Armchair Theatre Season 8, Episode 6: Long Past Glory

A Kind of Kingdom

The Front Room

A marriage is threatened by a wife's obsession with cleaning.

Mr. Big

Mr. Bigelow is a dwarf who works for a carnival. Each night after the customers have gone, he visits the Mirror Maze, where he stands before one mirror in particular, one that magnifies his image many, many times.

Little Doris

The Chocolate Tree

As independence for Africa draws near, a wealthy British trading family welcomes a future president of one country into their home, in an uneasy conversation that is tinged by condescension and racism, grudges and militant anger.

The Higher They Fly

Test pilot Fleming's jet develops an undercarriage problem on a passenger flight, necessitating in-flight repairs -- and Fleming is on the ground.

The Swindler

Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.

A Way of Living

Sharp at Four

Jean Hobley has a problem, trying to hold down a job that allows her to pick up her child from school.

Last Word on Julie

Beautiful 23-year-old Julie Lister has left home to enjoy the single life. Reckless with money her love life is a disaster but when friends and family receive letters they fear she may have committed suicide.

The Pretty English Girls

Realm of Error

Always Ask for the Best

An eternal triangle develops amongst shop keepers in shopping parade when an attractive young woman moves in.

Mug's Game

Prisoner and Escort

Cradle Song

A Nice Little Business

Pleasure Where She Finds It

A Jug of Bread

St. Ernie Leatherbound

A reformed alcoholic businessman wants to prove that his newfound religion works by letting an alcoholic tramp stay in his house and be subject to his preaching. He ignores the protests of his wife and son.

That's Where the Town's Going

Exit Joe - Running

A Certain Kind of Silence