Armchair Theatre (1956)

Name: Armchair Theatre
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.7

Drama

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.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (294 votes)
Seasons: 10
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 10 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 2 (1957)

6.80 avg 4 episodes 7.6 → 6.7 79 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	Now Let Him Go	7.6	22
23	The Lady of Camellias	5.6	9
29	Emperor Jones	7.3	14
38	The Widower	6.7	13

Season 3 (1958)

7.24 avg 11 episodes 7.4 → 8.1 62 min avg

Rebound

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
5	I Can Destroy the Sun	7.4	19
9	The Greatest Man in the World	7.4	33
16	The Criminals	7.2	33
26	The Bird, the Bear and the Actress	7.7	12
49	You'll Never See Me Again	7.0	8
53	The Scent of Fear	6.5	18
54	After the Show	5.0	12
55	Worm in the Bud	7.1	15
57	The Thought of Tomorrow	8.0	9
69	Lord Arthur Savile's Crime	8.2	18
85	A Night Out	8.1	32

Season 4 (1960)

7.24 avg 26 episodes 7.0 → 7.4 57 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Lena, O My Lena	7.0	32
8	My Representative	7.2	8
14	The Cupboard	7.4	23
21	Honeymoon Postponed	8.2	9
26	The Big Deal	7.8	12
27	The Man Out There	8.1	29
31	Danger! Men Working	6.7	11
36	The Ship That Couldn't Stop	7.4	12
41	The Omega Mystery	7.5	18
46	The Trouble with Our Ivy	8.6	16
48	Tune on the Old Tax Fiddle	7.3	14
55	The Hard Knock	6.9	11
57	The Fishing Match	6.9	9
58	Nothing to Pay	7.5	13
60	Afternoon of a Nymph	6.7	26
69	Into the Dark	9.0	25
70	The Paradise Suite	6.6	11
72	The Invasion	7.9	20
79	Late Summer	6.4	7
81	The Snag	5.7	13
82	The Living Image	5.8	12
87	The Chocolate Tree	8.0	10
88	Long Past Glory	6.8	13
92	Sharp at Four	7.0	7
93	Last Word on Julie	6.5	8
98	Prisoner and Escort	7.4	11

Season 5 (1964)

7.26 avg 7 episodes 8.3 → 6.6 75 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Trial of Dr. Fancy	8.3	36
2	The Cherry on the Top	7.7	18
6	The Importance of Being Earnest	7.3	27
8	Sally	9.6	113
9	The Hothouse	6.7	34
16	I Took My Little World Away	4.6	13
19	The Man Who Came to Die	6.6	18

Season 6 (1966)

7.05 avg 4 episodes 5.6 → 7.8

Slow burn

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
10	The Night Before the Morning After	5.6	13
11	Don't Utter a Note	6.9	12
22	Dead Silence	7.9	22
24	Light the Blue Touch Paper	7.8	15

Season 7 (1967)

7.63 avg 4 episodes 8.2 → 8.4 57 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	A Magnum for Schneider	8.2	75
3	What's Wrong with Humpty Dumpty?	5.9	15
4	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width	8.0	13
11	Call Me Daddy	8.4	24

Season 10 (1970)

7.03 avg 6 episodes 7.6 → 5.4 50 min avg

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
2	The Others	7.6	13
7	A Room in Town	8.0	24
12	Mrs Davenport	7.1	15
13	Say Goodnight to Your Grandma	7.1	49
15	Wednesday's Child	7.0	32
16	Still Life	5.4	15

Season 13 (1971)

6.70 avg 5 episodes 6.9 → 7.0 53 min avg

Big finale

Season 13 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
3	Office Party	6.9	53
5	Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee	6.8	44
6	Detective Waiting	6.9	47
8	Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'?	5.9	36
9	Competition	7.0	34

Season 14 (1972)

6.08 avg 4 episodes 7.4 → 5.8 65 min avg

Front-loaded

Season 14 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Left Overs	7.4	46
4	High Summer	6.7	39
8	The Creditors	4.4	23
11	The Folk Singer	5.8	20

Season 15 (1973)

7.05 avg 6 episodes 7.1 → 5.4 60 min avg

Season 15 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Death of Glory	7.1	21
2	Beyond Our Means	9.1	27
3	A Bit of a Lift	7.6	52
5	Red Riding Hood	6.6	51
6	The Square of Three	6.5	25
7	Vérité	5.4	38

Armchair Theatre (1956)

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