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Armchair Theatre Season 2

Ended 1956–1974
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Season 2 Episodes

47 episodes
1
Off the Deep End
Sep 8, 1957
2
Now Let Him Go
Sep 15, 1957
A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound that plays throughout.
3
Ghosts
Sep 22, 1957
A young student idealizes the lives of the inhabitants of a stylish apartment building in Stockholm only to find that it is a nest of betrayal and sickness.
4
Policy for Love
Sep 29, 1957
5
The Pier
Oct 6, 1957
6
Inch from the Heart
Oct 13, 1957
7
Trial By Candlelight
Oct 20, 1957
Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.
8
Ann Veronica
Oct 28, 1957
9
The Last Mile
Nov 3, 1957
Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.
10
The Great City
Nov 10, 1957
11
Man in a Moon
Nov 17, 1957
A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.
12
The Human Touch
Nov 24, 1957
A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, but meets with huge resistance from established medical figures.
13
Sister
Dec 1, 1957
14
The Mortimer Touch
Dec 8, 1957
15
The Dividing Line
Dec 15, 1957
16
Panther 140
Dec 22, 1957
17
The Shining Hour
Jan 5, 1960
A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.
18
Man in the Corner
Jan 12, 1960
19
The Master Builder
Jan 19, 1960
A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying his wife, employees and mistresses wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.
20
Tragedy in a Temporary Town
Jan 26, 1960
21
Night of the Ding-Dong
Feb 2, 1960
22
The Five Dollar Bill
Feb 9, 1960
An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.
23
The Lady of Camellias
Feb 16, 1960
A naive young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.
24
A Gust of Wind
Feb 23, 1960
25
Murder Story
Mar 2, 1960
Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.
26
Vendetta
Mar 9, 1960
27
The One Who Came Back
Mar 16, 1960
An ex-Luftwaffe pilot is sent to work in the English village where he was captured during the war. What will happen if the villagers recognise him?
28
A Man's Woman
Mar 23, 1960
29
The Emperor Jones
Mar 30, 1960
Unscrupulously ambitious Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and through bluff and bravado finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
30
Miss Olive
Apr 6, 1960
31
Wolf Pack
Apr 13, 1960
32
The Rat Wife
Apr 20, 1960
A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.
33
Fifty Fifty
Apr 27, 1960
34
Breach of Marriage
May 4, 1960
35
Hanging Judge
May 11, 1960
A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and learns a lesson in humanity.
36
Paid in Full
May 18, 1960
The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.
37
Death of Satan
May 25, 1960
38
The Widower
Jun 1, 1960
Paris in spring and a lonely widower Paul Marley leaves a pearls necklace at the table of a young woman. She returns them but agrees to take a room in his home unaware that his secretary is her former boyfriend Gilbert.
39
No Flags for Geebang
Jun 8, 1960
In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.
40
Homecoming
Jun 15, 1960
Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.
41
Trial by Candlelight
Jun 22, 1960
In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?
42
The House of Bernarda Alba
Jun 22, 1960
A domineering, reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensue among the other daughters.
43
Wings of the Wind
Jun 29, 1960
44
Noon on Doomsday
Jul 6, 1960
After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.
45
The Sins of Simone
Jul 13, 1960
46
The Woman in Question
Jul 20, 1960
47
The Travelling Lady
Aug 3, 1960
Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.