Armchair Theatre - Season 8
Season 8
Episodes
Compensation Alice
A Slight Formality
Quite an Ordinary Knife
Another Branch of the Family
Love Life
The Education of Corporal Halliday
Nursery Tale
Marriage and Henry Sunday
Handbag maker and shy bachelor Henry Sunday is enticed by his landlady and daughter into joining a computer dating agency.
The Girl
The Green's peaceful existence is interrupted by Felicity, a teenage girl claiming to be Mr Green's illegitimate child. Her friends are also on the way as more unexpected visitors.
Split Level
Poor Cherry
Dont Forget the Basics
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
Mrs Capper's Birthday
The Wind in a Tall Paper Chimney
The Scallop Shell
A Second Look
The Contact
A Very Fine Line
A man admits to the police a murder in London's busy Soho district, but cannot remember where he left the body.
Unscheduled Stop
A highly influential religious celebrity's public image is in danger of shattering when a plane has to make an unexpected landing.
Recount
A housewife finds herself pregnant again just as she is due to attend her daughter's marriage. She recalls her politician husband's reaction to the birth of her daughter over twenty years ago, and contemplates whether she wants to go through it all again.
No Easy Walk
The Escape Club
Home Movies
You and Me
The Glove Puppet
The Three Wives of Felix Hull
Felix visits a health farm with his third wife, only to discover that his second wife, his daughter by his first marriage, and his stepdaughter are also present.
One Night I Danced with Mr. Dalton
The Ballad of the Artificial Mash
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