Highlights
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre - Season 6 (1961)

Audience Score
58

Season 6 Episodes

1. The Omega Mystery

September 10th, 19611 hr

Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.

2. Looking For Frankie

September 24th, 1961

3. The Rose Affair

October 8th, 1961

A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.

4. His Polyvinyl Girl

October 22nd, 1961

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

November 5th, 1961

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

November 19th, 1961

A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbour acquires a fast-growing creeper

7. Murder Club

December 3rd, 1961

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

December 17th, 1961

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

December 31st, 1961

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

May 6th, 1962

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

May 13th, 1962

12. Night Stop

May 27th, 1962

Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.

13. The Irish Boys

June 10th, 1962

14. Dumb Martian

June 24th, 1962

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

July 8th, 1962

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

July 22nd, 1962

17. The Fishing Match

August 19th, 1962

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.

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