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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 ...
Armchair Thriller screened twice weekly in 1978 and 1980, with each story spread over four or six 30 minute episodes – Some were excellent, some were very average. The series was mainly made by Thames TV, but Southern TV also got in on the act and made a couple of stories.
The Limbo Connection: Part 1: Directed by Robert Tronson. With James Bolam, Rosalind Ayres, Michael Culver, Beatrix Lehmann. After a bout of heavy drinking, Mark Omney cannot account for his movements over the last 12 hours.
Tue, Jan 29, 1980. After shore-leave in Lisbon for the crew of HMS Diana, Master-at-Arms 'Toby' Toberman makes an official complaint to the ship's Captain about the behaviour of an officer he saw in a casino. Following the ship's 'Sod's Opera' party, Toby is reported missing from the deck - presumed lost overboard.
The Chelsea Murders: Directed by Derek Bennett. With Darien Angadi, Anthony Barnett, Miranda Bell, Christopher Bramwell. A mysterious and terrifyingly-masked serial murderer attacks a series of seemingly random victims in Chelsea.
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.
The Victim: Part 1: Directed by Gareth Davies. With John Shrapnel, Paul Jerricho, Meg Ritchie, Gerald Sim. When kidnappers abduct his teenage daughter, Sue, industrialist Vincent Craig could easily raise the ransom money.
