Highlights
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre - Season 5 (1960)

Audience Score
58

Season 5 Episodes

1. Big Brain Man

September 11th, 1960

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

September 18th, 1960

3. Lena, O My Lena

September 25th, 1960

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

October 2nd, 1960

5. Thunder on the Snowy

October 9th, 1960

6. The Siege at Killyfaddy

October 16th, 1960

7. I'll Have You to Remember

October 23rd, 1960

A retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.

8. My Representative

October 30th, 1960

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

November 6th, 1960

10. Hail the Conquering Hero

November 13th, 1960

11. The Stranger

November 20th, 1960

12. Mr Nobody

November 27th, 1960

13. Clip Joint People

December 4th, 1960

14. The Cupboard

December 11th, 1960

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

December 18th, 1960

A prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.

16. The Great Gold Bullion Robbery

December 25th, 1960

Robbery from a moving train? Impossible.

17. A Head Full of Crocodiles

January 1st, 1961

18. Till the Day I Die

January 8th, 1961

19. The Mystery of Martin Wheeler

January 15th, 1961

20. The Picture of Dorian Gray

January 22nd, 1961

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

21. Honeymoon Postponed

January 29th, 1961

Lancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.

22. A Degree of Murder

February 5th, 1961

A man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.

23. Strangers in the Room

February 12th, 1961

24. The Money Makers

February 19th, 1961

25. Tune on an Apron-String

February 26th, 1961

26. The Big Deal

March 3rd, 1961

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

March 12th, 1961

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

March 26th, 1961

29. The Way of Love

April 9th, 1961

30. The Hero

April 23rd, 1961

31. Danger! Men Working

May 21st, 1961

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

May 21st, 1961

33. Flying High

April 23rd, 1961

34. Man on a Mountain Top

April 30th, 1961

A writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.

35. Duel for Love

May 7th, 1961

36. The Ship That Couldn't Stop

May 14th, 1961

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

May 21st, 1961

38. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

May 28th, 1961

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

June 4th, 1961

We see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.

40. The Night of the Apes

June 11th, 1961

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.

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