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Armchair Theatre

Season 16 1972

  • 1972-08-28T23:00:00Z on ITV
  • 50m
  • 11h 50m (12 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
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.

12 episodes

Season Premiere

1972-08-28T23:00:00Z

16x01 What Became of Me?

Season Premiere

16x01 What Became of Me?

  • 1972-08-28T23:00:00Z1h

Peter feels his life has to change, but should he risk his marriage with another woman?

1972-08-21T23:00:00Z

16x02 The Left Overs

16x02 The Left Overs

  • 1972-08-21T23:00:00Z1h

Mike comes home to an ‘empty’ flat and finds a surprise waiting for him in the bath. After a time, he grows used to having his visitor around, but the bachelor flat will never be quite the same again…

16x03 A Touch of the Victorians

  • 1972-09-04T23:00:00Z1h

An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.

1972-09-11T23:00:00Z

16x04 High Summer

16x04 High Summer

  • 1972-09-11T23:00:00Z1h

An Edwardian high summer wraps Lady Huntercombe’s home in a cocoon of peace and quiet. But, on the day of the cricket match, her ladyship’s eldest son, Jack, returns from Paris. He then announces that he is back to claim his inheritance.

1972-09-18T23:00:00Z

16x05 Franklin's Farm

16x05 Franklin's Farm

  • 1972-09-18T23:00:00Z1h

A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.

1972-09-25T23:00:00Z

16x06 A Fluid Arrangement

16x06 A Fluid Arrangement

  • 1972-09-25T23:00:00Z1h

Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him.

1972-10-02T23:00:00Z

16x07 On Call

16x07 On Call

  • 1972-10-02T23:00:00Z1h

Roy and Jean's happy life is shattered by Jean's sudden illness and actually finding a doctor who can help her.

1972-10-09T23:00:00Z

16x08 The Creditors

16x08 The Creditors

  • 1972-10-09T23:00:00Z1h

Gustave appears to be helping Adolph and Tekla to sort out their tangled marriage. But are his objectives really as uncomplicated as they seem?

16x09 The Breaking of Colonel Keyser

  • 1972-10-16T23:00:00Z1h

It's 1944. and as the Allies prepare for invasion, concerns are raised about Colonel Keyser and his reputed psychopathic personality as a good or bad thing into leading his men into D Day.

16x10 Anywhere But England, Old Boy

  • 1972-10-31T00:00:00Z1h

Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.

Season Finale

1972-11-07T00:00:00Z

16x11 The Folk Singer

Season Finale

16x11 The Folk Singer

  • 1972-11-07T00:00:00Z1h

A folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles, as the authorities demand he identifies himself as either a Catholic, atheist or a Protestant atheist.

1972-12-11T00:00:00Z

16x12 The Stumbling Block

16x12 The Stumbling Block

  • 1972-12-11T00:00:00Z50m
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