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
Prisoners of War: Series 2 (2012)
8.5/10
Starring: Ishai Golan, Mili Avital, Assi Cohen, Yoram Toledano, Gal Zaid
The Israeli drama on which the U.S. series "Homeland" is based. Series two starts where series one ended - Nimrode and Uri continue to pick up the pie... Read more
Private Schulz (1981)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Chetwyn
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson
Set during World War II, 'Private Schulz' tells the tale of a conman involved in a plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country wit... Read more
Pushing Daisies: Season 1 (2007)
8.4/10
Starring: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristi...
Meet Ned, a lonely pie maker whose touch can reanimate the dead, but there's a hitch. If Ned touches the person again, the miracle is reversed. If he... Read more
Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (2008)
8.4/10
Starring: Anna Friel, Ellen Greene, Jim Dale, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Cate...
In this season, Papen County's Pie Maker with a witching finger for waking the dead, and his alive-again love Chuck, have more on the menu than a Terr... Read more
Pygmalion / Androcles and the Lion (1973)
Director: Cedric Messina
Starring: Lynn Redgrave, James Villiers, Ronald Fraser, Billy Connolly, Anna Calder-Marsha...
Perhaps Shaw's most well-known play, 'Pygmalion' stars Lynn Redgrave in the Eliza Doolittle role being taught her Ps & Qs by professor Henry Higgins.... Read more
QB VII (1974)
7.9/10
Director: Tom Gries
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Dan O'Herlihy, Juliet Mills, Lee Remick, Leslie Ca...
An epic drama from Leon Uris' best-seller tells of a libel suit involving a Polish doctor (Anthony Hopkins) and an American writer (Ben Gazzara) regar... Read more
Quantum Leap: Season 2 (1990)
8.1/10
Director: Anita W Addison, Scott Bakula
Starring: Scott Bakula, Dean Stockwell
Sam Beckett and Al are back fighting the good fight on behalf of whoever Sam has 'leapt' into through space and time. In this series he becomes a New... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 1 (2000)
8.3/10
Director: Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Robert Grant, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Peter Pai...
The American version of a British series following the lives and loves of five 20 to 30-something gay men living in Pittsburgh. Edgy and frank, the se... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 2 (2001)
8.3/10
Director: Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Jeremy Podeswa, John Greyson, Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, Peter Pai...
The complete second season of the groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed series continues to follow the lives of Brian, Michael, Justin, Emmett, Ted,... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 3 (2002)
8.3/10
Director: Various
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Robert Gant, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowe...
This season of the hit show sees two provocative new characters join the ensemble: a mayoral candidate with questionable gay rights policies - but a g... Read more