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
Parks and Recreation: Season 1 (2009)
8.6/10
Starring: Amy Poehler, Chris Pratt, Rashida Jones, Aziz Ansari, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerma...
From the people who brought you "The Office" (US) comes "Parks and Recreation", the hilarious saga of government employees and local citizens turning... Read more
Passion's Way (1999)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Allan Ackerman
Starring: Timothy Dalton, Sela Ward, Alicia Witt
AKA 'The Reef'. French aristocrat Sela Ward rekindles a romance with charming former suitor Timothy Dalton after the death of her husband. The couple'... Read more
Pat and Margaret (1994)
Director: Gavin Millar
Starring: Victoria Wood, Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Thora Hird
Written by, and starring British comic Victoria Wood, with her and Julie Walters as sisters who have lived very different lives and become estranged.... Read more
Pee-wee's Playhouse: Volume 1 (1986)
8/10
Director: Steven Johnson, Guy Louthan
Starring: Paul Reubens, Laurence Fishburne, Lynne Stewert
Paul Reubens stars as his alter-ego Pee-Wee Herman in the surreal, fantastical and hilarious Emmy Award winning show. Join in the fun and scream the "... Read more
Penn and Teller: Bullshit! - Season 1 (2003)
Starring: Penn Jillette, Teller
Using undercover operatives, intensive research and heaps of skepticism, world-famous magicians Penn Jillette and Teller expose the truth of modern sc... Read more
Pennies From Heaven (BBC) (1978)
6.5/10
Director: Piers Haggard
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Cheryl Campbell, Gemma Craven
The original, groundbreaking BBC mini-series from "The Singing Detective" writer Dennis Potter stars Bob Hoskins as an unhappily married sheet music s... Read more
Penny Dreadful: Season 1 (2014)
8.2/10
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Billie Piper, Harry Treadaway, Rory Ki...
An erotically charged, profoundly unsettling new saga, "Penny Dreadful" completely reinvents literature's most iconic and terrifying characters. Doria... Read more
People Like Us: Series 1 (1999)
8.3/10
Director: John Morton, Willy Smax
Starring: Chris Langham
An inspired, award-winning spoof documentary series, pre-dating 'The Office' that follows hapless (and virtually unseen) filmmaker Roy Mallard (the br... Read more
People Like Us: Series 2 (2001)
8.3/10
Director: John Morton, Willy Smax
Starring: Chris Langham
'Documentary' filmmaker Roy Mallard (Chris Langham) is back on the job in the second series of this wicked fly-on-the-wall spoof, spending a day in th... Read more
Perry Mason: Season 1, Volume 1 (1957)
8.2/10
Starring: Raymond Burr, William Hopper, Barbara Hale
Lawyer and novelist Earl Stanley Gardener created the character of defence attorney Perry Mason in 1933, and Mason made his way on to the TV screen i... Read more