Armchair Theatre

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. Its franchise successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.

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  • TheTVDB.com Series ID 72223
  • Status Ended
  • First Aired July 8, 1956
  • Recent July 9, 1974
  • Production Company ABC Entertainment
  • Network ITV1
  • Average Runtime 52 minutes
  • Genres Drama
  • Original Country Great Britain
  • Original Language English
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  • Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
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  • Created February 4, 2008 by
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  • Modified December 21, 2023 by
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Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials 2
Season 1 July 1956 August 1957 44
Season 2 September 1957 August 1958 46
Season 3 September 1958 April 1960 52
Season 4 September 1959 May 1960 38
Season 5 September 1960 December 1961 38
Season 6 May 1962 September 1962 11
Season 7 October 1962 September 1963 24
Season 8 September 1963 June 1964 22
Season 9 August 1964 April 1965 19
Season 10 December 1965 October 1966 27
Season 11 August 1961 September 1967 29
Season 12 February 1968 July 1968 16
Season 13 January 1969 March 1969 10
Season 14 June 1970 November 1970 16
Season 15 July 1971 November 1971 11
Season 16 August 1972 December 1972 12
Season 17 October 1972 November 1973 10
Season 18 May 1974 July 1974 4
Unassigned Episodes 4
Season From To Episodes
All Seasons
Specials August 1971 1
Season 1 January 1966 September 1967 10
Unassigned Episodes 424
Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.
Season From To Episodes
Season 1 July 1956 November 1956 10
Unassigned Episodes 425

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Name Number of Episodes Dates
Ted Kotcheff 5 03/30/1958 - 09/13/1964
Guy Verney 3 09/10/1961 - 12/13/1964
Alan Cooke 3 03/01/1960 - 07/02/1961
Jonathan Alwyn 2 12/15/1963 - 02/17/1968
Charles Jarrott 2 05/08/1960 - 11/17/1963
Wilfred Eades 2 06/01/1958 - 10/12/1958
John Moxey 1 09/13/1959
Voytek 1 08/17/1971
Bill Bain 1 11/15/1964
Philip Saville 1 04/24/1960
Jim Goddard 1 10/27/1970
Piers Haggard 1 11/07/1972
James Ferman 1 12/28/1958
Paul Almond 1 01/15/1966
Henry Kaplan 1 02/24/1969
Mike Vardy 1 09/07/1971
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Oscar Wilde 2 03/01/1960 - 11/15/1964
Harold Pinter 2 04/24/1960
Clive Exton 2 01/10/1960 - 09/13/1964
Colin Welland 2 10/27/1970
Fay Weldon 1 08/17/1971
Dominic Behan 1 11/07/1972
Newton D'Abbes 1 10/12/1958
Leigh Vance 1 02/24/1969
Alun Owen 1 10/18/1959
Terry Southern 1 03/30/1958
Roy Clarke 1 09/29/1971
Donal Giltinan 1 02/17/1968
Gerald Savory 1 03/01/1960
Bob Kesten 1 05/08/1960
Cyril Campion 1 06/01/1958
John Hall 1 12/15/1963
Malcolm Hulke 1 12/28/1958
Christopher Hodder-Williams 1 07/02/1961
Donald Churchill 1 12/13/1964
Jimmy Sangster 1 10/12/1958
Constance Cox 1 03/01/1960
John D. Stewart 1 05/07/1961
Len Deighton 1 11/17/1963
Eric Paice 1 12/28/1958
James Mitchell 1 09/10/1961
Arkady Leokum 1 01/15/1966
Ted Willis 1 09/13/1959
Reuben Ship 1 11/09/1958
Name Number of Episodes Dates
Leonard White 1 02/24/1969

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