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
Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 3 (1983)
8.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Leo McKern
Leo McKern returns for a third series as the curmudgeonly defence lawyer Horace Rumpole. While crime doesn't exactly pay, at least it's a living. This... Read more
Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 5 (1988)
8.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Leo McKern, Marion Mack
Q.C. John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey continues in this fifth series. Horace Rumpole makes his way through six compel... Read more
Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 6 (1991)
8.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Leo McKern, Marion Mack
Q.C. John Mortimer's satirical look at criminal law and the Old Bailey continues in this sixth series. Horace Rumpole makes his way through six compel... Read more
Rumpole of the Bailey: Series 7 (1992)
8.5/10
Director: Bill Hays
Starring: Leo McKern, Robin Bailey, Julian Curry
In the seventh and final series of the multi-award winning programme, rumpled barrister Horace Rumpole (Leo McKern) defends the Timson family who are... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: A Case of Coincidence (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Gavin Millar
Starring: Keith Barron, Caroline Bliss, Ronald Pickup
Ruth Rendell (the 'Queen of Crime') has written more than 40 books and been translated into 20 languages. She penned this original story of murder and... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Bribery and Corruption (1997)
6.8/10
Director: Mike Vardy
Starring: Paul Freeman, James D'Arcy
Based on the best selling fiction from the Queen of Crime - 'Bribery and Corruption' surface as a young engineer investigates the murder of a friend.... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Lake of Darkness (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Bruce MacDonald
Starring: Liz Smith, Sadie Frost, Cal MacAninch, Nick Reding, Jerome Flynn
Martin Urban has won £1.8 million in the national lottery. He shares his luck by giving some of his winnings to those in need but doesn't realise that... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Master of the Moor (1994)
6.8/10
Director: Marc Evans
Starring: Colin Firth, George Costigan, Robert Urquhart
Colin Firth stars as Stephen Whalby in this adaptation of Rendell's gothic-tinged mystery about a brooding loner and the detective that suspects the w... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Simisola (1995)
6.8/10
Director: Jim Goddard
Starring: George Baker, George Harris, Louie Ramsay, Christopher Ravenscroft
Inspector Wexford is contacted by his local GP to locate his missing daughter who disappeared after attending an interview at a Job Centre. The body o... Read more
Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Double / A Dark Blue Perfume (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Mary McMurray, Sandy Johnson
Starring: Camilla Power, Jason Flemyng, John Castle, Susannah York, Michelle Newell
The scent of 'A Dark Blue Perfume' figures in the tragic love story of a Hampshire man who falls for a woman after failing to save her husband's life.... Read more