Armchair Theatre

Season 6

1961 · 17 episodes · 1h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. The Omega Mystery

   10 Sept 1961 · 60 min

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

2. 2

   2. Looking For Frankie

   24 Sept 1961

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   3. The Rose Affair

   8 Oct 1961

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

4. 4

   4. His Polyvinyl Girl

   22 Oct 1961

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

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   5. Roll On Bloomin' Death

   5 Nov 1961

   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.

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   6. The Trouble With Our Ivy

   19 Nov 1961

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

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   7. Murder Club

   3 Dec 1961

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

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   8. Tune On An Old Tax Fiddle

   17 Dec 1961

   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.

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   9. The Rank and File

   31 Dec 1961

   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.

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    10. Night Conspirators

    6 May 1962

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

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    11. Girl In A Birdcage

    13 May 1962

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    12. Night Stop

    27 May 1962

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

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    13. The Irish Boys

    10 Jun 1962

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    14. Dumb Martian

    24 Jun 1962

    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.

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    15. The Hard Knock

    8 Jul 1962

    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.

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    16. North City Traffic Straight Ahead

    22 Jul 1962

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    17. The Fishing Match

    19 Aug 1962

    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.