Armchair Theatre Season 3, Episode 1: The Pillars of Midnight

The Web of Lace

The Franchise Affair

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

Murder in Slow Motion

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

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?

60 min

Time of Your Life

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

The Terrorist

The Witching Hour

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

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

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

60 min

Underground

The Report on Jessie Dean

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

60 min

Dangerous World

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

60 min

The Deaf Heart

60 min

The Criminals

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.

60 min

The Sentry

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.

60 min

The Break

60 min

Soundings

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

60 min

Love and Money

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

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

60 min

Ernie Barger Is 50

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.

60 min

The Thug

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

60 min

To Ride a Tiger

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.

60 min

The Fabulous Money Maker

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

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

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

Strange Meeting

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

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

The Trouble with Benny

Parole

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

Hand in Glove

Till Death Do Us Part

The Big Client

A satire set in the advertising industry.

The Girl on the Beach

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

Wedding Day

My Guess Would Be Murder

The Devil's Instrument

The Model Marriage

Guest Appearance

My Lost Saints

If You Loved Me

The Grandma Bandit

A House of His Own

The Garden Party

Lysette

You'll Never See Me Again

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

Invitation to Murder

Young David

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