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Armchair Theatre Volume 3 Four-disc DVD set. Produced by Network. Includes the Patrick McGoohan play ‘The Man Out There’. SPECIAL FEATURES * Now Let Him Go retakes – alternate takes from the oldest surviving edition * Old Man’s Fancy – an unaired play from 1964 EPISODES Now Let Him Go One of England’s greatest figures in the world of art is found dying. Who will inherit his money andhis paintings, and how does his death affect his granddaughter Felicity, and Stan, the son of a North Country publican? Starring Hugh Griffith, June Thorburn, Ursula Howells, Frances Rowe and William Mervyn Written by J.B. Priestley Directed by Dennis Vance Original ITV Transmission 15 September 1957 The Criminals A board meeting is interrupted by a known criminal who threatens the four directors’ families with harm if they don’t follow his plans exactly… Starring Stanley Baker, Raymond Huntley and Allan Cuthbertson Written by Eric Paice and Malcolm Hulke Directed by James Ferman Original ITV Transmission 28 December 1958 A Night Out Albert Stokes has a night out, against the wishes of his possessive mother. At an office party, he is involved in an embarrassing incident which leads to a more eventful evening than he had bargained for. Starring Tom Bell, Madge Ryan, Arthur Lowe and Vivien Merchant Written by Harold Pinter Directed by Philip Saville Original ITV Transmission 24 April 1960 Lena, O My Lena Tom is fed up with his fellow students and wants to work with ‘people’ for a change. He takes a vacation job in a warehouse, where he falls under the spell of Lena and finds out where he really belongs. Starring Billie Whitelaw, Colin Blakely, Peter McEnery and Scott Forbes Written by Alun Owen Directed by William T. Kotcheff Original ITV Transmission 25 September 1960 The Man Out There In the loneliness of space, the world’s first astronaut, cut off from base, is linked up by a freak radio reception with a Canadian trapper’s wife. She too is isolated, and facing a life or death situation… Starring Patrick McGoohan, Clifford Evans, Katharine Blake, Jack Watson and Marne Maitland Written by Donal Giltinan Directed by Charles Jarrott Original ITV Transmission 12 March 1961 The Omega Mystery Butler and Robinson, the unconventional spycatchers first seen in 1960’s Armchair Theatre drama Flight from Treason, return – this time to track down a saboteur at a nuclear research station. Starring John Gregson, Donald Churchill, Stanley Meadows, David Spenser, Frank Gatliff, Miranda Connell and Patrick McAlinney Written by James Mitchell Directed by Guy Verney Original ITV Transmission 10 September 1961 Tune On THE Old Tax Fiddle It’s a black day for Toby Dickson when an anonymous letter ‘shops’ him to the Inland Revenue. When the dust of conflict has settled, who is the winner – Toby or the Inspector? Starring Raymond Huntley, Norman Rossington, John Le Mesurier, Vivienne Martin and Henry McGee Written by Ronald Hardy Directed by Charles Jarrott Original ITV Transmission 17 December 1961 Afternoon of a Nymph A young would-be starlet is invited to a party – offering her a chance to meet all the right people and, she hopes, move on to bigger and better things… Starring Janet Munro, Ian Hendry, Peter Butterworth, William Gaunt, Patrick Holt and Aubrey Morris Written by Robert Muller Directed by Philip Saville Original ITV Transmission 30 September 1962 The Snag Ed Crayshaw is a public relations man noted for his success with women; but he has some nasty shocks when he tackles Madame Emma and her niece Agatha, who run a salon selling foundation garments. Starring Derek Francis, Barrie Ingham, Gwen Nelson, Patsy Rowlands and Arthur Lowe Written by Donal Giltinan Directed by Jonathan Alwyn Original ITV Transmission 4 August 1963 Living Image Robert Manders is a traditional portraitist and Royal Academician. When his son John returns from America with radically different ideas about art, conflict threatens to destroy their close and tender relationship. Starring Alec Clunes, Alexis Kanner, Kynaston Reeves, James Villiers and Elizabeth MacLennan Written by James Broom Lynne Directed by Philip Saville Original ITV Transmission 18 August 1963 Poor Cherry Cherry’s marriage to Brian may have stagnated, but she finds plenty of compensation in her work with Philip Rick, a candidate in the local election. When her home becomes a campaign headquarters, the two are conveniently thrown together. Starring Dilys Laye, Jane Birkin, Judy Cornwell, Gwen Nelson and Peter Arne Written by Fay Weldon Directed by Piers Haggard Original ITV Transmission 9 September 1967 Special Feature: Old Man’s Fancy Recorded on New Year’s Eve 1964, this play was never transmitted. Sir Harold’s dalliance with a much younger woman is cause for consternation among his children. Starring Clifford Evans, Robert Hardy, Peter Jeffrey and Meg Wynn Owen Written by Evan Jones Directed by Toby Robertson This DVD is coded to Region 2 PAL format. Purchasers from outside Europe or Australia will need a multi-region DVD player to view these discs.
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