Armchair Theatre (Season 7)

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 Nothing To Pay

    Nothing To Pay (Episode 1)

    Writer: Alun Richards

    Air date: 1962-09-02

    Overview: Supporters leave their village for the first time and visit the city to see an away match.

  • Poster for The Sin Shifter

    The Sin Shifter (Episode 2)

    Writer: Bruce Stewart

    Air date: 1962-09-16

    Overview: Fisherman Manny Barnes comes into conflict with the local clergy as he tries to halt the decline in his fishing town by turning it into a gambling spot.

  • Poster for Afternoon of a Nymph

    Afternoon of a Nymph (Episode 3)

    Writer: Robert Muller

    Air date: 1962-09-30

    Overview: An agent invites his young starlet to a party so she can meet all the right people and have a chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and possible stardom. However while she is there, she realizes that there is a price to pay.

  • Poster for Dead Letter

    Dead Letter (Episode 4)

    Writer: Robert Storey

    Air date: 1962-10-14

    Overview: Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.

  • Poster for Always Something Hot

    Always Something Hot (Episode 5)

    Writer: Donald Churchill

    Air date: 1962-10-28

  • Poster for Thank You and Goodnight

    Thank You and Goodnight (Episode 6)

    Writer: Robert Muller

    Air date: 1962-11-11

    Overview: A rather intellectual young woman who has just broken off an affair with a married man meets a rather uncouth pop singer on a train journey.

  • Poster for The Big Ride

    The Big Ride (Episode 7)

    Writer: John O'Toole

    Air date: 1962-11-25

  • Poster for Joker

    Joker (Episode 8)

    Writer: Gerald Vaughan-Hughes

    Air date: 1962-12-09

  • Poster for Hear The Tiger, See The Bay

    Hear The Tiger, See The Bay (Episode 9)

    Writer: Alun Richards

    Air date: 1962-12-23

  • Poster for Blue and White

    Blue and White (Episode 10)

    Writer: Kenneth Jupp

    Air date: 1963-01-06

  • Poster for The Hot Potato Boys

    The Hot Potato Boys (Episode 11)

    Writer: Alun Richards

    Air date: 1963-01-20

  • Poster for Into The Dark

    Into The Dark (Episode 12)

    Writer: Ken Taylor

    Air date: 1963-02-03

  • Poster for The Paradise Suite

    The Paradise Suite (Episode 13)

    Writer: Robert Muller

    Air date: 1963-02-17

    Overview: After a London premiere, a psychologically troubled Hollywood starlet in a luxury hotel suite meets several men, including a critic, an agent, a bell hop and a photographer, desperately seeking understanding.

  • Poster for The Cruel Kind

    The Cruel Kind (Episode 14)

    Writer: Norman King

    Air date: 1963-03-17

    Overview: Arnold, a soldier who has deserted after a traumatic event on the Berlin Wall, is drowning his sorrows in a pub. A Spanish boy who can speak little English enters the pub begging for help against a lynch mob chasing him, accusing him of molesting the daughter of a local businessman. After recent events, Arnold wants no involvement, but Cissy persuades him otherwise.

  • Poster for The Invasion

    The Invasion (Episode 15)

    Writer: Angus Wilson

    Air date: 1963-03-31

    Overview: Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.

  • Poster for Power and Glory

    Power and Glory (Episode 16)

    Writer: Ralph Neale

    Air date: 1963-04-14

  • Poster for Wagger

    Wagger (Episode 17)

    Writer: Stephen Lewis

    Air date: 1963-04-28

  • Poster for Jungle Juice

    Jungle Juice (Episode 18)

    Writer: Bruce Stewart

    Air date: 1963-05-12

  • Poster for The Wednesday Caller

    The Wednesday Caller (Episode 19)

    Writer: Lynne Reid Banks

    Air date: 1963-05-26

  • Poster for The Monkey and the Mohawk

    The Monkey and the Mohawk (Episode 20)

    Writer: Donal Giltinan

    Air date: 1963-06-09

  • Poster for The Pushover

    The Pushover (Episode 21)

    Writer: Gwen Cherrell

    Air date: 1963-06-23

  • Poster for Late Summer

    Late Summer (Episode 22)

    Writer: Alexander Baron

    Air date: 1963-07-07

    Overview: Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together. the more their age difference becomes a rift between them.

  • Poster for A Little Night Music

    A Little Night Music (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1963-07-21

  • Poster for The Snag

    The Snag (Episode 24)

    Writer: Donal Giltinan

    Air date: 1963-08-04

    Overview: When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic centre, only Emma Mannering's corset shoppe stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead he's double crossed.

  • Poster for Living Image

    Living Image (Episode 25)

    Writer: James Broom Lynne

    Air date: 1963-08-18

    Overview: A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down, when his son, a young radical and his associates brings modern interpretations of art into his life.

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