Armchair Theatre

Season 2

September 8, 1957 (69 years ago)

47 episodes

No overview available.

Key Crew

Director

George More O'Ferrall

Age 50 (died at 74)

Writer

Henrik Ibsen

Age 78 (died at 78)

S02E01

Off the Deep End

September 8, 1957

S02E02

Now Let Him Go

September 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.

S02E03

Ghosts

September 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.

S02E04

Never Broadcast on this date. It was rescheduled to become episode 41.

S02E08

Ann Veronica

October 28, 1957

S02E09

The Last Mile

November 3, 1957

Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.

S02E10

The Great City

November 10, 1957

S02E11

Man in a Moon

November 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?.

S02E12

The Human Touch

November 24, 1957

A doctor pioneers the use of chloroform as an anesthetic during operations, but meets with huge resistance from established medical figures.

S02E13

Sister

December 1, 1957

S02E14

The Mortimer Touch

December 8, 1957

S02E15

The Dividing Line

December 15, 1957

S02E16

Panther 140

December 22, 1957

S02E17

The Shining Hour

January 5, 1960

A nightclub dancer marries into society and has to contend with her jealous sister-in-law.

S02E18

Man in the Corner

January 12, 1960

S02E19

The Master Builder

January 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.

S02E20

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

January 26, 1960

S02E21

Night of the Ding-Dong

February 2, 1960

S02E22

The Five Dollar Bill

February 9, 1960

An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.

S02E23

The Lady of Camellias

February 16, 1960

A naive young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.

S02E24

A Gust of Wind

February 23, 1960

S02E25

Murder Story

March 2, 1960

Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.

S02E26

Vendetta

March 9, 1960

S02E27

The One Who Came Back

March 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?

S02E28

A Man's Woman

March 23, 1960

S02E29

The Emperor Jones

March 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.

S02E30

Miss Olive

April 6, 1960

S02E31

Wolf Pack

April 13, 1960

S02E32

The Rat Wife

April 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.

S02E33

Fifty Fifty

April 27, 1960

S02E34

Breach of Marriage

May 4, 1960

S02E35

Hanging Judge

May 11, 1960

A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case and learns a lesson in humanity.

S02E36

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.

S02E37

Death of Satan

May 25, 1960

S02E38

The Widower

June 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.

S02E39

No Flags for Geebang

June 8, 1960

In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.

S02E40

Homecoming

June 15, 1960

Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.

S02E41

Trial by Candlelight

June 22, 1960

In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?

S02E42

The House of Bernarda Alba

June 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.

S02E43