Armchair Theatre Season 7, Episode 21: The Pushover

Nothing To Pay

Supporters leave their village for the first time and visit the city to see an away match.

The Sin Shifter

Fisherman Manny Barnes comes into conflict with the local clergy as he tries to halt the decline in his fishing town by turning it into a gambling spot.

Afternoon of a Nymph

An agent invites his young starlet to a party so she can meet all the right people and have a chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger roles and possible stardom. However while she is there, she realizes that there is a price to pay.

Dead Letter

Relatives gathered for a funeral tea get unexpected news.

Always Something Hot

Thank You and Goodnight

A rather intellectual young woman who has just broken off an affair with a married man meets a rather uncouth pop singer on a train journey.

The Big Ride

Joker

Hear The Tiger, See The Bay

Blue and White

The Hot Potato Boys

Into The Dark

The Paradise Suite

After a London premiere, a psychologically troubled Hollywood starlet in a luxury hotel suite meets several men, including a critic, an agent, a bell hop and a photographer, desperately seeking understanding.

The Cruel Kind

Arnold, a soldier who has deserted after a traumatic event on the Berlin Wall, is drowning his sorrows in a pub. A Spanish boy who can speak little English enters the pub begging for help against a lynch mob chasing him, accusing him of molesting the daughter of a local businessman. After recent events, Arnold wants no involvement, but Cissy persuades him otherwise.

The Invasion

Inhabitants in a remote village laughs off and dismiss a couple of schoolboys' claims that they are being invaded by aliens.

Power and Glory

Wagger

Jungle Juice

The Wednesday Caller

The Monkey and the Mohawk

Late Summer

Helga and David travel to a secluded hotel for some alone time. Helga is much older than David and tongues wag among the other guests. The more time they are together. the more their age difference becomes a rift between them.

A Little Night Music

The Snag

When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic centre, only Emma Mannering's corset shoppe stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead he's double crossed.

Living Image

A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down, when his son, a young radical and his associates brings modern interpretations of art into his life.