Armchair Mystery Theatre

Armchair Mystery Theatre
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes34 (25 missing)
Production
Production companyABC Weekend TV
Original release
NetworkITV
Release5 June 1960 (1960-06-05) –
26 September 1965 (1965-09-26)
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Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute UK television anthology mystery series.[1][2] Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960–1965.[3] It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.[4] It was a spin-off from the successful Armchair Theatre series.[5]

Guest stars included Edward Woodward,[6] Cyril Cusack, Sam Wanamaker, Ron Moody, Tom Bell, Denholm Elliott, and Sybil Thorndike.[7]

  1. ^ "Armchair Mystery Theatre (TV series)". BFI.[dead link]
  2. ^ White, Leonard (14 September 2003). Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years. Kelly Publications. ISBN 9781903053188 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Wheatley, Helen (14 September 2006). Gothic Television. Manchester University Press. ISBN 9780719071492 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Armchair Theatre/Armchair Cinema | Nostalgia Central". 22 June 2014.
  5. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Armchair Theatre (1956-74)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Edward Woodward, star of Callan and The Equalizer, dies". www.standard.co.uk. 12 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  7. ^ White, Leonard (2003). Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years. Kelly Publications. pp. 45, 51, 142 and 148. ISBN 978-1-903053-18-8.

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