
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Seasons
1. The Outsider
Air Date: 1956-07-08
2. The Handshake / Bid for Fame
Air Date: 1956-08-12
3. Tears in the Wind
Air Date: 1956-09-16
4. Flash Point
Air Date: 1956-09-23
5. Black Limelight
Air Date: 1956-09-30
6. The Hollow Crown
Air Date: 1956-10-07
7. It's an Ill Wind
Air Date: 1956-10-14
8. The Mother
Air Date: 1956-10-28
After a five month trudge through Poland the Kosky family have reached an Austrian labour camp. Their hopes to emigrate to Canada take a desperate turn when Mrs Kosky is diagnosed with tuberculosis.
9. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
Air Date: 1956-11-04
10. The Common Man
Air Date: 1956-11-11
11. The Right Thing
Air Date: 1956-11-25
When someone is killed in a road accident, Bob Slater wants to "do the right thing". But will he?
12. The Face of a Stranger
Air Date: 1956-12-02
13. The Same Sky
Air Date: 1956-12-09
The theme of Romeo and Juliet reworked in an orthodox Jewish household where Jeff who is a Christian falls in love with Juliet. Both families bitterly oppose the relationship. The story is set in wartime, in the East End of London.
14. Three O'Clock Deadline
Air Date: 1956-12-16
15. The Great Healer
Air Date: 1956-12-16
16. Miss Julie
Air Date: 1956-12-23
Late 19th century. The young miss Julie lives in a mansion with her father. She has recently broken her engagement but is attracted to one of the servants, Jean. They spend the midsummer night together, telling each other their memories and of their dreams. Realizing that an affair between a man of the people and an aristocrat is impossible, they plan to escape to Switzerland.
17. Ring Out the Old
Air Date: 1956-12-30
18. Michael and Mary
Air Date: 1957-01-13
19. The Necklace
Air Date: 1957-01-20
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. Afterwards it is stolen, and Mrs. Kendrick goes into debt to duplicate it. The thief discovers it's costume jewelry, but Mrs. Kendrick never learns the truth, and struggles for years to pay off the huge debt.
20. The Last Flight
Air Date: 1957-01-27
21. Quay South
Air Date: 1957-02-03
22. If This Be Treason
Air Date: 1957-02-10
23. The King of Iceland
Air Date: 1957-02-17
There are odd goings-on in the Turkish baths. Is the distinguished stranger among the Colonel Blimps really the "King of Iceland"?
24. The Witness
Air Date: 1957-02-24
25. This Was a Woman
Air Date: 1957-03-10
Olivia Russell is outwardly a devoted wife and mother, the kind mistress of a happy home, and a sympathetic friend. But this suburban respectability conceals a sinister aspect of the feminine.
26. The Cask of Amontillado
Air Date: 1957-03-17
Deep beneath the streets of Italy lie the catacombs of the Montresors, filled with barrels of wine and the bones of the dead. One evening, friends Fortunado and Montresor venture below the city with promises of the rare vintage wine Amontillado and find themselves in a web of betrayal and revenge that changes their friendship forever. Based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe.
27. Catch a Falling Star
Air Date: 1957-03-24
What future is there for a forgotten star of the New York theatre?
28. Hilda Morgan
Air Date: 1957-04-07
29. The Constant Stranger
Air Date: 1957-04-14
30. Autumn
Air Date: 1957-04-21
31. The Heiress
Air Date: 1957-05-05
A young naive woman falls for a handsome young man who her emotionally abusive father suspects is a fortune hunter.
32. Rappaport Always Pays
Air Date: 1957-05-12
33. Possession
Air Date: 1957-05-19
34. The Old Ladies
Air Date: 1957-05-26
35. Dear Murderer
Air Date: 1957-06-02
36. Escape To Happiness
Air Date: 1957-06-09
A famous (married) concert pianist falls in love with a young music student.
37. Start from Scratch
Air Date: 1957-06-16
38. It Pays to Advertise
Air Date: 1957-06-30
The son of a rich soap manufacturer gets himself in predicaments trying to prove to his father that he's responsible enough for marriage.
39. The Whiteheaded Boy
Air Date: 1957-07-14
40. While Parents Sleep
Air Date: 1957-07-28
41. Bed, Board and Romance
Air Date: 1957-08-11
42. The Women Have Their Way
Air Date: 1957-08-25
1. Off the Deep End
Air Date: 1957-09-08
2. Now Let Him Go
Air Date: 1957-09-15
A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound that plays throughout.
3. Ghosts
Air Date: 1957-09-22
A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness.
4. Policy for Love
Air Date: 1957-09-29
5. The Pier
Air Date: 1957-10-06
6. Inch from the Heart
Air Date: 1957-10-13
7. Trial By Candlelight
Air Date: 1957-10-20
Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.
8. Ann Veronica
Air Date: 1957-10-28
9. The Last Mile
Air Date: 1957-11-03
Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.
10. The Great City
Air Date: 1957-11-10
11. Man in a Moon
Air Date: 1957-11-17
A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.
12. The Human Touch
Air Date: 1957-11-24
A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, but meets with huge resistance from established medical figures.
13. Sister
Air Date: 1957-12-01
14. The Mortimer Touch
Air Date: 1957-12-08
15. The Dividing Line
Air Date: 1957-12-15
16. Panther 140
Air Date: 1957-12-22
17. The Shining Hour
Air Date: 1960-01-05
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
18. Man in the Corner
Air Date: 1960-01-12
19. The Master Builder
Air Date: 1960-01-19
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
20. Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Air Date: 1960-01-26
21. Night of the Ding-Dong
Air Date: 1960-02-02
22. The Five Dollar Bill
Air Date: 1960-02-09
An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.
23. The Lady of Camellias
Air Date: 1960-02-16
A naive young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.
24. A Gust of Wind
Air Date: 1960-02-23
25. Murder Story
Air Date: 1960-03-02
Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.
26. Vendetta
Air Date: 1960-03-09
27. The One Who Came Back
Air Date: 1960-03-16
An ex-Luftwaffe pilot is sent to work in the English village where he was captured during the war. What will happen if the villagers recognise him?
28. A Man's Woman
Air Date: 1960-03-23
29. The Emperor Jones
Air Date: 1960-03-30
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
30. Miss Olive
Air Date: 1960-04-06
31. Wolf Pack
Air Date: 1960-04-13
32. The Rat Wife
Air Date: 1960-04-20
A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.
33. Fifty Fifty
Air Date: 1960-04-27
34. Breach of Marriage
Air Date: 1960-05-04
35. Hanging Judge
Air Date: 1960-05-11
A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and learns a lesson in humanity.
36. Paid in Full
Air Date: 1960-05-18
The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.
37. Death of Satan
Air Date: 1960-05-25
38. The Widower
Air Date: 1960-06-01
Paris in spring and a lonely widower Paul Marley leaves a pearls necklace at the table of a young woman. She returns them but agrees to take a room in his home unaware that his secretary is her former boyfriend Gilbert.
39. No Flags for Geebang
Air Date: 1960-06-08
In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.
40. Homecoming
Air Date: 1960-06-15
Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.
41. Trial by Candlelight
Air Date: 1960-06-22
In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?
42. The House of Bernarda Alba
Air Date: 1960-06-22
A domineering, reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensue among the other daughters.
43. Wings of the Wind
Air Date: 1960-06-29
44. Noon on Doomsday
Air Date: 1960-07-06
After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.
45. The Sins of Simone
Air Date: 1960-07-13
46. The Woman in Question
Air Date: 1960-07-20
47. The Travelling Lady
Air Date: 1960-08-03
Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.
1. The Pillars of Midnight
Air Date: 1958-09-14
A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.
2. The Web of Lace
Air Date: 1958-09-21
3. The Franchise Affair
Air Date: 1958-09-28
An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.
4. Murder in Slow Motion
Air Date: 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. I Can Destroy the Sun
Air Date: 1958-10-12
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. Time of Your Life
Air Date: 1958-10-19
This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.
7. The Terrorist
Air Date: 1958-10-26
8. The Witching Hour
Air Date: 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. The Greatest Man in the World
Air Date: 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. Please Murder Me
Air Date: 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. The Boy with Meat Axe
Air Date: 1958-11-23
12. Underground
Air Date: 1958-11-30
13. The Report on Jessie Dean
Air Date: 1958-12-07
A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.
14. Dangerous World
Air Date: 1958-12-14
A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.
15. The Deaf Heart
Air Date: 1958-12-21
16. The Criminals
Air Date: 1958-12-28
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. The Sentry
Air Date: 1959-01-04
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. The Break
Air Date: 1959-01-11
19. Soundings
Air Date: 1959-01-18
A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.
20. Love and Money
Air Date: 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. Hot Summer Night
Air Date: 1959-02-01
Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.
22. Ernie Barger Is 50
Air Date: 1959-02-08
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. The Thug
Air Date: 1959-02-15
The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.
24. To Ride a Tiger
Air Date: 1959-02-22
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. The Fabulous Money Maker
Air Date: 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. The Bird, the Bear and the Actress
Air Date: 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. No Gun, No Guilt
Air Date: 1959-03-15
A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.
28. Strange Meeting
Air Date: 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. Star in the Summer Night
Air Date: 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. The Angry Flower
Air Date: 1959-04-05
31. The Trouble with Benny
Air Date: 1959-04-12
32. Parole
Air Date: 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. The Shadow of the Ruthless
Air Date: 1959-04-26
34. Hand in Glove
Air Date: 1959-05-03
35. Till Death Do Us Part
Air Date: 1959-05-10
36. The Big Client
Air Date: 1959-05-17
A satire set in the advertising industry.
37. The Girl on the Beach
Air Date: 1959-05-24
A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.
38. Wedding Day
Air Date: 1959-05-31
39. My Guess Would Be Murder
Air Date: 1959-06-07
40. The Devil's Instrument
Air Date: 1959-06-14
41. The Model Marriage
Air Date: 1959-06-21
42. Guest Appearance
Air Date: 1959-06-28
43. My Lost Saints
Air Date: 1959-07-05
44. If You Loved Me
Air Date: 1959-07-12
45. The Grandma Bandit
Air Date: 1959-07-19
46. A House of His Own
Air Date: 1959-07-26
47. The Garden Party
Air Date: 1959-08-02
48. Lysette
Air Date: 1959-08-09
49. You'll Never See Me Again
Air Date: 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. Black Laughter/Double Exit
Air Date: 1959-08-23
51. Invitation to Murder
Air Date: 1959-08-30
52. Young David
Air Date: 1959-09-06
A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.
1. The Scent of Fear
Air Date: 1959-09-13
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. After the Show
Air Date: 1959-09-20
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. Worm in the Bud
Air Date: 1959-09-27
4. Light from a Star
Air Date: 1959-10-04
5. The Thought of Tomorrow
Air Date: 1959-10-11
6. No Trams to Lime Street
Air Date: 1959-10-18
7. A Trick of the Sun
Air Date: 1959-10-25
8. A Shilling for the Evil Day
Air Date: 1959-11-01
9. Small Fish Are Sweet
Air Date: 1959-11-08
10. The Last of the Brave
Air Date: 1959-11-15
11. Suspicious Mind
Air Date: 1959-11-22
12. The Rebel and the Soldier
Air Date: 1959-11-29
13. Dr Kabil
Air Date: 1959-12-06
14. Roast Goose and Walnut Stuffing
Air Date: 1959-12-13
15. The Golden Horn
Air Date: 1959-12-20
16. The Last Tycoon
Air Date: 1959-12-27
17. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Air Date: 1960-01-03
18. Where I Live
Air Date: 1960-01-10
19. Misfire
Air Date: 1960-01-17
20. Fifth Floor People
Air Date: 1960-01-24
21. Cold Fury
Air Date: 1960-01-31
22. Night Panic
Air Date: 1960-02-07
23. Come in Razor Red
Air Date: 1960-02-14
24. Guardian Angel
Air Date: 1960-02-21
25. Pink String and Sealing Wax
Air Date: 1960-02-28
26. China Doll
Air Date: 1960-03-06
27. Some Talk of Alexander
Air Date: 1960-03-13
28. The Girl in the Market Square
Air Date: 1960-03-20
29. Roman Gesture
Air Date: 1960-03-27
30. After the Funeral
Air Date: 1960-04-03
31. The Leather Jungle
Air Date: 1960-04-10
32. Hold My Hand, Soldier
Air Date: 1960-04-17
33. A Night Out
Air Date: 1960-04-24
34. A Phone Call for Matthew Quade
Air Date: 1960-05-01
35. The Innocent
Air Date: 1960-05-08
36. Nest of Four
Air Date: 1960-05-15
37. On the Spot
Air Date: 1960-05-22
52. Night Stop
Air Date: 1962-05-27
Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.
53. The Irish Boys
Air Date: 1960-06-10
83. A Kind of Kingdom
Air Date: 1963-09-01
1. Big Brain Man
Air Date: 1960-09-11
Much to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.
2. A Heart and a Diamond
Air Date: 1960-09-18
3. Lena, O My Lena
Air Date: 1960-09-25
Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.
4. Pig's Ear with Flowers
Air Date: 1960-10-02
5. Thunder on the Snowy
Air Date: 1960-10-09
6. The Siege at Killyfaddy
Air Date: 1960-10-16
7. I'll Have You to Remember
Air Date: 1960-10-23
A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.
8. My Representative
Air Date: 1960-10-30
Ambition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.
9. The Cake Baker
Air Date: 1960-11-06
10. Hail the Conquering Hero
Air Date: 1960-11-13
11. The Stranger
Air Date: 1960-11-20
12. Mr Nobody
Air Date: 1960-11-27
13. Clip Joint People
Air Date: 1960-12-04
14. The Cupboard
Air Date: 1960-12-11
When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.
15. Rain
Air Date: 1960-12-18
A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.
16. The Great Gold Bullion Robbery
Air Date: 1960-12-25
Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.
17. A Head Full of Crocodiles
Air Date: 1961-01-01
18. Till the Day I Die
Air Date: 1961-01-08
19. The Mystery of Martin Wheeler
Air Date: 1961-01-15
20. The Picture of Dorian Gray
Air Date: 1961-01-22
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
21. Honeymoon Postponed
Air Date: 1961-01-29
Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.
22. A Degree of Murder
Air Date: 1961-02-05
A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.
23. Strangers in the Room
Air Date: 1961-02-12
24. The Money Makers
Air Date: 1961-02-19
25. Tune on an Apron-String
Air Date: 1961-02-26
26. The Big Deal
Air Date: 1961-03-03
Unscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.
27. The Man Out There
Air Date: 1961-03-12
A Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.
28. The Conscientious Gauger
Air Date: 1961-03-26
29. The Way of Love
Air Date: 1961-04-09
30. The Hero
Air Date: 1961-04-23
31. Danger! Men Working
Air Date: 1961-05-21
In Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.
32. No Licence for Singing
Air Date: 1961-05-21
33. Flying High
Air Date: 1961-04-23
34. Man on a Mountain Top
Air Date: 1961-04-30
A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.
35. Duel for Love
Air Date: 1961-05-07
36. The Ship That Couldn't Stop
Air Date: 1961-05-14
A ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.
37. The Truth About Helen
Air Date: 1961-05-21
38. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Air Date: 1961-05-28
The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
39. The Typists
Air Date: 1961-06-04
We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.
40. The Night of the Apes
Air Date: 1961-06-11
After Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.
1. The Omega Mystery
Air Date: 1961-09-10
Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.
2. Looking For Frankie
Air Date: 1961-09-24
3. The Rose Affair
Air Date: 1961-10-08
A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
4. His Polyvinyl Girl
Air Date: 1961-10-22
A department store closes for the night and instead of going home, the staff realize a musical fantasy amongst the store set pieces.
5. Roll On Bloomin' Death
Air Date: 1961-11-05
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.
6. The Trouble With Our Ivy
Air Date: 1961-11-19
A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbour acquires a fast-growing creeper
7. Murder Club
Air Date: 1961-12-03
In the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.
8. Tune On An Old Tax Fiddle
Air Date: 1961-12-17
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.
9. The Rank and File
Air Date: 1961-12-31
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.
10. Night Conspirators
Air Date: 1962-05-06
An elderly man is rescued from Iceland. Why would an elderly man need to escape from Iceland? Unless of course its Adolf Hitler.
11. Girl In A Birdcage
Air Date: 1962-05-13
12. Night Stop
Air Date: 1962-05-27
Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.
13. The Irish Boys
Air Date: 1962-06-10
14. Dumb Martian
Air Date: 1962-06-24
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.
15. The Hard Knock
Air Date: 1962-07-08
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.
16. North City Traffic Straight Ahead
Air Date: 1962-07-22
17. The Fishing Match
Air Date: 1962-08-19
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.
1. Nothing To Pay
Air Date: 1962-09-02
Supporters leave their village for the first time and visit the city to see an away match.
2. The Sin Shifter
Air Date: 1962-09-16
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. Afternoon of a Nymph
Air Date: 1962-09-30
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. Dead Letter
Air Date: 1962-10-14
Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.
5. Always Something Hot
Air Date: 1962-10-28
6. Thank You and Goodnight
Air Date: 1962-11-11
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. The Big Ride
Air Date: 1962-11-25
8. Joker
Air Date: 1962-12-09
9. Hear The Tiger, See The Bay
Air Date: 1962-12-23
10. Blue and White
Air Date: 1963-01-06
11. The Hot Potato Boys
Air Date: 1963-01-20
12. Into The Dark
Air Date: 1963-02-03
13. The Paradise Suite
Air Date: 1963-02-17
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. The Cruel Kind
Air Date: 1963-03-17
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. The Invasion
Air Date: 1963-03-31
Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.
16. Power and Glory
Air Date: 1963-04-14
17. Wagger
Air Date: 1963-04-28
18. Jungle Juice
Air Date: 1963-05-12
19. The Wednesday Caller
Air Date: 1963-05-26
20. The Monkey and the Mohawk
Air Date: 1963-06-09
21. The Pushover
Air Date: 1963-06-23
22. Late Summer
Air Date: 1963-07-07
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. A Little Night Music
Air Date: 1963-07-21
24. The Snag
Air Date: 1963-08-04
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. Living Image
Air Date: 1963-08-18
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.
1. A Kind of Kingdom
Air Date: 1963-09-01
2. The Front Room
Air Date: 1963-09-15
3. Mr. Big
Air Date: 1963-09-29
4. Little Doris
Air Date: 1963-10-13
5. The Chocolate Tree
Air Date: 1963-10-27
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. Long Past Glory
Air Date: 1963-11-17
7. The Higher They Fly
Air Date: 1963-12-01
8. The Swindler
Air Date: 1963-12-15
9. A Way of Living
Air Date: 1963-12-29
10. Sharp at Four
Air Date: 1964-01-12
11. Last Word on Julie
Air Date: 1964-01-26
12. The Pretty English Girls
Air Date: 1964-02-16
13. Realm of Error
Air Date: 1964-03-01
14. Always Ask for the Best
Air Date: 1964-03-15
15. Mug's Game
Air Date: 1964-03-29
16. Prisoner and Escort
Air Date: 1964-04-05
17. Cradle Song
Air Date: 1964-04-12
18. A Nice Little Business
Air Date: 1964-04-26
19. Pleasure Where She Finds It
Air Date: 1964-05-03
20. A Jug of Bread
Air Date: 1964-05-17
21. St. Ernie Leatherbound
Air Date: 1964-05-24
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. That's Where the Town's Going
Air Date: 1964-06-07
23. Exit Joe - Running
Air Date: 1964-06-14
24. A Certain Kind of Silence
Air Date: 1964-06-28
1. The Trial of Doctor Fancy
Air Date: 1964-09-13
2. The Cherry on the Top
Air Date: 1964-09-27
3. Something To Declare
Air Date: 1964-10-04
4. Old Soldiers
Air Date: 1964-10-18
5. They Throw It At You
Air Date: 1964-10-25
6. The Importance of Being Ernest
Air Date: 1964-11-15
7. The Girl in the Picture
Air Date: 1964-11-29
8. Sally
Air Date: 1964-12-06
9. The Hothouse
Air Date: 1964-12-13
Harry H Corbett plays a tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - he's now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.
10. I've Got a System
Air Date: 1965-01-03
11. The Gaming Book
Air Date: 1965-01-10
12. Putty Metal
Air Date: 1965-01-24
13. The Lady with the Albatross
Air Date: 1965-02-14
14. The Vanishing Trick
Air Date: 1965-02-28
15. Keys of the Cafe
Air Date: 1965-03-07
16. I Took My Little World Away
Air Date: 1965-03-14
17. A Fearful Thing
Air Date: 1965-03-15
18. A Voice in the Sky
Air Date: 1965-03-21
19. I Loved You Last Summer
Air Date: 1965-04-04
20. The Man Who Came to Die
Air Date: 1965-04-18
Michael and Jo Richardson are celebrating their wedding anniversary at a secluded country cottage. Jo discovers the body of their friend Edward Fellowes in the bedroom and call Dr Clarkson but find his behaviour very strange.
21. The Incident
Air Date: 1965-04-25
1. The Paraffin Season
Air Date: 1965-12-04
2. The Gong Game
Air Date: 1965-12-11
3. A Cold Peace
Air Date: 1965-12-18
4. The Sweet War Man
Air Date: 1966-01-01
5. Ready for the Glory
Air Date: 1966-01-08
6. Neighbors
Air Date: 1966-01-15
7. The Pity of it All
Air Date: 1966-01-22
8. Man Without a Mortgage
Air Date: 1966-03-19
9. The Battersea Miracle
Air Date: 1966-03-26
Joey, a performer in Bancroft's circus, also keeps his own set of performing fleas. One day a flea speaks to him and persuades him to go public with a microphone. The flea's act is a great success, but not everybody is pleased with its message.
10. The Night Before the Morning After
Air Date: 1966-04-02
11. Don't Utter a Note
Air Date: 1966-04-09
12. Daughter of the House
Air Date: 1966-04-16
13. The Walls Came Tumbling Down
Air Date: 1966-04-23
14. The Match
Air Date: 1966-04-30
15. Pretty Polly
Air Date: 1966-07-23
16. The Wager
Air Date: 1966-07-30
17. The One-Eyed Monster
Air Date: 1966-08-06
18. Great Big Blonde
Air Date: 1966-08-13
19. A Fair Swap
Air Date: 1966-08-20
20. The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson
Air Date: 1966-08-27
21. The Noise Stopped
Air Date: 1966-09-03
22. Dead Silence
Air Date: 1966-09-10
23. Barrett Keller: His Mark
Air Date: 1966-09-17
24. Light the Blue Touch Paper
Air Date: 1966-09-24
25. The Tilted Screen
Air Date: 1966-10-01
26. The Three Barrelled Shotgun
Air Date: 1966-10-08
27. The Long Nightmare
Air Date: 1966-10-15
1. The Floating Population
Air Date: 1967-01-28
2. A Magnum for Schneider
Air Date: 1967-02-04
A pilot episode for Callan.
3. What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty
Air Date: 1967-02-11
4. Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Air Date: 1967-02-18
Two partners in tailoring, one Catholic and the other Jewish, spend the time settling their differences.
5. Easier in the Dark
Air Date: 1967-02-25
6. Reason For Sale
Air Date: 1967-03-04
7. The Happy Sacking
Air Date: 1967-03-11
8. The Exploding Azalea
Air Date: 1967-03-18
9. Any Number Can Play
Air Date: 1967-03-25
10. A World of Time
Air Date: 1967-04-01
11. Call Me Daddy
Air Date: 1967-04-08
12. I Am Osango
Air Date: 1967-04-15
13. Will You Come a Little Closer
Air Date: 1967-04-22
14. England My England
Air Date: 1967-04-29
Happily married Maggie's birthday starts off in the normal way with deliveries of presents and visitors, but by the end of the day her marriage is in trouble.
15. In The Name of the Law
Air Date: 1967-05-06
16. Depart in Terror
Air Date: 1967-05-13
17. The Snares of Death
Air Date: 1967-05-20
When Harold's undertaking business in a small town is not doing well, he hits on an unusual solution to balance the books.
18. Compensation Alice
Air Date: 1967-07-01
19. A Slight Formality
Air Date: 1967-07-08
20. Quite an Ordinary Knife
Air Date: 1967-07-15
21. Another Branch of the Family
Air Date: 1967-07-22
22. Love Life
Air Date: 1967-07-29
23. The Education of Corporal Halliday
Air Date: 1967-08-05
24. Nursery Tale
Air Date: 1967-08-12
25. Marriage and Henry Sunday
Air Date: 1967-08-19
26. The Girl
Air Date: 1967-08-26
27. Split Level
Air Date: 1967-09-02
28. Poor Cherry
Air Date: 1967-09-09
29. Don't Forget the Basics
Air Date: 1967-09-16
30. The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
Air Date: 1967-09-23
1. Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Air Date: 1968-02-03
2. The Wind in a Tall Paper Chimney
Air Date: 1968-02-10
3. The Scallop Shell
Air Date: 1968-02-17
4. A Second Look
Air Date: 1968-02-21
5. The Contract
Air Date: 1968-03-02
6. A Very Fine Line
Air Date: 1968-03-09
7. Unscheduled Stop
Air Date: 1968-03-15
8. Recount
Air Date: 1968-04-18
9. No Easy Walk
Air Date: 1968-05-04
10. The Escape Club
Air Date: 1968-05-11
11. Home Movies
Air Date: 1968-05-18
12. You and Me
Air Date: 1968-05-25
13. The Glove Puppet
Air Date: 1968-06-01
14. The Three Wives of Felix Hull
Air Date: 1968-06-08
15. One Night I Danced with Mr. Dalton
Air Date: 1968-06-13
16. The Ballad of the Artificial Mash
Air Date: 1968-07-27
1. The Frobisher Game
Air Date: 1969-01-06
2. A Foot in the Door
Air Date: 1969-01-13
3. What's a Mother For?
Air Date: 1969-01-20
4. The Manderins
Air Date: 1969-01-27
5. Go On - It'll Do You Good
Air Date: 1969-02-03
6. The Good Son
Air Date: 1969-02-10
Eddie the son that made good in Canada, returns on a trip to see his London Mum, he has been quite happy to contribute to her welfare but discovers she has a young tenant that has been living rent free for several months.
7. The Brophy Story
Air Date: 1969-02-17
8. Edward the Confessor
Air Date: 1969-02-24
Nobody takes Edward seriously causing him to seek attention by regularly visiting the police station to confess to the latest murder. However a new guest at his landlady's house is about to give him all attention he seeks.
9. The Story-Teller
Air Date: 1969-03-03
10. On Vacation
Air Date: 1969-03-10
1. Up Among the Cuckoos
Air Date: 1970-06-08
2. The Others
Air Date: 1970-06-15
3. The World in a Room
Air Date: 1970-06-22
4. The End of the Line
Air Date: 1970-06-29
5. A Young Man in Trouble
Air Date: 1970-07-06
6. The Prime Minister's Daughter
Air Date: 1970-07-13
7. A Room in Town
Air Date: 1970-09-15
8. Warm Feet, Warm Heart
Air Date: 1970-09-22
9. The Second Interview
Air Date: 1970-09-29
10. The Company Man
Air Date: 1970-10-06
11. Poor Mother
Air Date: 1970-10-13
12. Mrs Davenport
Air Date: 1970-10-20
13. Say Goodnight to Your Grandma
Air Date: 1970-10-27
14. The Dolly Scene
Air Date: 1970-11-03
15. Wednesday's Child
Air Date: 1970-11-10
16. Still Life
Air Date: 1970-11-17
1. Ireland, Mother Ireland
Air Date: 1971-08-03
2. The Bargain Hunters
Air Date: 1971-08-10
3. Office Party
Air Date: 1971-08-17
4. The Loving Lessons
Air Date: 1971-08-31
5. Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee
Air Date: 1971-09-07
6. Detective Waiting
Air Date: 1971-09-14
7. The Girl on the M1
Air Date: 1971-09-21
8. Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?
Air Date: 1971-09-29
9. Competition
Air Date: 1971-10-05
10. Man Charged
Air Date: 1971-10-12
11. Father's Help
Air Date: 1971-10-19
1. The Left Overs
Air Date: 1972-08-22
2. Whatever Became of Me
Air Date: 1972-08-29
3. A Touch of the Victorians
Air Date: 1972-09-05
4. High Summer
Air Date: 1972-09-12
5. Franklin's Farm
Air Date: 1972-09-19
6. A Fluid Arrangement
Air Date: 1972-09-26
7. On Call
Air Date: 1972-10-03
8. The Creditors
Air Date: 1972-10-10
9. The Breaking of Colonel Keyser
Air Date: 1972-10-17
10. Anywhere But England, Old Boy
Air Date: 1972-10-31
11. The Folk Singer
Air Date: 1972-11-07
12. The Stumbling Block
Air Date: 1972-12-11
1. The Death of Glory
Air Date: 1973-09-11
2. Beyond Our Means
Air Date: 1973-09-18
3. A Bit of a Lift
Air Date: 1973-09-25
4. Brussel Sprouts-Boy Scouts
Air Date: 1973-10-02
5. Red Riding Hood
Air Date: 1973-10-09
6. The Square of Three
Air Date: 1973-10-16
7. Verite
Air Date: 1973-10-23
8. The Golden Road
Air Date: 1973-10-30
9. Russian Roulette
Air Date: 1973-11-06
10. That Sinking Feeling
Air Date: 1973-11-13
1. If You Could See What I Can See
Air Date: 1974-05-15
2. Amy, Wonderful Amy
Air Date: 1974-05-22
3. The Virgins
Air Date: 1974-06-24
4. According to the Rules
Air Date: 1974-09-03
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Rating
5.8/10
Release Date
1956-07-08
Episodes
444 (18 seasons)
Status
Ended