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
Inspector Morse: Death Is Now My Neighbour / The Wench Is Dead (1987)
8.1/10
Director: John Madden, Charles Beeson
Starring: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, Richard Briers
Colin Dexter's super sleuth Inspector Morse (John Thaw) has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. Included here are two movie-leng... Read more
Black Mirror: The Collection (2011)
8.9/10
"Black Mirror" is Charlie Brooker's biting satire on technology and modern media. Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every asp... Read more
The Old Curiosity Shop (1994)
6.6/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Tom Courtenay, James Fox, Sally Walsh
Peter Ustinov is the kindly shopkeeper, Sally Walsh his granddaughter, Little Nell, and Tom Courtenay the conniving Mr Quilip in this filming of the b... Read more
Blackadder 4 (1989)
Director: Richard Boden
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny
The Western Front 1917: Captain Blackadder joined the British Army when it was little more than a travel agency for gentlemen with an abnormally high... Read more
Daniel Deronda (2002)
7.3/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Romola Garai, Greta Scacchi, Hugh Dancy, Jodhi May, Edward Fox,...
George Eliot's last and most underrated novel has been wittily adapted to the small screen by the BBC. Daniel Deronda (Hugh Dancy), though intelligen... Read more
Poirot: Cards on the Table (2005)
8.6/10
Director: Sarah Harding
Starring: David Suchet, Alexander Siddig, Zoe Wanamaker, Robert Pugh
The wealthy and eccentric foreigner Shaitana has a special fascination with crime and decides to set a trap for a secret murderer to strike again in t... Read more
Dave Allen (1994)
7.8/10
Starring: Dave Allen
Dave Allen was an alternative comedian before the phrase existed and here is his personal choice of sketches, gags and monologues that wickedly target... Read more
Poirot: After the Funeral (2005)
8.6/10
Director: Maurice Phillips
Starring: David Suchet, Robert Bathurst, Kevin Doyle
The eminently mustachioed Poirot becomes embroiled in a familial murder in this Agatha Christie instalment. Called in to investigate by family solicit... Read more
George Gently: Series 1 (2007)
8/10
Director: Euros Lyn, Ciaran Donnelly
Starring: Martin Shaw, Sean McGinley, Robert Glenister, Lee Ingleby, Pooky Quesnel, Tony R...
Scotland Yard's most incorruptible detective, George Gently (Martin Shaw) is an old-time copper in a rapidly changing world. Set in rural Northumberla... Read more
Shetland: Series 1 (2013)
7.9/10
Starring: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O'Donnell, Erin Armstrong
Scottish crime drama based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. Set in the Shetland Islands, the series follows Detective Inspector Perez (Douglas Henshall)... Read more