Armchair Thriller(1978)
Drama
First Air Date: 1978-02-21
Average Runtime: 25m
Rating: 4.2
Votes: 5
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 60
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.
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based on novel or bookanthologybased on short story
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Series 1
Episodes: 26E01
Rachel in Danger (Part 1)
Air Date: 1978-02-21
Ten-year-old Rachel is sent to live with her estranged father. However, just hours before her arrival, her father is ...
E02
Rachel in Danger (Part 2)
Air Date: 1978-02-23
Rachel meets her supposed stepmother--in reality, another member of a terrorist group with plans for the upcoming Roy...
E03
Rachel in Danger (Part 3)
Air Date: 1978-02-28
One of the team gets cold feet about killing a kid. Left to her own devices, Rachel tries to get a message to the pol...
E04
Rachel in Danger (Part 4)
Air Date: 1978-03-02
Too late, the police uncover the plot against the palace. Rachel's "father" has his target in his sights, while her "...
E05
A Dog's Ransom (Part 1)
Air Date: 1978-03-07
A quiet, middle-aged couple living in Chelsea start to receive threatening letters through the post - and then things...
E06
A Dog's Ransom (Part 2)
Air Date: 1978-03-09
Despite complying with the kidnapper's demands, Tina isn't safely returned to her owners as agreed. A smart young cop...
E07
A Dog's Ransom (Part 3)
Air Date: 1978-03-14
Thanks to Clarence's intervention, the dog kidnapper is apprehended and charged. But the CID officers' cynicism towar...
E08
A Dog's Ransom (Part 4)
Air Date: 1978-03-16
Clarence is suspended from the police after accepting an alleged bribe from the bailed Kowajinski, and his girlfriend...
E09
A Dog's Ransom (Part 5)
Air Date: 1978-03-21
Clarence found Kowajinski and attacked him in a fit of rage - before he himself was attacked and hospitalised by a gr...
E10
A Dog's Ransom (Part 6)
Air Date: 1978-03-23
The police investigation into Kowajinski's death continues, with Clarence still their number one suspect. After a nig...
E11
The Girl Who Walked Quickly (Part 1)
Air Date: 1978-03-28
When young student David Cooper (Denis Lawson) disappears, both his girlfriend and his tutor suspect he is in danger....
E12
The Girl Who Walked Quickly (Part 2)
Air Date: 1978-03-30
While Dave's girlfriend and his tutor desperately make inquiries to solve his disappearance, the political group who ...
E13
The Girl Who Walked Quickly (Part 3)
Air Date: 1978-04-04
No episode overview available.
E14
The Girl Who Walked Quickly (Part 4)
Air Date: 1978-04-06
No episode overview available.
E15
Quiet as a Nun (Part 1)
Air Date: 1978-04-20
A reporter is asked to look into the mysterious death of a nun who died in a locked room at a convent.
E16
Quiet as a Nun (Part 2)
Air Date: 1978-04-25
Shore learns that Sister Miriam had recently inherited a fortune. While one nun warns Shore to get out while she can,...
E17
Quiet as a Nun (Part 3)
Air Date: 1978-04-27
No episode overview available.
E18
Quiet as a Nun (Part 4)
Air Date: N/A
No episode overview available.
E19
Quiet as a Nun (Part 5)
Air Date: N/A
No episode overview available.
E20
Quiet as a Nun (Part 6)
Air Date: N/A
No episode overview available.
E21
The Limbo Connection (Part 1)
Air Date: N/A
After a bout of heavy drinking, Mark Omney cannot account for his movements over the last 12 hours. When he sobers up...
E22
The Limbo Connection (Part 2)
Air Date: N/A
Omney suspects that Clare is being held against her will at Meadowbank Clinic. Or has she finally left him, sick of h...
E23
The Limbo Connection (Part 3)
Air Date: N/A
For help, Omney turns to Annabelle Fraser, his old girlfriend. He is convinced that a conspiracy is afoot--and that C...
E24
The Limbo Connection (Part 4)
Air Date: N/A
Omney attends the funeral of one of the clinic's former residents, suspecting his wife's body lies inside the coffin....
E25
The Limbo Connection (Part 5)
Air Date: N/A
The police catch Omney red-handed, and a deadly attack leaves him with only one way out.
E26
The Limbo Connection (Part 6)
Air Date: N/A
Omney turns up the heat on Meadowbank, which is forced into the most desperate of measures.
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