Highlights
Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre - Season 8 (1963)

Audience Score
58

Season 8 Episodes

1. A Kind of Kingdom

September 1st, 1963

2. The Front Room

September 15th, 1963

A marriage is threatened by a wife's obsession with cleaning.

3. Mr. Big

September 29th, 1963

Mr. Bigelow is a dwarf who works for a carnival. Each night after the customers have gone, he visits the Mirror Maze, where he stands before one mirror in particular, one that magnifies his image many, many times.

4. Little Doris

October 13th, 1963

5. The Chocolate Tree

October 27th, 1963

As independence for Africa draws near, a wealthy British trading family welcomes a future president of one country into their home, in an uneasy conversation that is tinged by condescension and racism, grudges and militant anger.

6. Long Past Glory

November 17th, 1963

Two aging, shabby men inhabit a decaying sewer pumping station. They live by stealing things, including beds, a piano and a gramophone.They're joined by a younger man who disrupts their dreary small talk with angry, upsetting arguments.

7. The Higher They Fly

December 1st, 1963

Test pilot Fleming's jet develops an undercarriage problem on a passenger flight, necessitating in-flight repairs -- and Fleming is on the ground.

8. The Swindler

December 15th, 1963

Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.

9. A Way of Living

December 29th, 1963

10. Sharp at Four

January 12th, 1964

Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.

11. Last Word on Julie

January 26th, 1964

Beautiful 23-year-old Julie Lister has left home to enjoy the single life. Reckless with money her love life is a disaster but when friends and family receive letters they fear she may have committed suicide.

12. The Pretty English Girls

February 16th, 1964

13. Realm of Error

March 1st, 1964

14. Always Ask for the Best

March 15th, 1964

An eternal triangle develops amongst shop keepers in shopping parade when an attractive young woman moves in.

15. Mug's Game

March 29th, 1964

16. Prisoner and Escort

April 5th, 1964

17. Cradle Song

April 12th, 1964

18. A Nice Little Business

April 26th, 1964

19. Pleasure Where She Finds It

May 3rd, 1964

20. A Jug of Bread

May 17th, 1964

21. St. Ernie Leatherbound

May 24th, 1964

A reformed alcoholic businessman wants to prove that his newfound religion works by letting an alcoholic tramp stay in his house and be subject to his preaching. He ignores the protests of his wife and son.

22. That's Where the Town's Going

June 7th, 1964

23. Exit Joe - Running

June 14th, 1964

24. A Certain Kind of Silence

June 28th, 1964

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