Armchair Theatre

A world class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound which plays throughout.

Mears, a convicted killer, is determined not to walk that "last mile" - to his execution.

A convicted murderer is chosen by an obscure country with limited funds as their candidate to be the first man on the moon. Their reasoning being that they might be able to land him there.. but may not be able to bring him back?.

An American couple discover that their 17-year-old son Ralph has stolen a few dollars of housekeeping money.

A naïve young man falls in love with a beautiful, dying courtesan.

Last fortnight in the life of a youth who was sentenced to death for the killing of a police constable.

A murderer escapes from prison to a Caribbean island, where he makes himself the 'Emperor' of the natives.

A writer is trapped in a loveless, unfulfilled marriage to a wealthy woman. The death of their disabled son wreaks havoc on their relationship as they struggle to find redemption for their personal failures.

A judge notorious for his severity becomes implicated in a murder case, and learns a lesson in humanity.

The rescue of a boy trapped for eighteen hours down a well and the subsequent after effects of those involved in his plight.

In a pub in the small Australian bush town of Geebang the locals look forward to an unexpected visit by the Queen.

Charles Preston, who is running his dead brother's business, increasingly becomes the suspect in a murder investigation.

In Tangiers, a sensitive girl commits suicide. Or was it murder?

A domineering, reclusive and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have normal social lives. However, the eldest is allowed to become engaged to an unprincipled young man, primarily for the financial advantages it will bring the mother, Bernarda. Jealousy and envy ensues among the other daughters.

After a racist murder, a judge confronts an entire community over its role in the crime.

Georgette Thomas struggles to keep her family together, but her husband will keep getting into trouble with the law.