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
Prime Suspect 1 / Prime Suspect 2 (1991)
Director: Christopher Menaul, John Strickland
Starring: Helen Mirren
"Prime Suspect 1" (1991) - D.C.I Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren), a skilled, top-class detective, battles to prove herself in a male dominated environmen... Read more
Prime Suspect 3 (1993)
8.2/10
Director: David Drury
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, David Thewlis, Helen Mirren, Peter Capaldi, Tom Bell, Danny Dyer
"Prime Suspect 3" (1993) - D.C.I. Tennison (Helen Mirren) has been transferred to a new station and has the new job of "cleaning up the streets" of So... Read more
Prime Suspect 5 / Prime Suspect 6 (2003)
Director: Philip Davis, Tom Hooper
Starring: Helen Mirren, Steven Mackintosh, David O'Hara, Ben Miles, Robert Pugh, Frank Fin...
"Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgement" (1996) - D.C.I. Tennison, sent to Manchester, investigates a murder in which a drug runner was shot dead. She s... Read more
Prime Suspect 7 - The Final Act (2006)
8.4/10
Director: Philip Martin, Charles Beeson, Vernon Antcliff
Starring: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Frank Finlay, Robert Pugh, Brendan Coyle
Princess of Thieves (2001)
5.8/10
Starring: Keira Knightley, Malcolm McDowell, Stuart Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Stephen Moyer,...
Robin Hood's daughter takes up his longbow after he is captured by Prince John. A young Keira Knightley plays Gwyn determined to bring the late King... Read more
Prison Break: Season 1 (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Stacy Keach, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Peter Stormare,...
Taking on a well-used subject as the title suggests, this series provided an astoundingly fresh and entertaining season of television. When Lincoln Sc... Read more
Prison Break: Season 2 (2006)
7.2/10
Starring: Stacy Keach, Robert Knepper, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Dominic Purcell,...
Michael and co are now on the run, America's most wanted, and with the FBI on their tail, they are prepared to take desperate measures to stay free.... Read more
Prison Break: Season 4 (2008)
8.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Michael Rapaport, William Fichtner, Wentworth Miller, Wade Williams, Robert Knep...
The complete final season. After engineering an escape from the hellish Panamanian prison Sona, brothers Michael Scofield and Lincoln Burrows are dete... Read more
Prisoner Cell Block H - Volume 1 (1979)
Starring: Elspeth Ballantyne, Sheila Florance, Val Lehman, Fiona Spence
Attaining cult status around the world, this Australian series set in a women's prison was a gritty no-nonsense drama that tackled issues such as homo... Read more
Prisoners of War: Series 1 (2009)
8.5/10
Starring: Ishai Golan, Mili Avital, Yael Abecassis, Assi Cohen, Adi Ezroni, Yoram Toledano
The Israeli drama which inspired the U.S. series "Homeland". "Prisoners of War" (or "Hatufim" - 'abductees' in Hebrew), tells the story of three Israe... Read more