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
Miss Austen Regrets (2008)
7.1/10
Director: Jeremy Lovering
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Greta Scacchi, Imogen Poots, Olivier Williams
Approaching her fortieth birthday, Jane Austen (Olivia Williams) appears happily unmarried. When asked by her young niece Fanny (Imogen Poots) to help... Read more
Miss Marple: Murder, She Said / Murder at the Gallop / Murder Ahoy / Murder Most Foul (1961)
7.8/10
Director: George Pollock
Starring: Margaret Rutherford, Arthur Kennedy, Muriel Pavlow
A collection of some of Margaret Rutherford's finest turns as the good lady detective: 'Murder, She Said' (1961) with Arthur Kennedy; 'Murder at the G... Read more
Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
7.7/10
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Starring: Joan Hickson
'The Body in the Library' is set in the deceptively sleepy English village of St. Mary Mead during the late 1940's. One morning Colonel and Mrs. Bantr... Read more
Mister Ed / Petticoat Junction Double (1965)
Starring: Alan Young, Donna Douglas, Edgar Buchanan, Jeannine Riley, Pat Woodell
A horse is a horse... of course, of course. But in the case of Mister Ed, he's much more! A stallion with the gift of gab, Mister Ed burst out of the... Read more
Modern Family: Season 1 (2009)
8.5/10
Starring: Ed O'Neill, Julie Bowen, Eric Stonestreet, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Sof...
Today's American families come in all shapes and sizes. The cookie cutter mould of husband, wife, and 2.5 kids is a thing of the past, as becomes quic... Read more
Monarch of the Glen: Series 2 (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Edward Bennett
Starring: Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Lorraine Pilkington, Alastair MacKenzie
Archie MacDonald left the family home in the Scottish Highlands 10 years ago and was an independent young man in complete control of his life... until... Read more
Monarch of the Glen: Series 3 (2001)
7.7/10
Starring: Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Alastair MacKenzie, Lorraine Pilkington
In the third series Archie Macdonald remains pledged to Glenbogle, his family castle in the Scottish Highlands, but rebellious tenants, local vendetta... Read more
Monk: Season 1 (2002)
8/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Scott Foley
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Gai...
He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub stars in the Award winning first season as the brilliant but neurotic Adrian Mon... Read more
Monk: Season 2 (2003)
5.5/10
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram
Television's favourite defective detective returns to DVD to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom...and hand wipes.... Read more
Monk: Season 3 (2004)
7.5/10
Director: Adam Arkin, Andre Belgrader
Starring: Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram, Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard
The defective detective is back for a third season. Beginning where season two left off, the cast are in New York, tracking a lead in the case of Mon... Read more