Armchair Thriller

Armchair Thriller
GenreHorror, thriller
Theme music composerAndy Mackay
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes55
Production
Executive producerAndrew Brown
Producers
  • Andrew Brown,
  • Jacqueline Davis,
  • Brenda Ennisp
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timec. 23–26 minutes per episode
Production companies
Original release
NetworkITV
Release21 February 1978 (1978-02-21) –
30 December 1981 (1981-12-30)
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Armchair Thriller is a British television drama series broadcast on ITV in 1978 and 1980 in two seasons. Taking the form of a sequence of unconnected serials, scripts for Armchair Thriller were adaptations of published novels and stories. Although not strictly a horror series, it did sometimes include supernatural elements. Armchair Thriller was mainly produced by Thames Television, but it included two serials from Southern Television. The format was of 25-minute episodes broadcast twice-weekly, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 8 pm and 9 pm.