| Armchair Thriller | |
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| Genre | Horror, thriller |
| Theme music composer | Andy Mackay |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 55 |
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| Executive producer | Andrew Brown |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | c. 23–26 minutes per episode |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 21 February 1978 – 30 December 1981 |
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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.