Armchair Theatre (Season 16)

The Left Overs (Episode 1)

Writer: Donald Churchill

Air date: 1972-08-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A blossoming friendship between a businessman and one of his flatmate's ex-girlfriends is challenged when she answers a phone call and inadvertently reveals to his boss that he has been fraudulently claiming expenses.

Whatever Became of Me (Episode 2)

Writer: Roger Marshall

Air date: 1972-08-29

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?

A Touch of the Victorians (Episode 3)

Writer: Douglas Livingstone

Air date: 1972-09-05

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.

High Summer (Episode 4)

Writer: Terence Rattigan

Air date: 1972-09-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The peace of an aristocratic cricketing weekend at a large English country mansion in the early 20th century is disturbed when the wayward Bohemian son of the owning family returns unexpectedly to claim his inheritance.

Franklin's Farm (Episode 5)

Writer: Guy Slater

Air date: 1972-09-19

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.

A Fluid Arrangement (Episode 6)

Writer: Donald Churchill

Air date: 1972-09-26

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him.

On Call (Episode 7)

Writer: John Kershaw

Air date: 1972-10-03

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Roy and Jean's happy life is shattered by Jean's sudden illness and actually finding a doctor who can help her.

The Creditors (Episode 8)

Writer: August Strindberg

Air date: 1972-10-10

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Gustave meets a man called Adolph, who tries to show him that Gustave's fiancee doesn't love him.

The Breaking of Colonel Keyser (Episode 9)

Writer: Robert Holles

Air date: 1972-10-17

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: As the Allies prepare for invasion in 1944, concerns are raised about Colonel Keyser and his reputed psychopathic personality as a good or bad thing when leading his men into D-Day.

Anywhere But England, Old Boy (Episode 10)

Writer: John Hale

Air date: 1972-10-31

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.

The Folk Singer (Episode 11)

Writer: Dominic Behan

Air date: 1972-11-07

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles as the authorities demand him to identify himself as either a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist.

The Stumbling Block (Episode 12)

Writer: Bill MacIlwraith

Air date: 1972-12-11

Overview: Alfred decides his business must keep up and move on with the times, but discovers that the biggest obstacle to change is his own son.