Armchair TheatreSeason 51960 · 40 episodesEpisodes1Big Brain ManMuch to the delight of fellow tenants, a tenant becomes the landlord. Their delight is short lived when he starts behaving just like the previous landlord.2A Heart and a Diamond3Lena, O My LenaTom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He becomes smitten with a girl named Lena who works in the machine shop next door, and despite a bullying driver who claims her for herself, he manages to take her out on a date.4Pig's Ear with Flowers5Thunder on the Snowy6The Siege at Killyfaddy7I'll Have You to RememberA retired couple with many unresolved old scores to settle, argue and bicker while their world decays around them.8My RepresentativeAmbition takes hold of fashion-house salesman Ronnie Page as he forgets those closest to him in his desire for a successful career.9The Cake Baker10Hail the Conquering Hero11The Stranger12Mr Nobody13Clip Joint People14The CupboardWhen Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.15RainA prostitute finds redemption in Pago Pago thanks to a hard missionary man.16The Great Gold Bullion RobberyRobbery from a moving train? Impossible.17A Head Full of Crocodiles18Till the Day I Die19The Mystery of Martin Wheeler20The Picture of Dorian GrayA corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.21Honeymoon PostponedLancashire newlyweds Violet and Arthur Fitton are forced to postpone their honeymoon and move in temporarily with his parents.22A Degree of MurderA man and his wife plan to murder his eccentric wealthy sister.23Strangers in the Room24The Money Makers25Tune on an Apron-String26The Big DealUnscrupulous business Sir Pierson Cale is determined to win the contract to build a power station. He sees John Hamilton as someone who can get the job done but he wants him to bid half a million less than his nearest competitor.27The Man Out ThereA Russian astronaut trapped in space in a faulty rocket, has five hours to live when his radio makes contact with Marie, a hunter's wife also trapped, in a blizzard swept area of Canada. Her daughter is dying of diphtheria, he as a doctor can help her.28The Conscientious Gauger29The Way of Love30The Hero31Danger! Men WorkingIn Ulster, Major Trumbull is put in charge of overseeing the completion of a hospital on time. As the pressure increases, he replaces well-liked foreman Desmond Doherty with brash Scanling, which angers the men.32No Licence for Singing33Flying High34Man on a Mountain TopA writer who lives in carefully-protected seclusion does not welcome a young woman's intrusion into his life.35Duel for Love36The Ship That Couldn't StopA ship powered by a nuclear reactor, is heading for the port of New York and is unable to slow down.37The Truth About Helen38The Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzThe younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.39The TypistsWe see two typists aging as they spend 40 years together in the same office.40The Night of the ApesAfter Clive is dishonourably discharged from the army for failing to shoot an unarmed terrorist, he finds his return to his hometown no easy matter.Season 1Season 2Season 3Season 4Season 6Season 7Season 8Season 9Season 10Season 11Season 12Season 13Season 14Season 15Season 16Season 17Season 18
