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Armchair Theatre

Season 2 1957 - 1958

  • 1957-09-07T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 1d 16h 30m (45 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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. Its franchise successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.

45 episodes

Season Premiere

1957-09-07T23:00:00Z

2x01 Off The Deep End

Season Premiere

2x01 Off The Deep End

  • 1957-09-07T23:00:00Z1h

1957-09-14T23:00:00Z

2x02 Now Let Him Go

2x02 Now Let Him Go

  • 1957-09-14T23:00:00Z1h

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 which plays throughout.

1957-09-21T23:00:00Z

2x03 Ghosts

2x03 Ghosts

  • 1957-09-21T23:00:00Z1h

1957-09-28T23:00:00Z

2x04 Policy for Love

2x04 Policy for Love

  • 1957-09-28T23:00:00Z1h

1957-10-05T23:00:00Z

2x05 The Pier

2x05 The Pier

  • 1957-10-05T23:00:00Z1h

1957-10-13T00:00:00Z

2x06 Inch from the Heart

2x06 Inch from the Heart

  • 1957-10-13T00:00:00Z1h

1957-10-27T00:00:00Z

2x07 Ann Veronica

2x07 Ann Veronica

  • 1957-10-27T00:00:00Z1h

Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.

1957-11-03T00:00:00Z

2x08 The Last Mile

2x08 The Last Mile

  • 1957-11-03T00:00:00Z1h

Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.

1957-11-10T00:00:00Z

2x09 The Great City

2x09 The Great City

  • 1957-11-10T00:00:00Z1h

1957-11-17T00:00:00Z

2x10 Man in a Moon

2x10 Man in a Moon

  • 1957-11-17T00:00:00Z1h

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?.

1957-11-24T00:00:00Z

2x11 The Human Touch

2x11 The Human Touch

  • 1957-11-24T00:00:00Z1h

1957-12-01T00:00:00Z

2x12 Sister

2x12 Sister

  • 1957-12-01T00:00:00Z1h

1957-12-08T00:00:00Z

2x13 The Mortimer Touch

2x13 The Mortimer Touch

  • 1957-12-08T00:00:00Z1h

1957-12-15T00:00:00Z

2x14 The Dividing Line

2x14 The Dividing Line

  • 1957-12-15T00:00:00Z1h

1957-12-22T00:00:00Z

2x15 Panther 140

2x15 Panther 140

  • 1957-12-22T00:00:00Z50m

1958-01-05T00:00:00Z

2x16 The Shining Hour

2x16 The Shining Hour

  • 1958-01-05T00:00:00Z50m

1958-01-12T00:00:00Z

2x17 Man in the Corner

2x17 Man in the Corner

  • 1958-01-12T00:00:00Z50m

1958-01-19T00:00:00Z

2x18 The Master Builder

2x18 The Master Builder

  • 1958-01-19T00:00:00Z1h

2x19 Tragedy in a Temporary Town

  • 1958-01-26T00:00:00Z50m

1958-02-02T00:00:00Z

2x20 Night of the Ding-Dong

2x20 Night of the Ding-Dong

  • 1958-02-02T00:00:00Z50m

1958-02-09T00:00:00Z

2x21 The Five Dollar Bill

2x21 The Five Dollar Bill

  • 1958-02-09T00:00:00Z50m

An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.

1958-02-16T00:00:00Z

2x23 The Lady of Camellias

2x23 The Lady of Camellias

  • 1958-02-16T00:00:00Z50m

A naïve young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.

1958-03-02T00:00:00Z

2x25 Murder Story

2x25 Murder Story

  • 1958-03-02T00:00:00Z50m

Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.

1958-03-09T00:00:00Z

2x26 Vendetta

2x26 Vendetta

  • 1958-03-09T00:00:00Z50m

1958-03-16T00:00:00Z

2x27 The One Who Came Back

2x27 The One Who Came Back

  • 1958-03-16T00:00:00Z50m

1958-03-23T00:00:00Z

2x28 A Man's Woman

2x28 A Man's Woman

  • 1958-03-23T00:00:00Z1h

1958-03-30T00:00:00Z

2x29 The Emperor Jones

2x29 The Emperor Jones

  • 1958-03-30T00:00:00Z50m

A murderer escapes from prison to a Caribbean island, where he makes himself the 'Emperor' of the natives.

1958-04-06T00:00:00Z

2x30 Miss Olive

2x30 Miss Olive

  • 1958-04-06T00:00:00Z50m

1958-04-13T00:00:00Z

2x31 Wolf Pack

2x31 Wolf Pack

  • 1958-04-13T00:00:00Z50m

1958-04-20T00:00:00Z

2x32 The Rat Wife

2x32 The Rat Wife

  • 1958-04-20T00:00:00Z50m

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.

1958-04-26T23:00:00Z

2x33 Fifty Fifty

2x33 Fifty Fifty

  • 1958-04-26T23:00:00Z50m

1958-05-03T23:00:00Z

2x34 Breach of Marriage

2x34 Breach of Marriage

  • 1958-05-03T23:00:00Z50m

1958-05-10T23:00:00Z

2x35 Hanging Judge

2x35 Hanging Judge

  • 1958-05-10T23:00:00Z50m

A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case, and learns a lesson in humanity.

1958-05-17T23:00:00Z

2x36 Paid in Full

2x36 Paid in Full

  • 1958-05-17T23:00:00Z50m

The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.

1958-05-24T23:00:00Z

2x37 Death of Satan

2x37 Death of Satan

  • 1958-05-24T23:00:00Z50m

1958-05-31T23:00:00Z

2x38 The Widower

2x38 The Widower

  • 1958-05-31T23:00:00Z1h

1958-06-07T23:00:00Z

2x39 No Flags for Geebang

2x39 No Flags for Geebang

  • 1958-06-07T23:00:00Z50m

In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.

1958-06-14T23:00:00Z

2x40 Homecoming

2x40 Homecoming

  • 1958-06-14T23:00:00Z1h

Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.

1958-06-21T23:00:00Z

2x41 Trial by Candlelight

2x41 Trial by Candlelight

  • 1958-06-21T23:00:00Z50m

In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?

2x42 The House of Bernarda Alba

  • 1958-06-21T23:00:00Z50m

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 ensues among the other daughters.

1958-06-28T23:00:00Z

2x43 Wings of the Wind

2x43 Wings of the Wind

  • 1958-06-28T23:00:00Z50m

1958-07-05T23:00:00Z

2x44 Noon on Doomsday

2x44 Noon on Doomsday

  • 1958-07-05T23:00:00Z50m

After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.

1958-07-12T23:00:00Z

2x45 The Sins of Simone

2x45 The Sins of Simone

  • 1958-07-12T23:00:00Z50m

1958-07-19T23:00:00Z

2x46 The Woman in Question

2x46 The Woman in Question

  • 1958-07-19T23:00:00Z50m

Season Finale

1958-08-02T23:00:00Z

2x47 The Travelling Lady

Season Finale

2x47 The Travelling Lady

  • 1958-08-02T23:00:00Z50m

Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.

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