For the album by Jeff Lynne, see Armchair Theatre (album).
Armchair Theatre
Starring
Harry H. Corbett Paul Whitsun-Jones Billie Whitelaw Neil McCallum Madge Ryan Ronald Lewis Ann Lynn Paul Curran Donald Morley Donald Houston Peter Sallis George Baker Eddie Byrne[1]
Country of origin
United Kingdom
No. of episodes
426 (258 missing) (list of episodes)
Production
Production companies
ABC Weekend TV
Thames Television
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
8 July 1956 (1956-07-08) – 9 July 1974 (1974-07-09)
Related
Armchair Mystery Theatre
Out of This World
Armchair Cinema
Armchair Thriller
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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 ABC Weekend TV. Its successor Thames Television took over from mid-1968.
The Canadian-born producer Sydney Newman was in charge of Armchair Theatre between September 1958 and December 1962, during what is generally considered to have been its best era, and produced 152 episodes.[2]
ArmchairTheatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced...
ArmchairTheatre is an anthology series of one-off plays that aired on the ITV network between 1956 and 1974. A total of 426 episodes were produced over...
ELO's original disbandment in 1986, Lynne released two solo albums: ArmchairTheatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012). Additionally, he began producing various...
various programmes including, BBC Sunday Night Theatre, Theatre Royal, Play of the Week, ArmchairTheatre, Play of the Month and Screen Two. She also guest...
the social issues facing working-class families.[citation needed] ArmchairTheatre (ABC, later Thames, 1956–1974), The Wednesday Play (BBC, 1964–1970)...
Patriots"). The same year, he was cast as David Callan in the ITV ArmchairTheatre play A Magnum for Schneider, which later became the spy series Callan...
The series was a spin-off from the long running anthology series ArmchairTheatre. A total of six episodes were produced over the course of one series...
The Independent ArmchairTheatre (aka The Armchair) was a live music venue in Cape Town, South Africa. The Armchair opened in 1998 and hosted many different...
appearances in series such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Man at the Top, ArmchairTheatre, and ITV Playhouse. In 1973, Loe was cast as Alice Lee in the five-episode...
Playhouse ("One of Us", "Pickup Girl", "Lace on Her Petticoat") and ArmchairTheatre ("Trial by Candlelight", "The Deaf Heart"). Munro could be seen in...
Davidson ArmchairTheatre, "The Common Man" (1956) – Albert Price ArmchairTheatre, "Start from Scratch" (1957) – Henry Cantrell ArmchairTheatre, "Off the...
Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute UK television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960–1965. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence...
the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as ArmchairTheatre and The Wednesday Play. The Museum of Broadcast Communications describes...
The Bulletin. No. 5780. Sydney. 1991. p. 20. White, Leonard (2003). ArmchairTheatre: The Lost Years. Tiverton, Cheshire, England: Kelly Publications. p...
television anthology series such as Television Playwright, Folio, ArmchairTheatre, ITV Play of the Week and ITV Television Playhouse. He was given a...
both ITV and the BBC, including in ArmchairTheatre, Tales of Mystery, Z Cars, Love Story, Knock on Any Door, and Theatre 625. In the BBC's television film...
its run in 2010. In 1960, Bannister appeared on stage at the Cambridge Theatre in London in Billy Liar, which starred Albert Finney. He starred as Darkie...
ArmchairTheatre series. Joanna Dunham starred, with Donald Pleasence portraying the husband. Machinal was produced Off-Broadway at the Gate Theatre,...
series Charlesworth. Other television roles included Scotland Yard, ArmchairTheatre, Family Solicitor, The Liars, Crown Court and The Wednesday Play. After...
appeared in Lawrence of Arabia. Television appearances include the ArmchairTheatre episode "The Scent of Fear" (1959) for ITV, the title role in the drama...
Film Festival, 1993) Hon. Doctor of Literature, for contributions to the theatre, television drama and entertainment. (Nottingham Trent University, 2002)...
Girls (1969-70) "Say Goodnight to Your Grandma" (1970 – episode of ArmchairTheatre) UFO (1971 – episode "The Sound of Silence") Special Branch (1974 –...
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