Armchair Theatre (Season 6)

The Omega Mystery (Episode 1)

Writer: James Mitchell

Air date: 1961-09-10

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.

Looking For Frankie (Episode 2)

Writer: Bill Naughton

Air date: 1961-09-24

The Rose Affair (Episode 3)

Writer: Alun Owen

Air date: 1961-10-08

Overview: A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.

His Polyvinyl Girl (Episode 4)

Writer: Steven Vinaver

Air date: 1961-10-22

Overview: A department store closes for the night and instead of going home, the staff realize a musical fantasy amongst the store set pieces.

Roll On Bloomin' Death (Episode 5)

Writer: Peter Luke

Air date: 1961-11-05

Overview: Its near the end of World War 2, and a young green officer takes over a war weary platoon, he is ordered to take some of them on a raid, but he cannot rouse any volunteers.

The Trouble With Our Ivy (Episode 6)

Writer: David Perry

Air date: 1961-11-19

Overview: A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbour acquires a fast-growing creeper

Murder Club (Episode 7)

Writer: Robert Sheckley

Air date: 1961-12-03

Overview: In the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.

Tune On An Old Tax Fiddle (Episode 8)

Writer: Ronald Hardy

Air date: 1961-12-17

Overview: When the inland revenue gets an angry mistress's letter exposing a man named Toby as a tax cheat, they quietly put pressure on him. Toby panics, and hires an unscrupulous lawyer named Elvin, but he has a hard time taking his advice.

The Rank and File (Episode 9)

Writer: Rod Serling

Air date: 1961-12-31

Overview: An observation on corruption in a US Trade Union.Follows the life of factory worker Bill Kilcoyne from the depressed 1930s to his present day (1959) standing in front of a Senate Committee as a trade union leader.

Night Conspirators (Episode 10)

Writer: Robert Muller

Air date: 1962-05-06

Overview: An elderly man is rescued from Iceland. Why would an elderly man need to escape from Iceland? Unless of course its Adolf Hitler.

Girl In A Birdcage (Episode 11)

Writer: Anne Burnaby

Air date: 1962-05-13

Night Stop (Episode 12)

Writer: Norman King

Air date: 1962-05-27

Overview: Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.

The Irish Boys (Episode 13)

Writer: Hugh Leonard

Air date: 1962-06-10

Dumb Martian (Episode 14)

Writer: Clive Exton

Air date: 1962-06-24

Overview: On Mars, Withers a gruff, bigoted pioneer buys himself a Martian wife for company. Like all her race, Lellie cannot speak and Withers treats her like a slave. But he becomes jealous when Weaver, a young scientist, lodges at his camp and treats Lellie sympathetically.

The Hard Knock (Episode 15)

Writer: Alun Owen

Air date: 1962-07-08

Overview: A short tempered Irishman returns home after his brother was hanged for murder during a robbery. Though at first determined he was actually innocent, family and friends slowly convince him otherwise.

North City Traffic Straight Ahead (Episode 16)

Writer: James Douglas

Air date: 1962-07-22

The Fishing Match (Episode 17)

Writer: Norman King

Air date: 1962-08-19

Overview: Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels but discovers a picture of him taken in Skegness and knows he's living a lie.