Armchair Theatre Season 6 Episodes

Episode 1

The Paraffin Season

Episode 2

The Gong Game

Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big trouble.

Episode 3

A Cold Peace

90 mins

Episode 4

The Sweet War Man

Episode 5

Ready for Glory

A marriage bureau pairs a three times married, alcoholic titled lady with an able seaman from the navy. On visiting her villa he finds it also occupied by an eccentric ex-husband, a daughter and another man she calls her 'companion'

Episode 6

Neighbours

The Robinson's like to see themselves as liberals. So when their new black neighbours the Kingsbury's move into their apartment block they are invited for drinks but things don't quite go as they imagined it would.

Episode 7

The Pity of It All

Young miner's widow Nancy Harper works in a sweet shop to support her little daughter, who is killed when accidentally struck by the car driven by Walter Daymer. Nancy drifts into an affair with Walter, not suspecting that he is already married.

Episode 8

Man Without a Mortgage

Episode 9

The Battersea Miracle

Joey, a performer in Bancroft's circus, also keeps his own set of performing fleas. One day a flea speaks to him and persuades him to go public with a microphone. The flea's act is a great success, but not everybody is pleased with its message.

Episode 10

The Night Before the Morning After

The night before the wedding, the Bride-to-be can't stop worrying about foolish doubts about her future husband, keeping her parents up all night. Meanwhile, the Groom is having second thoughts as his flatmate and a party girl distract him.

Episode 11

Don't Utter a Note

Two well meaning spinsters plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back when they unexpectedly come into possession of a substantial amount of money.

Episode 12

Daughter of the House

Episode 13

The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Episode 14

The Match

Episode 15

Pretty Polly

A girl's Cinderella existence crashes to an abrupt end when her wealthy, cantankerous aunt dies on a cruise ship.

Episode 16

The Wager

During a general election a politician impedes his performance because he has placed a bet against himself winning.

Episode 17

The One Eyed Monster

Episode 18

Great Big Blonde

A barmaid returns home to Dublin, to find things are not quite what she expected to be.

Episode 19

A Fair Swap

Peter Baynes's business is doing well until he has a visitor from his past.

Episode 20

The Signal Box of Grandpa Hudson

Wendy is reluctant to take her new boyfriend home, as there are certain aspects of her family that she is embarrassed about.

Episode 21

The Noise Stopped

A man is facing a crisis with his neurotic wife, dropout son and bullying, oily boss, who he must suffer while facing office personnel cutbacks. When his job and wife slip away,he finds some redemption in his son's plans for a new life.

Episode 22

Dead Silence

A Chief Inspector of Police is behaving rather erratically during a murder investigation.

Episode 23

Barrett Keller: His Mark

Episode 24

Light the Blue Touch Paper

June Elliott is happily married with a small baby but when an old friend from college, Dennis Sage, asks for a reference she is visited and interrogated her about her past. June begins to put things together and fears Sage in a spy.

Episode 25

The Tilted Screen

The girls in his native Australia regard Morrie as a joke, but on a trip abroad he finds there is much more to life than his home town.

Episode 26

The Three Barrelled Shotgun

A grieving widow returns home from a holiday, to find her flat occupied by an amiable young man.

Episode 27

The Long Nightmare

A chance meeting enables Arthur to confront his past.