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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'.
Highest-rated episodes all ranked
- 01This Lightning Always Strikes TwiceA 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.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Mister Clay, Mister ClayNovember 9, 1985—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 cr
- S01E02The Murders at Lynch CrossNovember 16, 1985—A snowstorm traps the guests, proprietors and servants at the newly opened Lynch Cross Moorland Hotel in Yorkshire. Gradually, everyone real
- S01E03This Lightning Always Strikes TwiceNovember 23, 1985A murder has occurred at the Penwarden country home, and the prime suspect is the new tutor to daughter Sarah. A murder mystery with many tw
- S01E04Bright SmilerNovember 30, 1985—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
- S01E05Dust to DustDecember 7, 1985—An English, female thuggee operates out of her country house.
- S01E06The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasDecember 14, 1985—On Christmas night, parents leave their psychotic son alone in the house.
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