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
Sherlock Holmes: The Three Gables / The Dying Detective (1994)
7.6/10
Director: Sarah Hellings, Peter Hammond
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
"The Three Gables" - Isadora rejects her diplomat lover, Douglas Maberley, in favour of a young Duke. With his life shattered, Douglas completes the m... Read more
Sherlock Holmes: Wisteria Lodge / The Bruce Partington Plan (1988)
7.6/10
Director: John Gorrie, Peter Hammond
Starring: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke, Rosalie Williams
Jeremy Brett brings Sherlock Holmes to life in a series that is said to be the most accurate portrayal ever made of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous, f... Read more
Sherlock: Series 1 (2010)
9.2/10
Director: Paul McGuigan, Euros Lyn
Starring: Rupert Graves, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch
Sherlock Holmes is on the case again in a thrilling contemporary version of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic! Co-created by 'Doctor Who' scribes Steven Mo... Read more
Sherlock: Series 2 (2011)
7.5/10
Starring: Una Stubbs, Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch
In "A Scandal In Belgravia", Sherlock gets embroiled in the complex plans of the dangerous and desirable Irene Adler and finds himself employing every... Read more
Sherlock: Series 3 (2013)
6.2/10
Starring: Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch
The hugely popular "Sherlock" returns with three new action-packed adventures. With the demise of Moriarty, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) finds hims... Read more
Shetland: Series 1 (2013)
7.9/10
Starring: Douglas Henshall, Steven Robertson, Alison O'Donnell, Erin Armstrong
Scottish crime drama based on the novels by Ann Cleeves. Set in the Shetland Islands, the series follows Detective Inspector Perez (Douglas Henshall)... Read more
Shopgirls: Series 1 (1999)
7.8/10
Director: Giorgio Capitani
Starring: Sabrina Ferilli, Nancy Brilli, Veronica Pivetti, Caterina Vertova, Anna Valle, E...
Six very different women work together in an elegant boutique in Rome in this quintessentially Italian soap opera. Through their daily struggles with... Read more
Showbands (2004)
7.1/10
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Starring: Liam Cunningham, Kerry Katona, Tina Kellegher, Hugh O'Conor
This four-part made for television drama, steeped in the music, atmosphere and nostalgia of the showband era, is an endearing tale of bar cleaner Deni... Read more
Silicon Valley: Season 1 (2014)
8.6/10
Starring: Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Josh Brener, Amanda Crew, Kumail Nanjiani, Martin...
From the offbeat minds of Alec Berg and Mike Judge ('Office Space'), 'Silicon Valley' is a comedy series set in the high-tech gold rush of modern Sili... Read more
Simon Simon (1970)
6.1/10
Director: Graham Stark
Starring: Peter Sellers, Michael Caine, Bob Monkhouse, Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise
In this short 1966 slapstick comedy (30 mins), two crane operators distracted by some female passers-by are unable to complete their jobs, much to the... Read more