
Armchair Thriller
1978-02-21 · 25 min / episode · ★ 4.7
Armchair Thriller is a British television programme, broadcast on ITV in two series in 1978 and 1980. Owing something to some of the off-shoots of the earlier Armchair Theatre, the new series used scripts adapted from published novels and stories. Although not properly a horror series it included several supernatural elements. Armchair Thriller was produced by Thames Television, but it included serials made by Southern Television.
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- Creators
- Andrew Brown
- Production companies
- Thames Television, Southern Television
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Ended
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