1980s Repeats of Thriller on Granada

Granada often repeated Thriller in post-midnight slots - as per TV convention these are always listed as part of the previous evening's schedule (the new TV day generally not considered as starting until around 6.00 am). This was particularly so at the start and near the end of its repeats when Saturday night was the preferred slot with Monday pre-midnight screenings predominating inbetween. The only episode to depart from Monday or Saturday was Someone at the Top of the Stairs which featured post-midnight on a Friday in May 1982 as a late replacement for the film Oddjob.

ITC movie version title for Granada's first repeat

Episode	Date	Day	Time
Dial a Deadly Number	4.7.81	Saturday	12.15am-1.35am
Murder on the Midnight Express	11.7.81	Saturday	12.30am-1.45am
In the Steps of a Dead Man	18.7.81	Saturday	12.05am-1.25am
Killer with Two Faces	25.7.81	Saturday	12.05am-1.25am
The Killing Game	1.8.81	Saturday	12.05am-1.25am
Kiss, Kiss, Kill, Kill	8.8.81	Saturday	12.05am-1.25am
Anatomy of Terror	15.8.81	Saturday	12.00am-1.20am
Look Back in Darkness	22.8.81	Saturday	11.50pm-1.10am
Melody of Hate	29.8.81	Saturday	11.40pm-1.05am
Cry Terror!	10.10.81	Saturday	12.00am-1.20am
File It under Fear	7.11.81	Saturday	12.05am-1.30am
Death in Deep Water	14.11.81	Saturday	12.10am-1.30am
Death in Small Doses	21.11.81	Saturday	12.10am-1.30am
Someone at the Top of the Stairs	14.5.82	Friday	12.20am-01.45am
Murder Is a One Act Play	12.7.82	Monday	10.30-11.55pm
Murder in Mind	19.7.82	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
Not Guilty	26.7.82	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
Once the Killing Starts	2.8.82	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
One Deadly Owner	9.8.82	Monday	10.30-11.45pm
A Place to Die	16.8.82	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
Appointment with a Killer	25.4.83	Monday	11.15pm-12.45am
The Devil's Web	27.6.83	Monday	11.00pm-12.25am
Color Him Dead	4.7.83	Monday	11.00pm-12.25am
The Savage Curse	11.7.83	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are	18.7.83	Monday	11.15pm-12.40am
The Death Policy	25.7.83	Monday	10.30-11.50pm
The Double Kill	1.8.83	Monday	10.30-11.55pm
The Next Victim	7.1.84	Saturday	11.55pm-1.15am
Possession	21.1.84	Saturday	12.00am-1.15am
The Eyes Have It	28.1.84	Saturday	12.00am-1.20am
Sign It Death	4.2.84	Saturday	12.25am-1.45am
If It's a Man - Hang Up!	11.2.84	Saturday	12.00am-1.20am
The Fear Is Spreading	18.2.84	Saturday	12.00am-1.20am
Screamer	25.2.84	Saturday	12.10am-1.30am
Spell of Evil	3.3.84	Saturday	12.15am-1.40am
I'm the Girl He Wants To Kill	10.3.84	Saturday	12.20am-1.45am
Murder Motel	31.3.84	Saturday	12.05m-1.25am
Mirror of Deception	14.4.84	Saturday	12.20am-1.40am
A Killer in Every Corner	No record of broadcast
The Carnation Killer	No record of broadcast
Only a Scream Away	No record of broadcast
Sleepwalker	No record of broadcast
Terror from Within	No record of broadcast

Listing for Granada's last-ever broadcast of Thriller on 14.4.84. The renowned Wait Until Dark was screened shortly before - a film that may have influenced Thriller, particularly in how it depicted blindness

There is some uncertainty about which episode was screened on Saturday 25.2.84 with both national and local papers listing either Screamer or Terror From Within (by coincidence both starring Pamela Franklin so she certainly did appear that evening!) Screamer seems slightly more probable but the latter may have actually featured. Five episodes seem not to have been repeated; there have been suggestions that The Carnation Killer and Only a Scream Away were repeated in July 1981 and January / February 1984 respectively but there is no trace of either in any listings so if they were repeated it can only have been as very late-replacements.

Episode synopses were generally accurate although the one for Cry Terror! confused it with the 1958 film of the same name. Another for In the Steps of a Dead Man stated "an army deserter becomes an extortionist", a peculiar reading of events. A different listing for the same broadcast got round the synopsis problem by not having one but then gave an incongruous running-time of only fifty minutes (below)! The actual slot was an ample eighty minutes as was typical for Granada's Thriller repeats.

The end time should read 1.25 am

Many thanks to Martin Marshall for some of these details including transmission times