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Armchair Theatre

Season 3

1958 · 52 episodes

  1. 1. The Pillars of Midnight

    1958-09-14

    A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

  2. 2. The Web of Lace

    1958-09-21

  3. 3. The Franchise Affair

    1958-09-28

    An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.

  4. 4. Murder in Slow Motion

    1958-10-05

    Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.

  5. 5. I Can Destroy the Sun

    1958-10-12 · 60m

    Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?

  6. 6. Time of Your Life

    1958-10-19

    This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.

  7. 7. The Terrorist

    1958-10-26

  8. 8. The Witching Hour

    1958-11-02

    Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.

  9. 9. The Greatest Man in the World

    1958-11-09

    Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.

  10. 10. Please Murder Me

    1958-11-16

    A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.

  11. 11. The Boy with Meat Axe

    1958-11-23 · 60m

  12. 12. Underground

    1958-11-30

  13. 13. The Report on Jessie Dean

    1958-12-07 · 60m

    A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.

  14. 14. Dangerous World

    1958-12-14 · 60m

    A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.

  15. 15. The Deaf Heart

    1958-12-21 · 60m

  16. 16. The Criminals

    1958-12-28 · 60m

    A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.

  17. 17. The Sentry

    1959-01-04 · 60m

    An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.

  18. 18. The Break

    1959-01-11 · 60m

  19. 19. Soundings

    1959-01-18 · 60m

    A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.

  20. 20. Love and Money

    1959-01-25

    The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.

  21. 21. Hot Summer Night

    1959-02-01 · 60m

    Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.

  22. 22. Ernie Barger Is 50

    1959-02-08 · 60m

    Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.

  23. 23. The Thug

    1959-02-15 · 60m

    The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.

  24. 24. To Ride a Tiger

    1959-02-22 · 60m

    A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.

  25. 25. The Fabulous Money Maker

    1959-03-01

    A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.

  26. 26. The Bird, the Bear and the Actress

    1959-03-08

    A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.

  27. 27. No Gun, No Guilt

    1959-03-15

    A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.

  28. 28. Strange Meeting

    1959-03-22

    An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.

  29. 29. Star in the Summer Night

    1959-03-29

    International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.

  30. 30. The Angry Flower

    1959-04-05

  31. 31. The Trouble with Benny

    1959-04-12

  32. 32. Parole

    1959-04-19

    The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.

  33. 33. The Shadow of the Ruthless

    1959-04-26

  34. 34. Hand in Glove

    1959-05-03

  35. 35. Till Death Do Us Part

    1959-05-10

  36. 36. The Big Client

    1959-05-17

    A satire set in the advertising industry.

  37. 37. The Girl on the Beach

    1959-05-24

    A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.

  38. 38. Wedding Day

    1959-05-31

  39. 39. My Guess Would Be Murder

    1959-06-07

  40. 40. The Devil's Instrument

    1959-06-14

  41. 41. The Model Marriage

    1959-06-21

  42. 42. Guest Appearance

    1959-06-28

  43. 43. My Lost Saints

    1959-07-05

  44. 44. If You Loved Me

    1959-07-12

  45. 45. The Grandma Bandit

    1959-07-19

  46. 46. A House of His Own

    1959-07-26

  47. 47. The Garden Party

    1959-08-02

  48. 48. Lysette

    1959-08-09

  49. 49. You'll Never See Me Again

    1959-08-16

    Jim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.

  50. 50. Black Laughter/Double Exit

    1959-08-23

  51. 51. Invitation to Murder

    1959-08-30

  52. 52. Young David

    1959-09-06

    A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.

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