Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956 · 18 seasons · 444 eps · ★ 6.0 · Drama

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Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Created by Sydney Newman

Network: ITV1

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Fighting NorwayFighting Norway · 1943
Fighting Norway
10.01943
MovieWarDocumentary
During World War II Norwegian patriots struck at Germany from the rear, linking Canada, the United States and Britain with Soviet Russia. Norwegian resources around the world were mobilized, and at Canadian training stations Norwegian airmen forged a lasting friendship between the two countries. Includes footage from the British film All for Norway.
Afternoon of a NymphAfternoon of a Nymph · 1962
Afternoon of a Nymph
10.01962
MovieTV MovieDrama
An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and maybe stardom. However while she is there, she realizes there is a price to pay...
Flight Into DangerFlight Into Danger · 1956
Flight Into Danger
10.01956
MovieDrama
When the pilot and co-pilot of a commercial flight become ill from food poisoning, a passenger who once flew in WW2 must take the controls and try to safely land the aircraft.
Summer Is for KidsSummer Is for Kids · 1949
Summer Is for Kids
10.01949
MovieComedy
A child spends two weeks in a summer camp at Muskoka, Ontario. This short film presents a delightful portrait of a young boy's sojourn at summer camp. In idyllic mid-century fashion, two weeks at a Muskoka summer camp are presented as a welcome respite from the congestion of an urban area. From the preliminary scramble for the upper bunk in the cabin to exploring in the woods, cooking food over a fire, and—most exciting of all—passing the beginner's swimming test, Roger's camp adventures are full of joy, camaraderie, and learning.
Hot Summer NightHot Summer Night · 1959
Hot Summer Night
9.01959
MovieDramaRomance
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.
Doctor Who: OriginsDoctor Who: Origins · 2006
Doctor Who: Origins
8.52006
MovieDocumentary
A 55-minute documentary, detailing the creation of Doctor Who, including a rare interview with creator Sydney Newman, and new interviews with producer Verity Lambert, directors Waris Hussein and Richard Martin, actors William Russell and Carole Ann Ford, title sequence designer Bernard Lodge, and TARDIS sound effect creator Brian Hodgson
Creation of the DaleksCreation of the Daleks · 2006
Creation of the Daleks
8.02006
MovieDocumentary
The cast and crew's memories of the creation of the Daleks and the making of The Daleks.
Innes Lloyd: The ProducerInnes Lloyd: The Producer · 2025
Innes Lloyd: The Producer
8.02025
MovieDocumentary
A look at the life and work of television producer Innes Lloyd
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River SongDoctor Who: The Husbands of River Song · 2015
Doctor Who: The Husbands of River Song
8.02015
MovieDramaScience Fiction
It’s Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor for help, he finds himself recruited into River Song’s squad and hurled into a fast and frantic chase across the galaxy. King Hydroflax is furious, and his giant Robot bodyguard is out-of-control and coming for them all! Will Nardole survive? And when will River Song work out who the Doctor is? All will be revealed on a starliner full of galactic super-villains and a destination the Doctor has been avoiding for a very long time.
Doctor WhoDoctor Who · 1963
Doctor Who
7.91963
SeriesDrama
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
The AvengersThe Avengers · 1961
The Avengers
7.81961
SeriesCrime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
Doctor WhoDoctor Who · 2005
Doctor Who
7.62005
SeriesDrama
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's very, very good at it.
Adam Adamant Lives!Adam Adamant Lives! · 1966
Adam Adamant Lives!
7.51966
SeriesDramaComedy
Adam Adamant Lives! is a British television series which ran from 1966 to 1967 on the BBC, starring Gerald Harper in the title role. Proposing that an adventurer born in 1867 had been revived from hibernation in 1966, the show was a comedy adventure that took a satirical look at life in the 1960s through the eyes of an Edwardian.
Pathfinders to MarsPathfinders to Mars · 1960
Pathfinders to Mars
7.51960
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyFamily
A secondary mission in a new rocket, MR4, to the Moon takes off from Buchan Island. This time Henderson takes the lead role as pilot accompanied by Professor Wedgwood's oldest son Geoff as radio operator, Professor Mary Meadows, Henderson's niece Margret along with Hamlet. However one of the crew turns out to be science writer named Harcourt Brown who has plans to divert the ship to Mars determined there is life on the planet. Brown succeeds in getting MR4 to Mars, but with the length of the journey, the crew decide that the only way to get home is to find water on Mars.
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the WardrobeDoctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe · 2011
Doctor Who: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
7.02011
MovieScience FictionDrama
It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish.
Tea PartyTea Party · 1965
Tea Party
7.01965
MovieDramaTV Movie
Mysteries abound. What is going on between the wife and her brother? Are they indeed brother and sister? Sisson has his doubts about that … . Why does Sisson feel that there must be something wrong with his eyes, although he knows that he can see clearly and his eye doctor has assured him that his vision is perfect? He forces his secretary to tie a chiffon scarf over his eyes, and then he is able to make a pass at her, in response to one of her many come-ons. Ordinary events assume a sinister tinge. Sisson's two sons, giving him the deadpan treatment that little boys have been inflicting on their elders from time immemorial, seem as eerie as characters out of a ghost story. Always the questions remain. Is there a conspiracy against Sisson. Wikipedia

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