Armchair Theatre Season 5 Episodes

Episode 1

The Trial of Dr. Fancy

60 mins

A Harley Street doctor is charged following the death of a patient. The court case exposes a series of bizarre operations.

Episode 2

The Cherry on the Top

University educated Audrey Inskip is tired of life in the RAF and particularly the constant attention of her senior office. During an afternoon in a pub she become intrigued by Bill Hemmings, a failed salesman who supplies toppings.

Episode 3

Something to Declare

Episode 4

Old Soldiers

Episode 5

They Throw It at You

Episode 6

The Importance of Being Earnest

90 mins

In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

Episode 7

The Girl in the Picture

Episode 8

Sally

Charles Drummond thought he had it made, with an understanding wife and a talented artistic mistress.But when he asked his mistress to paint his mother he had not taken into account the sisterhood, and discovers his habits and foibles provide extensive conversation and much merriment amongst the women.

Episode 9

The Hothouse

Harry H Corbett plays a tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - he's now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.

Episode 10

Episode #5.10

Episode 11

I've Got a System

Episode 12

The Gaming Book

As an experiment, an army junior officer is allowed to join a club of high ranking aristocrat officers. He quickly finds himself out of his depth and humiliated.

Episode 13

The Lady with the Albatross

Episode 14

Putty Medal

60 mins

Episode 15

The Keys of the Cafe

60 mins

The romantic entanglements of a hairdresser, a driving instructor and a wife.

Episode 16

I Took My Little World Away

Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.

Episode 17

A Voice in the Sky

60 mins

After a calamitous space trip, an astronaut returns to Earth to say that he has spoken to God and God wants the world destroyed by a secret organization with nuclear weapons.

Episode 18

I Loved You Last Summer

A spoof on Dumas's 'The Three Musketeers' as three Irish labourers take on Birmingham.

Episode 19

The Man Who Came to Die

Michael and Jo Richardson are celebrating their wedding anniversary at a secluded country cottage. Jo discovers the body of their friend Edward Fellowes in the bedroom and calls Dr Clarkeson, but finds his behaviour very strange.

Episode 20

The Incident