Armchair Theatre Season 6, Episode 13: The Irish Boys

The Omega Mystery

Butler and Robinson have to track down a saboteur at an atomic research station before it is too late.

60 min

Looking For Frankie

The Rose Affair

A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.

His Polyvinyl Girl

A department store closes for the night and instead of going home, the staff realize a musical fantasy amongst the store set pieces.

Roll On Bloomin' Death

Its near the end of World War 2, and a young green officer takes over a war weary platoon, he is ordered to take some of them on a raid, but he cannot rouse any volunteers.

The Trouble With Our Ivy

A feud over rose-growing escalates to manic proportions when one neighbour acquires a fast-growing creeper

Murder Club

In the year 2110, Stanley Frelaine is urged by his boss to improve his social connections by taking up hunting.

Tune On An Old Tax Fiddle

When the inland revenue gets an angry mistress's letter exposing a man named Toby as a tax cheat, they quietly put pressure on him. Toby panics, and hires an unscrupulous lawyer named Elvin, but he has a hard time taking his advice.

The Rank and File

An observation on corruption in a US Trade Union.Follows the life of factory worker Bill Kilcoyne from the depressed 1930s to his present day (1959) standing in front of a Senate Committee as a trade union leader.

Night Conspirators

An elderly man is rescued from Iceland. Why would an elderly man need to escape from Iceland? Unless of course its Adolf Hitler.

Girl In A Birdcage

Night Stop

Eddy, a young Midlands bargee, investigates the so-called accidental drowning death of a lifelong friend.

Dumb Martian

On Mars, Withers a gruff, bigoted pioneer buys himself a Martian wife for company. Like all her race, Lellie cannot speak and Withers treats her like a slave. But he becomes jealous when Weaver, a young scientist, lodges at his camp and treats Lellie sympathetically.

The Hard Knock

A short tempered Irishman returns home after his brother was hanged for murder during a robbery. Though at first determined he was actually innocent, family and friends slowly convince him otherwise.

North City Traffic Straight Ahead

The Fishing Match

Peter drives his uncle and his friends to the countryside to take part in a fishing match. Meeting Kath he tells her stories of his father's travels but discovers a picture of him taken in Skegness and knows he's living a lie.