Armchair Theatre (Season 3)

The Pillars of Midnight (Episode 1)

Writer: Trevor Dudley-Smith

Air date: 1958-09-14

Overview: A smallpox outbreak hits an English city.

The Web of Lace (Episode 2)

Writer: Thomas Narcejac

Air date: 1958-09-21

The Franchise Affair (Episode 3)

Writer: Josephine Tey

Air date: 1958-09-28

Overview: An elderly woman and her spinster niece are accused of kidnapping.

Murder in Slow Motion (Episode 4)

Writer: Dail Ambler

Air date: 1958-10-05

Overview: Racing driver Raymond Sibley faces dangers both on and off the track as he competes in the famous Le Mans twenty-four hour race.

I Can Destroy the Sun (Episode 5)

Writer: Jimmy Sangster

Air date: 1958-10-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?

Time of Your Life (Episode 6)

Writer: Philip Saville

Air date: 1958-10-19

Overview: This is a performance of the play "The Time of Your Life" that was telecast on British television.

The Terrorist (Episode 7)

Writer: John Kruse

Air date: 1958-10-26

The Witching Hour (Episode 8)

Writer: Martin Colemans

Air date: 1958-11-02

Overview: Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his unique gift. But when he inadvertently hypnotizes young Clay Thorne, the youth kills an enemy of Brookfield's while under the trance. No one believes Brookfield's protestations that Thorne is innocent of any murderous intent, so Brookfield teams up with retired lawyer Martin Prentice in hopes of saving the young man from the gallows.

The Greatest Man in the World (Episode 9)

Writer: James Thurber

Air date: 1958-11-09

Overview: Just after a young unknown American becomes the first on the Moon returns, he dies in an accident. He's laid to rest with full honours, but only the president and a few high officials know just what sort of a man their hero was.

Please Murder Me (Episode 10)

Writer: Gore Vidal

Air date: 1958-11-16

Overview: A black comedy in which Mr Potz, a rich man who longs to die, hires his own assassin. He chooses Miss Higgins, an eccentric author of detective fiction, to carry out the grim task.

The Boy with Meat Axe (Episode 11)

Writer: Ray Rigby

Air date: 1958-11-23

Runtime: 60 min

Underground (Episode 12)

Writer: James Forsyth

Air date: 1958-11-30

The Report on Jessie Dean (Episode 13)

Writer: Warren Chetham-Strode

Air date: 1958-12-07

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A bereaved mother, Jessie Dean, steals a baby belonging to a mother who had wanted her child adopted.

Dangerous World (Episode 14)

Writer: Giles Cooper

Air date: 1958-12-14

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A new magistrate takes up a post in a British colony in Africa aiming to uphold justice against corruption.

The Deaf Heart (Episode 15)

Writer: Mayo Simon

Air date: 1958-12-21

Runtime: 60 min

The Criminals (Episode 16)

Writer: Eric Paice

Air date: 1958-12-28

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A small construction company's new year's eve party is taken over by a crook who has intricate knowledge of the men's private lives, forcing them into an incredible bank robbery plot.

The Sentry (Episode 17)

Writer: John Gay

Air date: 1959-01-04

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: An American Civil War drama in which Meade, a Confederate soldier, faces the dilemma of knowing that his brother, who is fighting on the other side, has been left to die in the course of an act of sabotage.

The Break (Episode 18)

Writer: Donal Giltinan

Air date: 1959-01-11

Runtime: 60 min

Soundings (Episode 19)

Writer: George Lowther

Air date: 1959-01-18

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A lonely doctor with a mysterious past shies away from operating on a friendly Scottish giant aboard a storm-tossed Antarctic whaler.

Love and Money (Episode 20)

Writer: Phyllis Bentley

Air date: 1959-01-25

Overview: The marriage of a woman from a humble background to a rich Northern mill owner and her growing resentment at what she regards as the condescending nature of him and his family.

Hot Summer Night (Episode 21)

Writer: Ted Willis

Air date: 1959-02-01

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jack Palmer, a strong union man, is forced to confront his principles when his daughter wants to marry a black man.

Ernie Barger Is 50 (Episode 22)

Writer: Tad Mosel

Air date: 1959-02-08

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Ernie Barger, a senior partner in a pottery firm, initially celebrates his son's graduation but soon learns that not only is he twenty years behind the times but could also be responsible for his wife's illness.

The Thug (Episode 23)

Writer: Jane Arden

Air date: 1959-02-15

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: The relationship between Lewis, a young tearaway, and Charlotte, a shy girl who works in a record shop with her sick father.

To Ride a Tiger (Episode 24)

Writer: Marcelo Motta

Air date: 1959-02-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A cabal in an unnamed South American country pulls a coup by choosing a popular dissident as dictator. His well meant reforms are not well received, and as his marriage fails, he shows the people what a real dictator is capable of.

The Fabulous Money Maker (Episode 25)

Writer: Norman Ginsbury

Air date: 1959-03-01

Overview: A drama based on the life of Ivar Kreugar, a Swedish financier who built up a monopoly in the match industry during the 1920s.

The Bird, the Bear and the Actress (Episode 26)

Writer: John Glennon

Air date: 1959-03-08

Overview: A group discover a famous designer and their entrepreneur sees this as a chance to have his name associated with their new production. The leading lady is outraged at the way they intend to exploit the old man.

No Gun, No Guilt (Episode 27)

Writer: A. E. Hotchner

Air date: 1959-03-15

Overview: A courtroom drama in which a young American lawyer is accused of concealing material evidence in a murder case.

Strange Meeting (Episode 28)

Writer: Robert Rietty

Air date: 1959-03-22

Overview: An Italian set suspense drama in which Bruno, a visiting American criminal is introduced to Grazia, an Italian woman whose motives are mysterious by a strange cloaked figure.

Star in the Summer Night (Episode 29)

Writer: Tad Mosel

Air date: 1959-03-29

Overview: International singing star Adeline Girard is all but forgotten, then she meets a young couple who do not want to get married.

The Angry Flower (Episode 30)

Writer: Michael Noonan

Air date: 1959-04-05

The Trouble with Benny (Episode 31)

Writer: Mordecai Richler

Air date: 1959-04-12

Parole (Episode 32)

Writer: Carl Nystrom

Air date: 1959-04-19

Overview: The life of a young convict released on parole and torn between the needs of his family and his former criminal associates.

The Shadow of the Ruthless (Episode 33)

Writer: Stuart Douglass

Air date: 1959-04-26

Hand in Glove (Episode 34)

Writer: Gerald Savory

Air date: 1959-05-03

Till Death Do Us Part (Episode 35)

Writer: Joseph Schull

Air date: 1959-05-10

The Big Client (Episode 36)

Writer: Eric Paice

Air date: 1959-05-17

Overview: A satire set in the advertising industry.

The Girl on the Beach (Episode 37)

Air date: 1959-05-24

Overview: A girl who has lost her memory discovers that she is rich - a fact resented by others.

Wedding Day (Episode 38)

Writer: Ray Rigby

Air date: 1959-05-31

My Guess Would Be Murder (Episode 39)

Writer: Anthony Gilbert

Air date: 1959-06-07

The Devil's Instrument (Episode 40)

Writer: W.O. Mitchell

Air date: 1959-06-14

The Model Marriage (Episode 41)

Writer: Wolf Mankowitz

Air date: 1959-06-21

Guest Appearance (Episode 42)

Writer: Lester Powell

Air date: 1959-06-28

My Lost Saints (Episode 43)

Writer: Tad Mosel

Air date: 1959-07-05

If You Loved Me (Episode 44)

Writer: John Chandos

Air date: 1959-07-12

The Grandma Bandit (Episode 45)

Writer: Lester Powell

Air date: 1959-07-19

A House of His Own (Episode 46)

Writer: Loring Mandel

Air date: 1959-07-26

The Garden Party (Episode 47)

Writer: Tad Mosel

Air date: 1959-08-02

Lysette (Episode 48)

Air date: 1959-08-09

You'll Never See Me Again (Episode 49)

Writer: Cornell Woolrich

Air date: 1959-08-16

Overview: Jim Mason's wife Molly vanishes after purportedly leaving to visit her parents. When Jim calls the in-laws he has never met, he discovers she never arrived. As the mystery deepens, the police suspect Jim of a sinister crime.

Black Laughter/Double Exit (Episode 50)

Writer: James Parish

Air date: 1959-08-23

Invitation to Murder (Episode 51)

Writer: Joel Murcott

Air date: 1959-08-30

Young David (Episode 52)

Writer: Charles Dickens

Air date: 1959-09-06

Overview: A gentle orphan discovers life and love in an indifferent adult world.