 22)

    Writer: Hugh Leonard

    Air date: 1967-07-29

  • Poster for The Education of Corporal Halliday

    The Education of Corporal Halliday (Episode 23)

    Writer: Robert Holles

    Air date: 1967-08-05

  • Poster for Nursery Tale

    Nursery Tale (Episode 24)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-08-12

  • Poster for Marriage and Henry Sunday

    Marriage and Henry Sunday (Episode 25)

    Writer: Terence Feely

    Air date: 1967-08-19

    Overview: Handbag maker and shy bachelor Henry Sunday is enticed by his landlady and daughter into joining a computer dating agency.

  • Poster for The Girl

    The Girl (Episode 26)

    Writer: William Trevor

    Air date: 1967-08-26

    Overview: The Greens' peaceful existence is interrupted by Felicity, a teenage girl claiming to be Mr Green's illegitimate child. Her friends are also on the way as more unexpected visitors.

  • Poster for Split Level

    Split Level (Episode 27)

    Writer: John Kershaw

    Air date: 1967-09-02

  • Poster for Poor Cherry

    Poor Cherry (Episode 28)

    Writer: Fay Weldon

    Air date: 1967-09-09

    Overview: A politically-active couple's involvement in an election campaign threatens their marriage through personal entanglements with the candidate and other campaigners.

  • Poster for Don't Forget the Basics

    Don't Forget the Basics (Episode 29)

    Writer: Terence Frisby

    Air date: 1967-09-16

  • Poster for The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick

    The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick (Episode 30)

    Writer: Peter Terson

    Air date: 1967-09-23

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