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.ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Armchair Thriller</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Armchair_Thriller.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Armchair_Thriller.png/220px-Armchair_Thriller.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a2/Armchair_Thriller.png/330px-Armchair_Thriller.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Armchair_Thriller.png 2x" data-file-width="365" data-file-height="273" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Horror_fiction" title="Horror fiction">Horror</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thriller_(genre)" title="Thriller (genre)">thriller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andy_Mackay" title="Andy Mackay">Andy Mackay</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of series</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">55</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producer</th><td class="infobox-data">Andrew Brown</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">21 February 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1978-02-21</span>)</span> –<br />30 December 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1981-12-30</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Armchair Thriller</b></i> is a British television drama series broadcast on <a href="/wiki/ITV_(TV_network)" title="ITV (TV network)">ITV</a> in 1978 and 1980 in two seasons. Taking the form of a sequence of unconnected serials, scripts for <i>Armchair Thriller</i> were adaptations of published novels and stories. Although not strictly a horror series, it did sometimes include supernatural elements. <i>Armchair Thriller</i> was mainly produced by <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a>, but it included two serials from <a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern Television</a>. The format was of 25-minute episodes broadcast twice-weekly, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays between <span class="nowrap">8 pm</span> and <span class="nowrap">9 pm</span>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Overview">Overview</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armchair_Thriller&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The opening titles consisted of a shadow-figure walking to an armchair and then sitting down, accompanied by music composed by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Mackay" title="Andy Mackay">Andy Mackay</a> of pop group <a href="/wiki/Roxy_Music" title="Roxy Music">Roxy Music</a>. Some trailers for the series showed the same armchair soaked in blood and a screaming, maniacal face; these received criticism from those who considered them too horrific for pre-<a href="/wiki/Watershed_(television)#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Watershed (television)">watershed</a> viewing. For <i>Armchair Thriller</i> broadcasts <a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames Television</a> changed the <a href="/wiki/Station_identification" title="Station identification">station ident</a> it used; normally it showed a London landscape in daytime, but here it was the same view as though seen at night. Ratings reached more than 17 million viewers during the broadcast of the first episode of "The Limbo Connection" in May 1978.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first series included an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/Antonia_Fraser" title="Antonia Fraser">Antonia Fraser</a>'s 1977 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Quiet_as_a_Nun" title="Quiet as a Nun">Quiet as a Nun</a></i>. This introduced to television the character of <a href="/wiki/Jemima_Shore" title="Jemima Shore">Jemima Shore</a>—who was later spun off into her own ITV series—and starred <a href="/wiki/Maria_Aitken" title="Maria Aitken">Maria Aitken</a>. "Quiet as a Nun" features a <a href="/wiki/Cliffhanger" title="Cliffhanger">cliffhanger</a> sequence where the 'Black Nun' appeared. Other actors to appear included <a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Denis_Lawson" title="Denis Lawson">Denis Lawson</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armchair_Thriller&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_1">Series 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armchair_Thriller&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Series 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">No. of episodes</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Cast</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Production company</th><th scope="col" style="background:#93FFE8;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep1" style="text-align:center">1</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Rachel_in_Danger"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Rachel in Danger</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Waris_Hussein" title="Waris Hussein">Waris Hussein</a></td><td style="text-align:center">John Bowen</td><td style="text-align:center">Della Low (Rachel), <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Greif" title="Stephen Greif">Stephen Greif</a> (Juan), Eiko Nakamura (Aiyako), <a href="/wiki/Neville_Jason" title="Neville Jason">Neville Jason</a> (Peter), <a href="/wiki/George_Waring_(actor)" title="George Waring (actor)">George Waring</a> (Police Sergeant), <a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Joyce_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Joyce (actor) (page does not exist)">John Joyce</a> (C.I.D. Sgt.), <a href="/wiki/Harry_Littlewood" title="Harry Littlewood">Harry Littlewood</a> (Caretaker)</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Thames_Television" title="Thames Television">Thames</a></td><td style="text-align:center">21 February – 2 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">21 February – 2 March 1978</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep2" style="text-align:center">2</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="A_Dog's_Ransom"></span><span id="A_Dog’s_Ransom"></span><span class="vanchor-text">A Dog's Ransom</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td style="text-align:center">Donald McWhinnie</td><td style="text-align:center">John Bowen</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Whitrow" title="Benjamin Whitrow">Benjamin Whitrow</a> (Edward Reynolds), <a href="/wiki/Zena_Walker" title="Zena Walker">Zena Walker</a> (Gina Reynolds), <a href="/wiki/Susie_Blake" title="Susie Blake">Susie Blake</a> (Marion Dowell), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Angelis" title="Paul Angelis">Paul Angelis</a> (Tom Choley), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Stirner&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Brian Stirner (page does not exist)">Brian Stirner</a> (Clarence Duhamel), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Leon_Eagles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leon Eagles (page does not exist)">Leon Eagles</a> (Kowajinski), <a href="/wiki/Prentis_Hancock" title="Prentis Hancock">Prentis Hancock</a> (Desk Sergeant), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neville_Barber&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neville Barber (page does not exist)">Neville Barber</a> (Chief Superintendent), <a href="/wiki/David_Hargreaves_(actor)" title="David Hargreaves (actor)">David Hargreaves</a> (Ken Holbrook), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ray_Armstong_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ray Armstong (actor) (page does not exist)">Ray Armstong</a> (Duty Inspector), <a href="/wiki/Linal_Haft" title="Linal Haft">Linal Haft</a> (Cookson), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayner_Bourton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rayner Bourton (page does not exist)">Rayner Bourton</a> (Jim), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Wylie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Frank Wylie (page does not exist)">Frank Wylie</a> (Inspector Craig)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">9–23 March 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">9–23 March 1978</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep3" style="text-align:center">3</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Girl_Who_Walked_Quickly"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Girl Who Walked Quickly</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center">Brian Farnham</td><td style="text-align:center">Ray Jenkins</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Denis_Lawson" title="Denis Lawson">Denis Lawson</a> (David Cooper), Phyllida Nash (Liz), <a href="/wiki/Clive_Merrison" title="Clive Merrison">Clive Merrison</a> (Godolt), <a href="/wiki/Barry_Stanton_(actor)" title="Barry Stanton (actor)">Barry Stanton</a> (Swift), <a href="/wiki/John_Gregg_(actor)" title="John Gregg (actor)">John Gregg</a> (Everly), <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Smith_(actor)" title="Oliver Smith (actor)">Oliver Smith</a> (1st Helper), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hans_De_Vries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hans De Vries (page does not exist)">Luke Hanson</a> (2nd Helper), <a href="/wiki/Derek_Benfield" title="Derek Benfield">Derek Benfield</a> (Mr. Cooper), <a href="/wiki/Colin_McCormack" title="Colin McCormack">Colin McCormack</a> (Det. Sgt. Bowen), <a href="/wiki/Martin_Fisk" title="Martin Fisk">Martin Fisk</a> (Explosive Officer), <a href="/wiki/Neil_Hallett" title="Neil Hallett">Neil Hallett</a> (Commander Lambert), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Martyn_Whitby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Martyn Whitby (page does not exist)">Martyn Whitby</a> (Sniper No. 2)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">28 March – 6 April 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">28 March – 6 April 1978</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep4" style="text-align:center">4</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Quiet_as_a_Nun"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Quiet as a Nun</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Moira_Armstrong" title="Moira Armstrong">Moira Armstrong</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Julia_Jones_(writer)" title="Julia Jones (writer)">Julia Jones</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Maria_Aitken" title="Maria Aitken">Maria Aitken</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jemima_Shore" title="Jemima Shore">Jemima Shore</a>), <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Asherson" title="Renée Asherson">Renée Asherson</a> (Mother Ancilla), <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Bruce" title="Brenda Bruce">Brenda Bruce</a> (Sister Elizabeth), <a href="/wiki/David_Burke_(British_actor)" title="David Burke (British actor)">David Burke</a> (Tom Amyas), <a href="/wiki/Patsy_Kensit" title="Patsy Kensit">Patsy Kensit</a> (Tessa), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mary_Healey&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mary Healey (page does not exist)">Mary Healey</a> (Beatrice O’Dowd), <a href="/w/index.php?title=James_Appleby_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="James Appleby (actor) (page does not exist)">James Appleby</a> (Joe), <a href="/wiki/Susan_Engel" title="Susan Engel">Susan Engel</a> (Sister Agnes), <a href="/wiki/James_Laurenson" title="James Laurenson">James Laurenson</a> (Alexander Skarbek), <a href="/wiki/Sylvia_Coleridge" title="Sylvia Coleridge">Sylvia Coleridge</a> (Sister Boniface), <a href="/wiki/John_Bryans" title="John Bryans">John Bryans</a> (Sir Charles)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">11–27 April 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">11–27 April 1978</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep5" style="text-align:center">5</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Limbo_Connection"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Limbo Connection</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Tronson" title="Robert Tronson">Robert Tronson</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Mackie" title="Philip Mackie">Philip Mackie</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/James_Bolam" title="James Bolam">James Bolam</a> (Mark Omney), <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Ayres" title="Rosalind Ayres">Rosalind Ayres</a> (Annabella Fraser), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Culver" title="Michael Culver">Michael Culver</a> (Dr. Walcott Brown), <a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Lehmann" title="Beatrix Lehmann">Beatrix Lehmann</a> (Blanche Terraine), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vass_Anderson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vass Anderson (page does not exist)">Vass Anderson</a> (Soames), <a href="/wiki/Alan_Ford_(actor)" title="Alan Ford (actor)">Alan Ford</a> (Bill), <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Benjamin_(actor)" title="Christopher Benjamin (actor)">Christopher Benjamin</a> (Det. Inspector Tarrant), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Welch_(actor)" title="Peter Welch (actor)">Peter Welch</a> (Mechanic), <a href="/wiki/Aim%C3%A9e_Delamain" title="Aimée Delamain">Aimée Delamain</a> (Mrs. Franklyn), <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Blake_(English_actor)" title="Arthur Blake (English actor)">Arthur Blake</a> (Mr. Dyer), <a href="/wiki/Milton_Johns" title="Milton Johns">Milton Johns</a> (Tim Kennaway), <a href="/wiki/Rosamund_Greenwood" title="Rosamund Greenwood">Rosamund Greenwood</a> (Mrs. Woldingham)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">2–18 May 1978<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2–18 May 1978</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237879425">.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent,.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable tr.vevent th{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable .summary{text-align:left}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .module-episode-list-row small[style]{color:#d5d584!important;background:#333;padding:8px}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .wikiepisodetable span[style^="color"]{color:inherit!important;border-bottom:dotted 1px}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Series_2">Series 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armchair_Thriller&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Series 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders wikiepisodetable" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="color:black;text-align:center"><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;width:5%;color:black"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Title</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">No. of episodes</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Directed by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Written by</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Cast</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Production company</th><th scope="col" style="background:#E77471;color:black">Original air date</th></tr><tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep6" style="text-align:center">6</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Victim"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Victim</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gareth_Davies_(director)" title="Gareth Davies (director)">Gareth Davies</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Michael Ashe</td><td style="text-align:center">David Beckett (Frankie Martin), <a href="/wiki/Lorna_Yabsley" title="Lorna Yabsley">Lorna Yabsley</a> (Sue Craig), Steve Morley (Len Trace), <a href="/wiki/John_Shrapnel" title="John Shrapnel">John Shrapnel</a> (Vincent Craig), <a href="/wiki/Paul_Jerricho" title="Paul Jerricho">Paul Jerricho</a> (Harry Turner), <a href="/wiki/Godfrey_James" title="Godfrey James">Godfrey James</a> (Chief Supt. Lewis), <a href="/wiki/Edward_Burnham" title="Edward Burnham">Edward Burnham</a> (Professor Manson), <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bennion" title="Alan Bennion">Alan Bennion</a> (Praed), <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Kay" title="Bernard Kay">Bernard Kay</a> (Neecham), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dominic_Letts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dominic Letts (page does not exist)">Dominic Letts</a> (Betting Shop Assistant), <a href="/wiki/Jerold_Wells" title="Jerold Wells">Jerold Wells</a> (1st Dosser), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_McNeff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard McNeff (page does not exist)">Richard McNeff</a> (Chief Prison Officer)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">8–24 January 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">8–24 January 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep7" style="text-align:center">7</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Dead_Man's_Kit"></span><span id="Dead_Man’s_Kit"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Dead Man's Kit</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Colin_Bucksey" title="Colin Bucksey">Colin Bucksey</a></td><td style="text-align:center">Tom Clenaghan</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Lamb" title="Larry Lamb">Larry Lamb</a> (CPO Chalkey White), <a href="/wiki/Philip_Locke" title="Philip Locke">Philip Locke</a> (Cmdr. Lloyd), <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Colbourne" title="Maurice Colbourne">Maurice Colbourne</a> (Lt. Cmdr. Kobahl), <a href="/wiki/Clive_Merrison" title="Clive Merrison">Clive Merrison</a> (Commander Maybury), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_Kember&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Paul Kember (page does not exist)">Paul Kember</a> (Peters), <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Foreman" title="Jamie Foreman">Jamie Foreman</a> (Operator 1), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Timothy_Block&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Timothy Block (page does not exist)">Timothy Block</a> (Operator 2), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Richard_Kane_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Richard Kane (actor) (page does not exist)">Richard Kane</a> (Winterman), <a href="/wiki/William_Russell_(English_actor)" title="William Russell (English actor)">William Russell</a> (Senior Officer)</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Television" title="Southern Television">Southern</a></td><td style="text-align:center">29 January – 7 February 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">29 January – 7 February 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep8" style="text-align:center">8</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Dying_Day"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Dying Day</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center">Robert Tronson</td><td style="text-align:center">John Bowen</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McKellen" title="Ian McKellen">Ian McKellen</a> (Anthony Skipling), <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Kaufmann" title="Maurice Kaufmann">Maurice Kaufmann</a> (1st Interrogator), <a href="/wiki/Prentis_Hancock" title="Prentis Hancock">Prentis Hancock</a> (2nd Interrogator), <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Malahide" title="Patrick Malahide">Patrick Malahide</a> (Police Sergeant), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Troughton" title="Michael Troughton">Michael Troughton</a> (Police Constable), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Childs" title="Peter Childs">Peter Childs</a> (Sellars), <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Shaps" title="Cyril Shaps">Cyril Shaps</a> (Mountjoy)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">12–21 February 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">12–21 February 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep9" style="text-align:center">9</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Fear_of_God"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Fear of God</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center">Robert Tronson</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Troy_Kennedy_Martin" title="Troy Kennedy Martin">Troy Kennedy Martin</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Bryan_Marshall" title="Bryan Marshall">Bryan Marshall</a> (Paul Marriot), <a href="/wiki/Alun_Armstrong" title="Alun Armstrong">Alun Armstrong</a> (Trahearne), <a href="/wiki/Peter_Cellier" title="Peter Cellier">Peter Cellier</a> (Maitland), <a href="/wiki/Michael_Sheard" title="Michael Sheard">Michael Sheard</a> (Colonel Morgan), <a href="/wiki/Garrick_Hagon" title="Garrick Hagon">Garrick Hagon</a> (Walters), <a href="/wiki/Roger_Brierley" title="Roger Brierley">Roger Brierley</a> (Vic), <a href="/wiki/David_Graham_(actor)" title="David Graham (actor)">David Graham</a> (Vicar), <a href="/wiki/David_Healy_(actor)" title="David Healy (actor)">David Healy</a> (Anvil), <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Harrington" title="Laurence Harrington">Laurence Harrington</a> (Sub-Editor), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lionel_Sansby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lionel Sansby (page does not exist)">Lionel Sansby</a> (Ambulance Man), <a href="/wiki/Susan_Sheridan" title="Susan Sheridan">Susan Sheridan</a> (Voice of Rosamund)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">26 February – 6 March 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">26 February – 6 March 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep10" style="text-align:center">10</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="High_Tide"></span><span class="vanchor-text">High Tide</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">4</td><td style="text-align:center">Colin Bucksey</td><td style="text-align:center">Andrew Brown</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McShane" title="Ian McShane">Ian McShane</a> (Peter Curtis), <a href="/wiki/Wendy_Morgan_(actress)" title="Wendy Morgan (actress)">Wendy Morgan</a> (Celia), <a href="/wiki/Terence_Rigby" title="Terence Rigby">Terence Rigby</a> (Matthews), <a href="/wiki/John_Bird_(actor)" title="John Bird (actor)">John Bird</a> (Cyril), <a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Terris" title="Malcolm Terris">Malcolm Terris</a> (Maxwell)</td><td style="text-align:center">Southern</td><td style="text-align:center">11–20 March 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">11–20 March 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep11" style="text-align:center">11</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Circe_Complex"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Circe Complex</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">6</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_D._Cardona" title="Robert D. Cardona">Robert D. Cardona</a></td><td style="text-align:center">David Hopkins</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Beth_Morris" title="Beth Morris">Beth Morris</a> (Val Foreman), <a href="/wiki/Trevor_Martin" title="Trevor Martin">Trevor Martin</a> (Tom Foreman), <a href="/wiki/Alan_David_(actor)" title="Alan David (actor)">Alan David</a> (Ollie Milton), <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Forwood" title="Gareth Forwood">Gareth Forwood</a> (Dr. Crampton), <a href="/wiki/James_Hazeldine" title="James Hazeldine">James Hazeldine</a> (Dave), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Colville&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geoffrey Colville (page does not exist)">Geoffrey Colville</a> (Prison Governor), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eric_Francis_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eric Francis (actor) (page does not exist)">Eric Francis</a> (Mr. Evans), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marc_Boyle&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marc Boyle (page does not exist)">Marc Boyle</a> (Policeman), <a href="/wiki/Derek_Ware_(actor)" title="Derek Ware (actor)">Derek Ware</a> (O’Brady), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Neil_Daglish&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Neil Daglish (page does not exist)">Neil Daglish</a> (Det. Sgt. Rees), <a href="/wiki/Victor_Winding" title="Victor Winding">Victor Winding</a> (Det. Insp. Sayers)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">25 March – 10 April 1980<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">25 March – 10 April 1980</span>)</span></td></tr> <tr class="vevent module-episode-list-row" style="text-align:center;background:inherit;color:inherit"><th scope="row" rowspan="1" id="ep12" style="text-align:center">12</th><td class="summary" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left">"<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="The_Chelsea_Murders"></span><span class="vanchor-text">The Chelsea Murders</span></span>"</td><td style="text-align:center">1</td><td style="text-align:center">Derek Bennett</td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Hales" title="Jonathan Hales">Jonathan Hales</a></td><td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Feast" title="Michael Feast">Michael Feast</a> (Steve), Guy Gregory (Artie), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Antony_Carrick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antony Carrick (page does not exist)">Antony Carrick</a> (Summers), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chris_Gannon_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chris Gannon (actor) (page does not exist)">Chris Gannon</a> (Publican), <a href="/wiki/Lucy_Griffiths_(actress,_born_1919)" title="Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919)">Lucy Griffiths</a> (Mrs. Bulstrode), <a href="/wiki/Doug_Sheldon" title="Doug Sheldon">Doug Sheldon</a> (Otto), <a href="/wiki/David_Yip" title="David Yip">David Yip</a> (Denny), <a href="/wiki/Richard_Hampton" title="Richard Hampton">Richard Hampton</a> (Editor), <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ian_Liston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian Liston (page does not exist)">Ian Liston</a> (Policeman), <a href="/wiki/Ishaq_Bux" title="Ishaq Bux">Ishaq Bux</a> (Arab Servant)</td><td style="text-align:center">Thames</td><td style="text-align:center">30 December 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1981-12-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr class="expand-child"><td class="description" colspan="9" style="border-bottom:solid 3px #E77471"> <div class="shortSummaryText" style="max-width:90vw;position:sticky;left:0.2em"> "The Chelsea Murders" was originally made as a 6-episode story for <i>Armchair Thriller</i>, but was unscreened in this form. The story was eventually broadcast over 20 months later than originally intended, but as a cut down feature-length (104 mins.) standalone programme, and not under the <i>Armchair Thriller</i> umbrella title.</div></td></tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879425"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_release">Home release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Armchair_Thriller&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Home release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ten Thames-produced serials were released by Network in 2008, both as separate stories and as a box-set, with the untransmitted six-part version of "The Chelsea Murders" also included. 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