TV series

Armchair Thriller

1978–1981 · 2 seasons

A hushed, shadowy anthology of slow-building British mysteries that unsettles more through atmosphere and suggestion than shocks.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, deception, isolation, guilt
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
deception
isolation
guilt
death
Places: single country house
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild