Armchair Theatre (Season 15)

Ireland, Mother Ireland (Episode 1)

Writer: Dominic Behan

Air date: 1971-08-03

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A play that examines the casualties in a war, such as truth, loyalty, and death.

The Bargain Hunters (Episode 2)

Writer: Bill MacIlwraith

Air date: 1971-08-10

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A couple buying a cheap painting begin to think that it maybe unique and valuable.

Office Party (Episode 3)

Writer: Fay Weldon

Air date: 1971-08-17

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Men behave in a beastly, chauvinistic manner at an office party, turning what should be a fun break from work into an exercise in bad taste.

The Loving Lessons (Episode 4)

Writer: Donald Churchill

Air date: 1971-08-31

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Mary's husband works away on nights- after returning home from a party she has an unexpected caller.

Brown Skin Gal, Stay Home and Mind Bay-Bee (Episode 5)

Writer: Robert Holles

Air date: 1971-09-07

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: In this sad world where words unspoken do more damage than words spoken too much, a woman and her lodger are destined to stay on separate paths.

Detective Waiting (Episode 6)

Writer: Ian Kennedy Martin

Air date: 1971-09-14

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.

The Girl on the M1 (Episode 7)

Writer: Katy Gardiner

Air date: 1971-09-21

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A 'lorry driver groupie' decides to start a new life.

Will Amelia Quint Continue Writing 'A Gnome Called Shorthouse'? (Episode 8)

Writer: Roy Clarke

Air date: 1971-09-29

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: They write so many innocent words, but what are the authors of your children's stories really like?

Competition (Episode 9)

Writer: Douglas Livingstone

Air date: 1971-10-05

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: An out of work man must take his son to a school poetry competition while accompanied by his friendly neighbours, of which, he's not too secretly been having an affair with the wife.

Man Charged (Episode 10)

Writer: Peter Hill

Air date: 1971-10-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector Peter Hill.

Father's Help (Episode 11)

Writer: Michael Craig

Air date: 1971-10-19

Overview: A father who ditched his family life to be free and single again finds some unexpected guests left on his doorstep by his wife who has now done the same.