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
Mr Bean: Volume 2 (1991)
7.5/10
Director: John Birkin, John Howard Davies, Paul Weiland
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
To celebrate Mr Bean's 10th anniversary, a special 3 disc collection has been released containing all of his hilarious antics and memorable mishaps fr... Read more
Mr Bean: Volume 3 (1993)
7.5/10
Director: John Birkin, John Howard Davies, Paul Weiland
Starring: Rowan Atkinson
To celebrate Mr Bean's 10th anniversary, a special 3 disc collection has been released containing all of his hilarious antics and memorable mishaps fr... Read more
Mr Selfridge: Series 1 (2013)
7.7/10
Starring: Frances O'Connor, Jeremy Piven, Zoe Tapper, Katherine Kelly, Gregory Fitoussi
Created by Emmy Award-winning writer Andrew Davies ('Pride and Prejudice', 'Bleak House'), 'Mr. Selfridge' brings to life the story of American entrep... Read more
Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992)
7.4/10
Director: Anthony Shaw
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Omar Sharif, Diana Rigg, Lothaire Bluteau
Based on the novel by Paul Gallico, set in the 1950's, Angela Lansbury stars as Mrs. Harris, a common British woman so intent on owning a Dior gown, t... Read more
Mrs Brown's Boys: Season 1 (2011)
7.4/10
Starring: Brendan O'Carroll
Join the mother of all comedy, Agnes Brown (Brendan O'Carroll), as she indulges in her favourite pastime - meddling in the lives of her six children!... Read more
Mrs Warren's Profession / You Never Can Tell (1972)
Director: James Cellan Jones
Starring: Coral Browne, Penelope Wilton, Robert Powell, Richard Pearson, James Grout, Dere...
Written in 1893, though not performed until 1902 due to government censorship 'Mrs Warren's Profession' scandalized Victorian England. This BBC produ... Read more
Much Ado About Nothing (BBC) (1984)
7.4/10
Director: Stuart Burge
Starring: Cherie Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Robert Reynolds, Michael Elphick, Clive Dunn
Cherie Lunghi and Robert Lindsay star as Benedick and Beatrice in this faithful BBC adaptation of Shakespeare's famous comedy. Benedick and Beatrice f... Read more
Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare Retold (2005)
Director: Brian Percival
Starring: Sarah Parish, Damian Lewis, Tom Ellis, Billie Piper, Martin Jarvis, Olivia Colma...
Set in the contemporary world of broadcasting, Beatrice (Sarah Parish) is an ambitious anchor who finds herself back working with detested 'old flame'... Read more
Murder in the Outback (2007)
6.6/10
Director: Tony Tilse
Starring: Bryan Brown, Joanne Froggatt, John Wood, Tom Long, Richard Carter, Asher Keddie
In 2001, English backpackers Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were travelling around Austraia in a Kombi van when they were flagged down by a bearded ma... Read more
Murder Most English: The Flaxborough Chronicles (1977)
7.1/10
Director: Various
Starring: Anton Rogers, Christopher Timothy
Four terrific tales of British sleuthing based on the novels of Colin Watson, featuring the stiff-upper-lip, pipe-smoking detectives Purbright (Anton... Read more