COLLECTION · Series · 1985

Time for Murder

Name: Time for Murder
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 4

Time for Murder is a 1985 British anthology crime series produced by Granada Television, featuring six standalone, hour-long mystery episodes with twists, dark humour, and macabre elements, starring popular actors like Charles Dance and Claire Bloom. Each episode presents a different story, such as a tutor becoming a murder suspect or a writer's spa vacation turning sinister, all united by the theme that 'there is always a time for murder'.

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* 4.0 (1)CrimeMysteryUnited Kingdom

Creators

Pieter Rogers

Countries

United Kingdom

Studios

ITV Granada · Granada Television

Runtime

50 min/ep

Release

09/11/1985

Score

4.0 / 10 (1)

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Seasons and episodes

Series 1

6 episodes · 1985

Episode 1. Mister Clay, Mister Clay

1985-11-09 · 50 min

Boys will be boys, at a boy's school. When a woman is found locked in a closet, it gives someone, intent on murder, an idea for a perfect crime.

Episode 2. The Murders at Lynch Cross

1985-11-16 · 50 min

A snowstorm traps the guests, proprietors and servants at the newly opened Lynch Cross Moorland Hotel in Yorkshire. Gradually, everyone realises that a common thread--involving an old crime--links them, and new murders ensue.

Episode 3. This Lightning Always Strikes Twice

1985-11-23 · 50 min

A murder has occurred at the Penwarden country home, and the prime suspect is the new tutor to daughter Sarah. A murder mystery with many twists and turns and dark family secrets to keep the armchair sleuth guessing.

Episode 4. Bright Smiler

1985-11-30 · 50 min

Successful film and TV writer Avon Eve checks into a spa for a week of rest and relaxation. There, she is assigned a masseuse, Sonia, dubbed 'The Smiler' by the staff for her constantly pleasant and smiling disposition. Sonia has heard of…

Episode 5. Dust to Dust

1985-12-07 · 50 min

An English, female thuggee operates out of her country house.

Episode 6. The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

1985-12-14 · 50 min

On Christmas night, parents leave their psychotic son alone in the house.

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Keywords

anthologymurder mystery