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Armchair Theatre

Season 4 · 42 episodes · Sep 13, 1959

  1. Episode 1

    The Scent of Fear

    Sep 13, 1959

    Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival in London. However, a high-ranking secret police officer posing as a passenger informs her that the man she's protecting is not wanted for his politics; actually, he is a murderer.

  2. Episode 2

    After the Show

    Sep 20, 1959

    Young Victor Liebig returns from the theatre with his eccentric Aunt, when he receives a call summoning them to the flat of his Uncle's suicidal mistress.She's a young, bohemian type and Victor is smitten. She leads him on and he takes her out, but after meeting her friends, realises she's not for him.

  3. Episode 3

    Worm in the Bud

    Sep 27, 1959

  4. Episode 4

    Light from a Star

    Oct 4, 1959

  5. Episode 5

    The Thought of Tomorrow

    Oct 11, 1959

  6. Episode 6

    No Trams to Lime Street

    Oct 18, 1959

  7. Episode 7

    A Trick of the Sun

    Oct 25, 1959

  8. Episode 8

    A Shilling for the Evil Day

    Nov 1, 1959

  9. Episode 9

    Small Fish Are Sweet

    Nov 8, 1959

  10. Episode 10

    The Last of the Brave

    Nov 15, 1959

  11. Episode 11

    Suspicious Mind

    Nov 22, 1959

  12. Episode 12

    The Rebel and the Soldier

    Nov 29, 1959

  13. Episode 13

    Dr Kabil

    Dec 6, 1959

  14. Episode 14

    Roast Goose and Walnut Stuffing

    Dec 13, 1959

  15. Episode 15

    The Golden Horn

    Dec 20, 1959

  16. Episode 16

    The Last Tycoon

    Dec 27, 1959

  17. Episode 17

    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

    Jan 3, 1960

  18. Episode 18

    Where I Live

    Jan 10, 1960

  19. Episode 19

    Misfire

    Jan 17, 1960

  20. Episode 20

    Fifth Floor People

    Jan 24, 1960

  21. Episode 21

    Cold Fury

    Jan 31, 1960

  22. Episode 22

    Night Panic

    Feb 7, 1960

  23. Episode 23

    Come in Razor Red

    Feb 14, 1960

  24. Episode 24

    Guardian Angel

    Feb 21, 1960

  25. Episode 25

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Feb 28, 1960

  26. Episode 26

    China Doll

    Mar 6, 1960

  27. Episode 27

    Some Talk of Alexander

    Mar 13, 1960

  28. Episode 28

    The Girl in the Market Square

    Mar 20, 1960

  29. Episode 29

    Roman Gesture

    Mar 27, 1960

  30. Episode 30

    After the Funeral

    Apr 3, 1960

  31. Episode 31

    The Leather Jungle

    Apr 10, 1960

  32. Episode 32

    Hold My Hand, Soldier

    Apr 17, 1960

  33. Episode 33

    A Night Out

    Apr 24, 1960

  34. Episode 34

    A Phone Call for Matthew Quade

    May 1, 1960

  35. Episode 35

    The Innocent

    May 8, 1960

  36. Episode 36

    Nest of Four

    May 15, 1960

  37. Episode 37

    On the Spot

    May 22, 1960

  38. Episode 52

    Night Stop

    May 27, 1962

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

  39. Episode 53

    The Irish Boys

    Jun 10, 1960

  40. Episode 74

    Wagger

    Apr 28, 1963

  41. Episode 83

    A Kind of Kingdom

    Sep 1, 1963

  42. Episode 99

    Cradle Song

    Apr 12, 1964