Theatre 70

Season

1960

Anthology of 70-minute UK dramatic productions.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Man

Howard is hired as a handyman by a widow, who realizes all too late that he's deeply disturbed.

S1 • E2

The Lonely World of Harry Braintree

S1 • E3

The Gold Inside

Colonel Gore-Hepburn is very charming, for a bank robber. But his associates outside may be less so, especially if they're in the bank manager's house.

S1 • E4

Boy Makes Good

S1 • E5

Till Murder Do Us Part

S1 • E6

The Skeleton Clock

S1 • E7

The Dragon's Tail

Something nasty coming as the Dragon's tail signifies in an astrological reading.

S1 • E8

The House Where Time Had Stopped

S1 • E9

Full Circle

S1 • E10

The Neighbour

S1 • E11

The Violent Stranger

S1 • E12

The Man from Brooklyn

S1 • E13

The Man Condemned

S1 • E14

To Death with Love

S1 • E15

Mr. Morecambe

S1 • E16

Boy on the Telephone

An Australian boy, aged 12, living in London with his parents, all recently arrived there and not very happy? has the idea to phone his grandmother, on whom he knows the family relies and beg her to come to London for Xmas and raise the general optimism of the family. The " Armchair Theatre" for Xmas of 1960 was commissioned by ATV for Sean Scully. A young ( 12) actor in London at the time. It was written by Michael Noonan a successful Australian writer living in London at the time ...famous for " The Patchwork Hero" Don Chaffey..a director, had been looking for a boy to do Disneys " The Prince and the Pauper" for a while...on the strength of Scullys work...he tested him and of course, such is life. Christopher Morohan directed the Armchair Theatre..most famous for, later being Peter Halls 2nd in command at the National theatre.