Highlights
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre - Season 3 (1958)

Audience Score
58

Season 3 Episodes

1. The Pillars of Midnight

September 14th, 1958

A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

2. The Web of Lace

September 21st, 1958

3. The Franchise Affair

September 28th, 1958

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

4. Murder in Slow Motion

October 5th, 1958

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

October 12th, 19581 hr

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

October 19th, 1958

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

7. The Terrorist

October 26th, 1958

8. The Witching Hour

November 2nd, 1958

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

November 9th, 1958

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

November 16th, 1958

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

November 23rd, 19581 hr

12. Underground

November 30th, 1958

13. The Report on Jessie Dean

December 7th, 19581 hr

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

14. Dangerous World

December 14th, 19581 hr

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

15. The Deaf Heart

December 21st, 19581 hr

16. The Criminals

December 28th, 19581 hr

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

January 4th, 19591 hr

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

January 11th, 19591 hr

19. Soundings

January 18th, 19591 hr

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

January 25th, 1959

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

February 1st, 19591 hr

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

February 8th, 19591 hr

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

February 15th, 19591 hr

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

February 22nd, 19591 hr

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

March 1st, 1959

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

March 8th, 1959

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

March 15th, 1959

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

28. Strange Meeting

March 22nd, 1959

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

March 29th, 1959

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

April 5th, 1959

31. The Trouble with Benny

April 12th, 1959

32. Parole

April 19th, 1959

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

April 26th, 1959

34. Hand in Glove

May 3rd, 1959

35. Till Death Do Us Part

May 10th, 1959

36. The Big Client

May 17th, 1959

A satire set in the advertising industry.

37. The Girl on the Beach

May 24th, 1959

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

38. Wedding Day

May 31st, 1959

39. My Guess Would Be Murder

June 7th, 1959

40. The Devil's Instrument

June 14th, 1959

41. The Model Marriage

June 21st, 1959

42. Guest Appearance

June 28th, 1959

43. My Lost Saints

July 5th, 1959

44. If You Loved Me

July 12th, 1959

45. The Grandma Bandit

July 19th, 1959

46. A House of His Own

July 26th, 1959

47. The Garden Party

August 2nd, 1959

48. Lysette

August 9th, 1959

49. You'll Never See Me Again

August 16th, 1959

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

August 23rd, 1959

51. Invitation to Murder

August 30th, 1959

52. Young David

September 6th, 1959

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

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