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Armchair Thriller (1978)

Armchair Thriller poster
Genre
anthology series, drama television series
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 60 episodes
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a British anthology series from the late 1970s. It tells separate mystery and thriller stories, each adapted from a novel. The episodes run 25 minutes and air twice a week.

suspensefuldarkmoodyepisodiclow-keytwice-weeklyadaptationsspooky

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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