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
The Bletchley Circle: Series 1 (2012)
8/10
Director: Andy De Emmony
Starring: Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Anna Maxwell Martin, Sophie Rundle
It's 1952 and Susan (Anna Maxwell Martin), Millie (Rachael Stirling), Lucy (Sophie Rundle) and Jean (Julie Graham) have returned to post-war domestici... Read more
The Bletchley Circle: Series 2 (2014)
8/10
Starring: Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Hattie Morahan, Mark Dexter, Anna Maxwell Martin...
Series 2 consists of two stories. The first is the conviction and sentence to death by hanging of Alice (Hattie Murahan) for the death by shooting of... Read more
The Bob Newhart Show: Season 1 (1972)
8.1/10
Starring: Bob Newhart, Peter Bonerz, Suzanne Pleshette, Patricia Smith, M Emmet Walsh
"The Doctor is In!" in this hilarious sitcom from the '70s. Bob Newhart stars as Dr. Robert Hartley, a successful Chicargo psychologist specializing i... Read more
The Book Group: Series 1 (2001)
7.6/10
Director: Annie Griffin
Starring: James Lance, Rory McCann, Anne Dudek
A fresh, new UK comedy drama about a cast of characters meeting at a book group with the intention of making new friends as well as reading a few book... Read more
The Borgias: Season 1 (2011)
7.9/10
Starring: Colm Feore, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Irons, Joanne Whalley, Holliday Grainger, David...
"The Borgias" is the sordid saga of one of the most remarkable and legendary families in history. Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renai... Read more
The Bounder (1990)
6.6/10
Director: Vernon Lawrence
Starring: George Cole, Peter Bowles
When estate agent Trevor Mountjoy (George Cole - 'Minder') arrives home from the office to be offered a drink by his wife, Mary (Rosalind Ayres), he i... Read more
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
5.7/10
Director: Randal Kleiser
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy
John Travolta's first starring role was in this made-for-TV tear-jerker, based on the true story of a young man whose life is one of total isolation.... Read more
The Brady Bunch: Season 1 (1969)
6.7/10
Starring: Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Maureen McCormick, Barry Williams, Christopher...
The ultimate, all-American, apple pie-chomping family. Here's the story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls...then she met M... Read more
The Bridge: Series 1 (2011)
8.6/10
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Sofia Helin
A woman's body is dumped in the middle of the Oresund Bridge - right on the border between Sweden and Denmark. What at first looks like one murder, tu... Read more
The Bridge: Series 2 (2013)
7.6/10
Starring: Kim Bodnia, Sofia Helin
An old tanker veers off course, heading straight for the Øresund Bridge, the scene of the now-infamous crime that first united detectives Saga Norén (... Read more