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...
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Armchair Theatre is the first solo album by Jeff Lynne, released in 1990. The album reunited Lynne with Electric Light Orchestra's keyboard player Richard...
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Sir Watkyn Armchair Theatre, "The Last Mile", ABC (1957) – Mears Armchair Theatre, "Panther 140", ABC (1957) – George Stedman Armchair Theatre, "A Gust...
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Armchair Theatre is an anthology series of one-off plays that aired on the ITV network between 1956 and 1974. A total of 426 episodes were produced over...
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television play presented as part of the British anthology series Armchair Theatre which was broadcast live by the ITV commercial network on 30 November...
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ELO's original disbandment in 1986, Lynne released two solo albums: Armchair Theatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012). Additionally, he began producing various...
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List of Maggie Smith performances (section Theatre)
various programmes including, BBC Sunday Night Theatre, Theatre Royal, Play of the Week, Armchair Theatre, Play of the Month and Screen Two. She also guest...
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Television play (section Armchair Theatre: 1956–1974)
the social issues facing working-class families.[citation needed] Armchair Theatre (ABC, later Thames, 1956–1974), The Wednesday Play (BBC, 1964–1970)...
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Edward Woodward (section Theatre)
Patriots"). The same year, he was cast as David Callan in the ITV Armchair Theatre play A Magnum for Schneider, which later became the spy series Callan...
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Jill Bennett (British actress) (section Theatre career)
was a company member during the 1949 season at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in Stratford upon Avon, and made her first film, The Long Dark Hall with...
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Davidson Armchair Theatre, "The Common Man" (1956) – Albert Price Armchair Theatre, "Start from Scratch" (1957) – Henry Cantrell Armchair Theatre, "Off the...
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Weekend TV for ITV. It was broadcast on ITV in 1962. A spin-off from the Armchair Theatre anthology series, each episode was introduced by the actor Boris Karloff...
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Playhouse ("One of Us", "Pickup Girl", "Lace on Her Petticoat") and Armchair Theatre ("Trial by Candlelight", "The Deaf Heart"). Munro could be seen in...
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The Independent Armchair Theatre (aka The Armchair) was a live music venue in Cape Town, South Africa. The Armchair opened in 1998 and hosted many different...
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the production of groundbreaking social realist drama series such as Armchair Theatre and The Wednesday Play. The Museum of Broadcast Communications describes...
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and music. He had the lead role of a young detective in the 1971 Armchair Theatre episode Detective Waiting. Beckinsale appeared in the films Rentadick...
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appearances in series such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Man at the Top, Armchair Theatre, and ITV Playhouse. In 1973, Loe was cast as Alice Lee in the five-episode...
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The Bulletin. No. 5780. Sydney. 1991. p. 20. White, Leonard (2003). Armchair Theatre: The Lost Years. Tiverton, Cheshire, England: Kelly Publications. p...
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Cotes, 1956) Armchair Theatre: "The Night Conspirators" (Philip Saville, 1962) Armchair Theatre: "Afternoon of a Nymph" (1962) Armchair Theatre: "Thank You...
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Evidence at the Liverpool Playhouse and was awarded a contract with the theatre. His first film role was a bit part in The Loneliness of the Long Distance...
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Film Festival, 1993) Hon. Doctor of Literature, for contributions to the theatre, television drama and entertainment. (Nottingham Trent University, 2002)...
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Diana Dors (section Theatre and Maurice Elvey)
for Doom", co-starring John Gavin, and episodes of Straightaway and Armchair Theatre in Britain. She toured Australia in 1963. While there, she said 1956...
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Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute UK television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960–1965. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence...
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Trevor Bannister (section Theatre)
its run in 2010. In 1960, Bannister appeared on stage at the Cambridge Theatre in London in Billy Liar, which starred Albert Finney. He starred as Darkie...
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Ambassador. Other television credits include The Saint, The Wednesday Play, Armchair Theatre, Play for Today, Tales of the Unexpected, Country Matters, and The...
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them songs for the Electric Dreams soundtrack, Lynne's solo album Armchair Theatre and Lynne-produced Dave Edmunds album Information. Tandy was inducted...
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television and film directors". His work included 45 contributions to Armchair Theatre (1956–1972) and he won two Best Drama Series BAFTAs for Boys from the...
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Sheila Reid (section Roles in theatre)
both ITV and the BBC, including in Armchair Theatre, Tales of Mystery, Z Cars, Love Story, Knock on Any Door, and Theatre 625. In the BBC's television film...
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Underground, part of the Armchair Theatre series. Jones was born in Lampeter, Wales.[citation needed] Jones appeared in Dundee Repertory Theatre plays including...
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pantomimes. She had no formal training but later worked at the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first big success came in the BBC...
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