Night is the time for killing seems to borrow a little from works of Ethel Lina White , who inspired The Lady Vanishes. Similar story, someone is convinced they're going crazy, by the sudden disappearance of a passenger on board a train, only this time she's convinced Hilary Valance has been murdered.
I like several things about this episode, firstly the brilliant performance of Charles Gray, enormously charismatic, bold and cutting throughout, Judy Geeson and James Smillie are also very good. I love the fact that Jacki Piper was cast in a slightly more villainous role, always so sweet on screen, great to see her cast against type, a fine performance.
On the downside, I feel the episode is a bit of a mess, lacking fluidity, the start is very slow, and seems to have absolutely no relevance to the rest of the story, until the very last. It could perhaps have been introduced a lot better, it just seemed to switch from one story to another.
Pretty decent, but those powerhouse episodes of Series Three seem a long way off. 7/10