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 Gunston Tapes (1991)
Director: John Eastway
Starring: Garry McDonald
The very best of the ABC TV Norman Gunston shows... Remember the interviews with Warren Beatty, Keith Moon, Hugh Hefner, Muhammad Ali and a live allig... Read more
The Hanging Gale (1995)
8.1/10
Director: Diarmuid Lawrence
Starring: Paul McGann, Joe McGann, Mark McGann, Stephen McGann, Michael Kitchen, Fiona Vic...
Ireland, 1846. The four Phelan brothers (played by the four McGann brothers) are torn between non-violent protest and bloody revolt when the injustice... Read more
The Haunted Airman (2006)
4.8/10
Director: Chris Durlacher
Starring: Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson
A vivid, but loose, BBC adaptation of Dennis Wheatley's highly innovative psychological novel 'The Haunting of Toby Jugg'. Tells the chilling tale of... Read more
The Henry Rollins Show: Season 2 (2007)
8.3/10
Starring: Henry Rollins, Janeane Garofalo, Marilyn Manson, Ben Stiller, Iggy Pop, Steve Bu...
Straight-forward, entertaining, and always uncensored, 'The Henry Rollins Show' returns for a second season of thought-provoking chat. The ever eclect... Read more
The High Chaparral: Season 1, Volume 1 (1967)
7.8/10
Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Leif Erickson, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal, Mark Slade
The High Chaparral, the name given to the best and biggest ranch in the Arizona Territory, is owned by the Cannon family during the 1870s. Aided by hi... Read more
The High Chaparral: Season 1, Volume 2 (1967)
7.8/10
Starring: Cameron Mitchell, Leif Erickson, Henry Darrow, Linda Cristal, Mark Slade
The High Chaparral, the name given to the best and biggest ranch in the Arizona Territory, is owned by the Cannon family during the 1870s. Aided by hi... Read more
The High Life: Series 1 (1994)
8.1/10
Director: Angela deChastelai Smith
Starring: Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond, Patrick Ryecart
Hilariously over-the-top and camp Scottish sit-com written by and starring Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson, friends from their days at the Royal Scotti... Read more
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling (1997)
7.8/10
Director: Metin Huseyin
Starring: Brian Blessed, John Sessions, June Whitfield, Kathy Burke, Lindsay Duncan, Peter...
A ribald and bawdy romp through the mansions and taverns of Georgian England. Henry Fielding's fallen hero bed-hops his way out of a good home and alm... Read more
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
8.1/10
Director: Alan J W Bell
Starring: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Jones
This is the story of 'The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Perhaps the most remarkable - certainly the most successful - book ever to come out of the... Read more
The Honourable Woman (2014)
8.1/10
Director: Hugo Blick
Starring: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Eve Best, Lindsay Duncan, Andrew B...
As a young girl, Nessa Stein (Maggie Gyllenhaal) witnessed the assassination of her father by the armed wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organisatio... Read more