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'.
1 season · 6 episodes
Mister Clay, Mister Clay
Nov 9, 198550 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.
The Murders at Lynch Cross
Nov 16, 198550 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.
This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
Nov 23, 198550 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.
Bright Smiler
Nov 30, 198550 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 A
Dust to Dust
Dec 7, 198550 min
An English, female thuggee operates out of her country house.
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Dec 14, 198550 min
On Christmas night, parents leave their psychotic son alone in the house.
Aden Gillett
Mr Matthew Clay
Ian Ogilvy
Max Donaldson
Charles Kay
Mr Kaufman
Joan Hickson
Miss Wainwright
Philip Bliss
Roddy Granger
Edward Hardwicke
Gavin Barlow
Eleanor Bron
Josie Barlow
Beatie Edney
Pippa Millington
Simon Bowen
Paul Millington
Yohan Liyanage
Bobbie Sanchez
Terence Alexander
Harry Scott-Forbes
Sylvia Syms
Vivien Scott-Forbes
