Time for Murder (1985)
Written by six of Britain's finest writers (including Fay Weldon, Antonia Fraser, and Michael Robson), performed by leading actors, these are no ordinary tales of mystery and suspense. Each has its own twist, ranging from the darkly humorous to the truly macabre.
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Episode 1 - Mister Clay, Mister Clay
Release Date: 1985-11-09Boys 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 2 - The Murders at Lynch Cross
Release Date: 1985-11-16A snowstorm traps the guests, proprietors and servants at the newly opened Lynch Cross Moorland Hotel in Yorkshire. Gradually, everyone realizes that a common thread--involving an old crime--links them, and new murders ensue.
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Episode 3 - This Lightning Always Strikes Twice
Release Date: 1985-11-23A murder has occurred at the country home of Sir Daniel and Lady Barbara Penwarden, and the prime suspect is the new tutor to the couple's daughter. A murder mystery with many twists and turns and dark family secrets to keep the armchair sleuth guessing.
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Episode 4 - Bright Smiler
Release Date: 1985-11-30Avon Eve, a successful writer for films and television, checks into a spa for a week of rest and relaxation. There, she is assigned a masseuse, Sonja, who the director of the spa calls the Smiler for her constantly pleasant and smiling disposition. Sonia has heard of Avon and is particularly enchanted by one of her works for television - one that Avon thinks is quite dreadful. As they spend more time together, Sonja begins to remember a failed love affair with Sir Jonathan Sibley who claimed to have loved her but refused to marry. When her old love arrives at the spa with his wife - and fails to even recognize Sonja - she becomes unhinged and plays a terrifying game of Russian roulette.
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Episode 5 - Dust to Dust
Release Date: 1985-12-07An English, female thuggee operates out of her country house.
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Episode 6 - The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Release Date: 1985-12-14On Christmas night, parents leave their psychotic son alone in the house.