Armchair Theatre - Season 5

Season 5

Episodes

The Trial of Dr. Fancy
A Harley Street doctor is charged following the death of a patient. The court case exposes a series of bizarre operations.

The Cherry on Top

Something to Declare

Old Soldiers

They Throw It at You

The Importance of Being Earnest
In 1890s London, two friends use the same pseudonym ("Ernest") for their on-the-sly activities. Hilarity ensues.

The Girl in the Picture

Sally
Charles Drummond thought he had it made, with an understanding wife and a talented artistic mistress.But when he asked his mistress to paint his mother he had not taken into account the sisterhood, and discovers his habits and foibles provide extensive conversation and much merriment amongst the women.

The Hothouse

Episode 10

I've Got a System

The Gaming Book
As an experiment, an army junior officer (played by Derek Fowlds)is allowed to join a club of high ranking aristocrat officers. He quickly finds himself out of his depth and humiliated.

The Lady with the Albatross

Putty Medal

The Keys of the Cafe

I Took My Little World Away
Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.

A Voice in the Sky
After a calamitous space trip, an astronaut returns to Earth to say that he has spoken to God and God wants the world destroyed by a secret organization with nuclear weapons.

I Loved You Last Summer
A spoof on Dumas's 'The Three Musketeers' as three Irish labourers take on Birmingham.

The Man Who Came to Die

The Incident
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