Armchair Theatre

Season 17

10 episodes · Sep 11, 1973

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  • S17E1

    The Death of Glory

    Sep 11, 197360m

    Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.

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  • S17E2

    Beyond Our Means

    Sep 18, 197360m

    A couple invite an old school friend for a reunion dinner, it is during the conversation (with the friend now an eminent surgeon) the couple come to the stark realization that their son is showing symptoms of a looming brain tumour.

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  • S17E3

    A Bit of a Lift

    Sep 25, 197360m

    A man meets a woman at a wedding and manages to sweet talk her, only to end up inadvertently helping out another male.

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  • S17E4

    Brussel Sprouts-Boy Scouts

    Oct 2, 197360m

    Two scout patrols from London's East End, meet up on a holiday in Kent and find it was not what they were expecting at all.

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  • S17E5

    Red Riding Hood

    Oct 9, 197360m

    A repressed junior librarian, frustrated with looking after her sick father, finds herself drawn into a dangerous relationship with the man who might have murdered her mean-spirited grandmother.

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  • S17E6

    The Square of Three

    Oct 16, 197360m

    An army private decides one day that he's not taking any more orders, precipitating a crisis of confidence for the Medical Corps major assigned to investigate his case.

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  • S17E7

    Verite

    Oct 23, 197360m

    An affluent, happy and conventionally married couple have their preconceptions about life questioned by their guest (an underground American film maker) as they get more and more involved in his latest project.

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  • S17E8

    The Golden Road

    Oct 30, 197360m

    A housewife, at first reluctant to have a girl lodger, finds the girl disturbs the home in a totally unexpected way.

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  • S17E9

    Russian Roulette

    Nov 6, 197360m

    It's 1865, Fiodor in St, Petersburg is reluctantly supporting his dead wife's family, when he meets new love in the form of Anna and a new life beckons escaping away and traveling Europe.

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  • S17E10

    That Sinking Feeling

    Nov 13, 197360m

    At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.

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