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
Rick and Steve - The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World: Season 1 (2007)
Director: Q Allan Brocka
Starring: Voices Of, Will Matthews, Peter Paige, Q Allan Brocka, Wilson Cruz, Alan Cumming...
Three gay couples - the titular Rick and Steve, Chuck and Evan, and Dana and Kirsten - live in the 'gay ghetto' of West Lahunga Beach, all working thr... Read more
Rising Damp: Series 1 and 2 (1974)
7.8/10
Director: Ronnie Baxter
Starring: Richard Beckinsale, Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour
Adapted from a popular play, The Banana Box, this classic British series centres around a seedy boarding house run by the equally seedy Mr Rigsby (the... Read more
Rising Damp: The Complete Series & Movie (1974)
7.6/10
Director: Ronnie Baxter, Joe Mcgrath
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Frances de la Tour, Don Warrington
Comic genius, Leonard Rossiter heads the cast of this enduringly popular comedy of lodgers versus their miserly landlord. With lecherous but lovable l... Read more
Rivers - with Craig Potton (2010)
Starring: Craig Potton
Internationally renowned photographer, conservationist and publisher Craig Potton has spent 40 years photographing New Zealand's wild landscapes. In t... Read more
Road to Avonlea: Season 1 (1990)
Starring: Gema Zamprogna, Jackie Burroughs, Sarah Polley, Zachary Bennett, Lally Cadeau
The most expensive Canadian TV series of its time. Based on the popular works of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and in the tradition of 'Anne of... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 3.1 (1981)
Director: Giles Foster, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson, John Jacobs
Starring: Susan Penhaligon, Tim Woodward, Fulton MacKay, Bill Owen, Harry H Corbett, Jean...
With its characteristic blend of dark humour, horror and fantasy, this legendary series continues with a collection of playfully macabre stories, each... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 3.2 (1981)
Director: Giles Foster, Herbert Wise, John Gorrie, Alan Gibson, Graham Evans
Starring: Anthony Valentine, Patsy Byrne, Cherie Lunghi, Carol Drinkwater
Mixing dark humour, horror and fantasy, this legendary series continues with a collection of playfully macabre Roald Dahl stories served up with a twi... Read more
Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected: 3.3 (1981)
Director: Peter Duffell, Alan Gibson, Graham Evans
Starring: Richard Johnson, Robert Beatty, Victoria Tennant, John Duttine, Peter Jeffrey, G...
Seven more episodes in this legendary series based on the playfully macabre stories of Roald Dahl. Epsiodes include 'Who's Got the Lady', 'The Skelton... Read more
Robbery Under Arms: The Mini Series (1985)
6.7/10
Director: Donald Crombie, Ken Hannam
Starring: Robert Grubb, Sam Neill, Steven Vidler, Tommy Lewis, Jane Menelaus, Ed Devereaux...
An adaptation of Rolf Bolderwood's 19th century outback adventure novel, Sam Neill stars as Captain Starlight, a gentleman rogue who pulls off one of... Read more
Robin Hood: Series 1 (2006)
7.5/10
Starring: Jonas Armstrong, Lucy Griffiths, Keith Allen, Richard Armitage, Gordon Kennedy,...
The latest incarnation of the Robin Hood myth, co-produced by the BBC and shot in Hungary, takes a modern action-comedy slant on the legend. Jonas Ar... Read more