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
Do Not Adjust Your Set (1967)
7.4/10
Director: Daphne Shadwell
Starring: Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, David Jason, Denise Coffey, Terry Gilliam
Along with 'At Last the 1948 Show' this hilarious innovative series would give birth to several future Pythons. Aimed more at a young audience it bec... Read more
The Plank (1967)
7.5/10
Director: Eric Sykes
Starring: Eric Sykes, Tommy Cooper, Roy Castle, Jimmy Edwards
The slapstick perilous misadventures of two clumsy construction builders who require a wooden floorboard. Read more
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1, Discs 3/4 (1966)
8/10
Starring: DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner
Join the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on their intrepid five year mission, as they boldly go where no man has gone before. Beautifully remas... Read more
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1, Discs 1/2 (1966)
8/10
Starring: DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner
Join the original crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise on their intrepid five year mission, as they boldly go where no man has gone before. Beautifully remas... Read more
Alice In Wonderland (1966)
7.2/10
Director: Jonathan Miller
Starring: Wilfrid Brambell, Peter Cook, John Gielgud, Leo McKern, Michael Redgrave, Peter...
Lewis Carroll's classic children's story has long proved fertile ground for Freudian analysis, surrealists, social historians, literary critics and fi... Read more
Get Smart: Season 2 (1966)
6.5/10
Starring: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt
Maxwell Smart returns for another lot of espionage and prat-falls. The huge season two (30 episodes!) sees Max and 99 pursue the dastardly KAOS agents... Read more
Hogan's Heroes: Season 2 (1966)
7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...
A top 10 show in its first season (a top 20 show in its second), Hogan's Heroes, like Gilligan's Island, got little love from critics during its seven... Read more
The Andy Williams Show (1966)
8.3/10
Starring: Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Jonathan Winters, Andy Williams, etc ...
From 1962-1971, the smooth-as-silk crooner hosted his own weekly variety show with guest stars performing favourite pop tunes and comedy sketches. Thi... Read more
The Color Honeymooners (1966)
Starring: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Sheila MacRae, Jane Kean
Reprising their famous characters from 'The Honeymooners', the cast was led by Jackie Gleason and Art Carney with newcomers Sheila MacRae and Jane Kea... Read more
Adam Adamant Lives!: The Complete Series (1966)
7.1/10
Director: Moira Armstrong, Ridley Scott, etc , Philip Dudley, David Sullivan Proudfoot
Starring: Gerald Harper, Jack May, Juliet Harmer
Produced by the BBC to counter popular ITV crime-fighters, 'The Avengers', Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen in a block of ice by arch nemes... Read more