The series
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'.
Episodes
Season 1 · 6 episodes · 1985
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Episode 19 Nov 198550m
Mister Clay, Mister Clay
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.
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Episode 216 Nov 198550m
The Murders at Lynch Cross
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.
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Episode 323 Nov 198550m
This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
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.
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Episode 430 Nov 198550m
Bright Smiler
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 …
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Episode 57 Dec 198550m
Dust to Dust
An English, female thuggee operates out of her country house.
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Episode 614 Dec 198550m
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
On Christmas night, parents leave their psychotic son alone in the house.
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