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Armchair Thriller
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Armchair Thriller

1978
Armchair Thriller
Armchair Thriller

Armchair Thriller

7.4 | en | Drama

Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and 1980. Owing something to some of the off-shoots of the earlier Armchair Theatre, the new series used scripts adapted from published novels and stories. Although not properly a horror series it included several supernatural elements. Armchair Thriller was produced by Thames Television, but it included serials made by Southern Television. The format was of a twice weekly 25 minute episodes, usually screened on a Tuesday or Thursday at 20:00-21:00.

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EP34  The Chelsea Murders (Part 6)
Jan. 01,1981
The Chelsea Murders (Part 6)

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EP33  The Chelsea Murders (Part 5)
Jan. 01,1981
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EP32  The Chelsea Murders (Part 4)
Jan. 01,1981
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EP31  The Chelsea Murders (Part 3)
Jan. 01,1981
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EP30  The Chelsea Murders (Part 2)
Jan. 01,1981
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EP29  The Chelsea Murders
Jan. 01,0001
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EP28  The Circe Complex (Part 6)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP27  The Circe Complex (Part 5)
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EP26  The Circe Complex (Part 4)
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EP25  The Circe Complex (Part 3)
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EP24  The Circe Complex (Part 2)
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EP23  The Circe Complex (Part 1)
Jan. 01,0001
The Circe Complex (Part 1)

With Tom Foreman serving life for murder, jewellery that he hid before his arrest makes his beautiful wife Val an even more attractive proposition for a string of men.

EP22  High Tide (Part 4)
Jan. 01,0001
High Tide (Part 4)

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EP21  High Tide (Part 3)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP20  High Tide (Part 2)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP19  High Tide (Part 1)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP18  Fear of God (Part 4)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP17  Fear of God (Part 3)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP16  Fear of God (Part 2)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP15  Fear of God (Part 1)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP14  Dying Day (Part 4)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP13  Dying Day (Part 3)
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EP12  Dying Day (Part 2)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP11  Dying Day (Part 1)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP10  Dead Man's Kit (Part 4)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP9  Dead Man's Kit (Part 3)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP8  Dead Man's Kit (Part 2)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP7  Dead Man's Kit (Part 1)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP6  The Victim (Part 6)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP5  The Victim (Part 5)
Jan. 01,0001
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EP4  The Victim (Part 4)
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EP3  The Victim (Part 3)
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EP2  The Victim (Part 2)
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EP1  The Victim (Part 1)
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Released: 1978-02-21 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and 1980. Owing something to some of the off-shoots of the earlier Armchair Theatre, the new series used scripts adapted from published novels and stories. Although not properly a horror series it included several supernatural elements. Armchair Thriller was produced by Thames Television, but it included serials made by Southern Television. The format was of a twice weekly 25 minute episodes, usually screened on a Tuesday or Thursday at 20:00-21:00.

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Reviews

m-akisanya I remember seeing this show when I was very young. It was really disturbing, to the point where I had trouble sleeping (particularly that intro sequence). The acting was brilliant, the stories were imaginitive. The show is high quality throughout.
kidboots It is hard to know what rating to give this show. I have a DVD which has series 2 and 3 (from 1978). The first series was from 1967. On the one hand there are 10 mini series which give you simply loads of viewing but on the other hand they range from excellent to downright dreadful. I think the series was designed to adapt books from topical authors into gripping serials but it was very hit and miss. The serials adapted from still known writers such as Patricia Highsmith seemed to work best.The two I could remember watching back in the day, "Rachel in Danger" and "A Dog's Ransom" are among the best. "Rachel in Danger" is about a little girl who comes to London to stay with the father she has not seen in years. Unbeknownst to her he has met with a nasty accident and the leader of a group of terrorists has taken his place. Yes it is improbable and even over the top but it is wonderful to see how this bright little girl outsmarts them. The little girl was a real find but if I remember, she did not have a huge career. "A Dog's Ransom" is from Patricia Highsmith's chilling novel and although, instead of New York professionals, the couple are now an ordinary married couple living in a rural English town, the story is still the same. This would be, in my opinion, Highsmith's bleakest novel with an over lying hopelessness about the Nixon era - obviously that is gone now but it is still a gripping story."Dying Day" we liked just as much, a very young Ian MacKellar plays an eccentric young man who finds a cassette on a train in which he is marked as the next murder victim. When he takes it to the police, the plot can no longer be heard - what is he to do!!! This had us on the end of our seats and the ending did not disappoint!!! In the "Just as Good" category "The Limbo Connection" - James Bolam (from "When the Boat Comes In" and "The Beiderbecke Affair") is a writer with a drinking problem. When his successful wife disappears from a health clinic, he puts all their troubles behind them in an effort to find her. The ending seemed a bit contrived but it was from the writer of "The Naked Civil Servant" (the TV series with John Hurt caused a sensation at the time). Also of note was "Quiet as a Nun" taken from a novel by Antonia Fraser. This was when "Armchair Thriller" was experimenting with cliff hanger endings and it really worked with this particular story. This one,which introduced Jemima Shore to TV viewers, was about an investigative journalist who visits her old convent and finds her favourite nun has starved herself to death!!!Then there are the not so good by a long way (in my opinion). "The Girl Who Walked Quickly" involved espionage and was about the disappearance of a young student with a paralysing fear of lifts, brainwashing is involved. "The Victim" is about a man who decides to find the kidnappers of his daughter himself and disregard police ( a distinctly odd episode if I remember). "Fear of God" was about the connection of a girl's suicide with a religious cult.To the downright dreadful!! - "The Circe Complex" was about a jewel robbery and a woman who was irresistible to all men (a very tall order, she was pretty in a 1970s dolly bird type of way, not what I would call an enchantress). Then there was "The Chelsea Murders", it was made as a six parter but released only in a heavily edited movie version and watching the movie it is not hard to see why. I lasted one episode of the mini series (which is included), I thought how bad can it get - the answer - very, very bad. The movie was all over the place and very confusing.I have given 8 out of 10, which is a high score, for the few I have mentioned which I think are quite riveting. A big problem for "Armchair Thriller" is that most of the series are in 6 half hour parts. At the beginning of each part is a summary of the story that has gone before, but I feel six parts are just too long to sustain attention.