Television Shows
"As Seen on TV"
A television movie (also TV movie, made-for-TV movie, telefilm, etc.) is a photoplay that does not normally feature in movie theatres but is produced for, and released to, television only. It is commonly considered a type of movie, but some people restrict the latter term to those that play in cinemas only.
The programs listed below have all at one time or another been on the telly. Most of those great old shows are represented here, from "Green Acres" to "Absolutely Fabulous", from "Dallas" to "Six Feet Under", from "The Simpsons" to "Ren and Stimpy".....
Below is an amalgam of Alice's entire collection of "Television Shows". For more precise grazing you may find scrolling within this genre helpful. ie "TV Drama", "TV Comedy", "TV Cult", etc
All The King's Men (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring: David Jason, Maggie Smith, Patrick Malahide
An all-star cast, including David Jason and Maggie Smith, portrays this most poignant and mysterious event of the first World War - the disappearance... Read more
All the Rivers Run (1983)
7.7/10
Director: Pino Amenta, George Miller (II)
Starring: Charles Tingwell, Sigrid Thornton, John Waters (II), Diane Craig
A sweeping saga of one woman's struggle for survival. English girl Philadelphia Gordon's (Sigrid Thornton) life is turned upside down when she is ship... Read more
All the Rivers Run. Part 2 (1983)
7.6/10
Director: Pino Amenta, George Miller (II)
Starring: Charles Tingwell, Sigrid Thornton, John Waters (II)
Tom Critchley, the seaman who rescued Delie, arrives in Echuca on a paddle steamer he bought with his reward. It is the beginning for Delie of a remar... Read more
Allo Allo!: Series 1 and 2 (1982)
8.6/10
Director: David Croft
Starring: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner, Guy Siner, Kim Hart...
Rene (Gorden Kaye) is the long-suffering proprietor of a small cafe in occupied France. Juggling amorous waitresses, a jealous wife, the gestapo and... Read more
Allo Allo!: Series 3 and 4 (1985)
8.6/10
Director: David Croft, Robin Carr
Starring: Gorden Kaye, Richard Marner, Vicki Michelle, Carmen Silvera, Guy Siner, Rose Hil...
In the tradition of Series 1 & 2, here's more jokes about humourless Germans, cowardly Italians, 'Tally ho!' Brits and onion-selling Frenchmen. Like C... Read more
Ally McBeal: Season 1 - Part 1 (1997)
6.8/10
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne Smith, Craig Bierko, Gil Bellows, Jane Krakow...
Calista Flockhart stars in the award-winning series as the slightly neurotic Ally McBeal, a single lawyer both blessed and cursed with eccentric colle... Read more
Alternative 3 (1977)
7.1/10
Director: Christopher Miles
Starring: Tim Brinton
This 1977 spoof documentary caused uproar when first broadcast on UK Television. Taking its premise that there was a colony of scientists on Mars, vie... Read more
Always Greener: Season 1 (2001)
8.3/10
Starring: John Howard, Anne Tenney, Michala Banas, Daniel Bowden, Natasha Lee, Abe Forsyth...
A light-hearted Aussie drama series revolving around two families, the Taylors and the Todds, who decide to see how the 'other half live'. The city-dw... Read more
Amazing Stories: Season 1 (1985)
7.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Charlie Sheen, John Lithgow, Kevin Costner, Kiefer Sutherland, Tim Robbins
As one experience ends, another adventure begins... in the extraordinary worlds of Amazing Stories! From acclaimed director-producer Steven Spielberg... Read more
American Dad!: Volume 1 (2005)
7.4/10
Starring: Voices Of, Seth MacFarlane, Scott Grimes, Wendy Schaal, Rachael MacFarlane
From the creators of 'Family Guy' comes another twisted, animated take on the all-American family. Stan works the anti-terrorism beat for the CIA, re... Read more