Armchair Theatre
1956•18 Seasons•444 Episodes•6.0•Ended
Drama
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Creator
Sydney Newman
Network
ITV1
Origin
GB
Episodes
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