Armchair Theatre (Season 13)

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 Frobisher Game

    The Frobisher Game (Episode 1)

    Writer: David Perry

    Air date: 1969-01-06

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: While the owners of a country house are away, the servants play a game of impersonating their employers.

  • Poster for A Foot in the Door

    A Foot in the Door (Episode 2)

    Writer: Emanuel Litvinoff

    Air date: 1969-01-13

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: David's mother thinks he would make a good salesman, but he looses his nerve every time he meets a new customer.

  • Poster for What's a Mother For?

    What's a Mother For? (Episode 3)

    Writer: Charles Lawrence

    Air date: 1969-01-20

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Angela, whose husband is abroad, wakes to find she has been sharing a bed with a strange man....and he's dead.

  • Poster for The Manderins

    The Manderins (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1969-01-27

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Stanley Marsden is putting himself forward for a top job in the Civil Service, however he is only a grammar school boy, will the old public school boy network hamper his chances?..he must get by that somehow.

  • Poster for Go On - It'll Do You Good

    Go On - It'll Do You Good (Episode 5)

    Writer: Michael Chapman

    Air date: 1969-02-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Ledbetter works for 'The Ministry of Social Welfare' he is very enthusiastic about getting old people to use the many facilities available to him.

  • Poster for The Good Son

    The Good Son (Episode 6)

    Writer: Ted Allan

    Air date: 1969-02-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Eddie the son that made good in Canada, returns on a trip to see his London Mum, he has been quite happy to contribute to her welfare but discovers she has a young tenant that has been living rent free for several months.

  • Poster for The Brophy Story

    The Brophy Story (Episode 7)

    Writer: Guy Slater

    Air date: 1969-02-17

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Edward the Confessor

    Edward the Confessor (Episode 8)

    Writer: Leigh Vance

    Air date: 1969-02-24

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Nobody takes Edward seriously causing him to seek attention by regularly visiting the police station to confess to the latest murder. However a new guest at his landlady's house is about to give him all attention he seeks.

  • Poster for The Story-Teller

    The Story-Teller (Episode 9)

    Writer: William Corlett

    Air date: 1969-03-03

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: Brian a young man, gatecrashes a lively party and intrigues some of the guests with his sombre stories which involves them. There is something ethereal about Brian but is he worth taking seriously?

  • Poster for On Vacation

    On Vacation (Episode 10)

    Writer: Gert Hofman

    Air date: 1969-03-10

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: A New York businessman and his wife on a much holiday needed in Miami find the staff are treating him as if it's his very last holiday

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