Who's the Murderer
2016 · Crime · Mystery
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TV series / 1985
Time for Murder
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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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'.
Cast
Aden GillettMr Matthew Clay
Ian OgilvyMax Donaldson
Charles KayMr Kaufman
Joan HicksonMiss Wainwright
Philip BlissRoddy Granger
Edward HardwickeGavin Barlow
Eleanor BronJosie Barlow
Beatie EdneyPippa Millington
Simon BowenPaul Millington
Yohan LiyanageBobbie Sanchez
Terence AlexanderHarry Scott-Forbes
Sylvia SymsVivien Scott-Forbes
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Sara MarklandJoanne Scott-Forbes
Barbara JeffordMonica Dawes
Joanna DavidHester Peters
Alan MacNaughtanBernard Smith
Georgine AndersonChristine Turner
John CastleDr David Warreck
Sally CooksonSteffie Warreck
Jill BennettSonia Barrington
Mark GreenstreetThomas Thompson
Amanda RootSarah Penwarden
Trevor HowardSir Daniel Penwarden
Claire BloomLady Barbara Penwarden
Charles DanceJames Latimer
Patricia DriscollAnn Aysgarth
Tim SeelyWeir
Emrys JamesCI Dryden
Simon ShepherdLawrence Penwarden
Julia GoodmanJulie Penwarden
Janet SuzmanAvon Eve
Jane AsherSonia / 'The Smiler'
Alison SkilbeckSara
Jeremy NicholasSir Jonathan Sibley
Jackie Smith-WoodLady Tania Sibley
Renée AshersonHelen, Lady Sibley
Emma VansittartMaria
Patricia HodgeMargaret Tutting
William SimonsArthur Henry Strapp
Judy CampbellHermione Tutting
Alan DavidJeremy Semper
Michael JaystonAustin Tupp
Susan CurnowYoung Hermione
Gareth ForwoodAlgernon
Andy AbrahamsJudge
Badi UzzamanIndian Thug
Khuzema KhanabiIndian Boy
Ralph Riach
Patrick AllenGilbert Smith
Elizabeth SpriggsEvelyn Smith
John WheatleyRichard Smith
Joan MoonJuliet Smith
James BreeBill Norton
Rhoda LewisMeg Norton
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