Armchair Theatre

Season 8

1963 · 24 episodes

Episodes

1. 1

   1. A Kind of Kingdom

   1 Sept 1963

2. 2

   2. The Front Room

   15 Sept 1963

   A marriage is threatened by a wife's obsession with cleaning.

3. 3

   3. Mr. Big

   29 Sept 1963

   Mr. Bigelow is a dwarf who works for a carnival. Each night after the customers have gone, he visits the Mirror Maze, where he stands before one mirror in particular, one that magnifies his image many, many times.

4. 4

   4. Little Doris

   13 Oct 1963

5. 5

   5. The Chocolate Tree

   27 Oct 1963

   As independence for Africa draws near, a wealthy British trading family welcomes a future president of one country into their home, in an uneasy conversation that is tinged by condescension and racism, grudges and militant anger.

6. 6

   6. Long Past Glory

   17 Nov 1963

   Two aging, shabby men inhabit a decaying sewer pumping station. They live by stealing things, including beds, a piano and a gramophone.They're joined by a younger man who disrupts their dreary small talk with angry, upsetting arguments.

7. 7

   7. The Higher They Fly

   1 Dec 1963

   Test pilot Fleming's jet develops an undercarriage problem on a passenger flight, necessitating in-flight repairs -- and Fleming is on the ground.

8. 8

   8. The Swindler

   15 Dec 1963

   Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.

9. 9

   9. A Way of Living

   29 Dec 1963

10. 10

    10. Sharp at Four

    12 Jan 1964

    Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.

11. 11

    11. Last Word on Julie

    26 Jan 1964

    Beautiful 23-year-old Julie Lister has left home to enjoy the single life. Reckless with money her love life is a disaster but when friends and family receive letters they fear she may have committed suicide.

12. 12

    12. The Pretty English Girls

    16 Feb 1964

13. 13

    13. Realm of Error

    1 Mar 1964

14. 14

    14. Always Ask for the Best

    15 Mar 1964

    An eternal triangle develops amongst shop keepers in shopping parade when an attractive young woman moves in.

15. 15

    15. Mug's Game

    29 Mar 1964

16. 16

    16. Prisoner and Escort

    5 Apr 1964

17. 17

    17. Cradle Song

    12 Apr 1964

18. 18

    18. A Nice Little Business

    26 Apr 1964

19. 19

    19. Pleasure Where She Finds It

    3 May 1964

20. 20

    20. A Jug of Bread

    17 May 1964

21. 21

    21. St. Ernie Leatherbound

    24 May 1964

    A reformed alcoholic businessman wants to prove that his newfound religion works by letting an alcoholic tramp stay in his house and be subject to his preaching. He ignores the protests of his wife and son.

22. 22

    22. That's Where the Town's Going

    7 Jun 1964

23. 23

    23. Exit Joe - Running

    14 Jun 1964

24. 24

    24. A Certain Kind of Silence

    28 Jun 1964