Armchair Theatre

Season 7

1962 · 25 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Nothing To Pay

   2 Sept 1962

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

2. 2

   2. The Sin Shifter

   16 Sept 1962

   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.

3. 3

   3. Afternoon of a Nymph

   30 Sept 1962

   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.

4. 4

   4. Dead Letter

   14 Oct 1962

   Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.

5. 5

   5. Always Something Hot

   28 Oct 1962

6. 6

   6. Thank You and Goodnight

   11 Nov 1962

   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.

7. 7

   7. The Big Ride

   25 Nov 1962

8. 8

   8. Joker

   9 Dec 1962

9. 9

   9. Hear The Tiger, See The Bay

   23 Dec 1962

10. 10

    10. Blue and White

    6 Jan 1963

11. 11

    11. The Hot Potato Boys

    20 Jan 1963

12. 12

    12. Into The Dark

    3 Feb 1963

13. 13

    13. The Paradise Suite

    17 Feb 1963

    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.

14. 14

    14. The Cruel Kind

    17 Mar 1963

    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.

15. 15

    15. The Invasion

    31 Mar 1963

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

16. 16

    16. Power and Glory

    14 Apr 1963

17. 17

    17. Wagger

    28 Apr 1963

18. 18

    18. Jungle Juice

    12 May 1963

19. 19

    19. The Wednesday Caller

    26 May 1963

20. 20

    20. The Monkey and the Mohawk

    9 Jun 1963

21. 21

    21. The Pushover

    23 Jun 1963

22. 22

    22. Late Summer

    7 Jul 1963

    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.

23. 23

    23. A Little Night Music

    21 Jul 1963

24. 24

    24. The Snag

    4 Aug 1963

    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.

25. 25

    25. Living Image

    18 Aug 1963

    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.