Highlights
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre - Season 17 (1973)

Audience Score
58

Season 17 Episodes

1. The Death of Glory

September 11th, 19731 hr

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.

2. Beyond Our Means

September 18th, 19731 hr

A couple invite an old school friend for a reunion dinner, it is during the conversation (with the friend now an eminent surgeon) the couple come to the stark realization that their son is showing symptoms of a looming brain tumour.

3. A Bit of a Lift

September 25th, 19731 hr

A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

4. Brussel Sprouts-Boy Scouts

October 2nd, 19731 hr

Two scout patrols from London's East End, meet up on a holiday in Kent and find it was not what they were expecting at all.

5. Red Riding Hood

October 9th, 19731 hr

A repressed junior librarian, frustrated with looking after her sick father, finds herself drawn into a dangerous relationship with the man who might have murdered her mean-spirited grandmother.

6. The Square of Three

October 16th, 19731 hr

An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.

7. Verite

October 23rd, 19731 hr

An affluent, happy and conventionally married couple have their preconceptions about life questioned by their guest (an underground American film maker) as they get more and more involved in his latest project.

8. The Golden Road

October 30th, 19731 hr

A housewife, at first reluctant to have a girl lodger, finds the girl disturbs the home in a totally unexpected way.

9. Russian Roulette

November 6th, 19731 hr

It's 1865, Fiodor in St, Petersburg is reluctantly supporting his dead wife's family, when he meets new love in the form of Anna and a new life beckons escaping away and traveling Europe.

10. That Sinking Feeling

November 13th, 19731 hr

At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.

All Seasons

Season 18
May 15, 1974
Season 17
Sep 11, 1973
Season 16
Aug 22, 1972
Season 15
Aug 3, 1971
Season 14
Jun 8, 1970
Season 13
Jan 6, 1969
Season 12
Feb 3, 1968
Season 11
Jan 28, 1967
Season 10
Dec 4, 1965
Season 9
Sep 13, 1964
Season 8
Sep 1, 1963
Season 7
Sep 2, 1962
Season 6
Sep 10, 1961
Season 5
Sep 11, 1960
Season 4
Sep 13, 1959
Season 3
Sep 14, 1958
Season 2
Sep 8, 1957
Season 1
Jul 8, 1956