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 Professionals: Series 1 (1978)
7.4/10
Director: Various
Starring: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins
Created by Brian Clemens and leaping onto screens in 1978, the crack CI5 team of Bodie and Doyle are ready to thwart terrorists and stamp out violent... Read more
The Quatermass Collection (1953)
Starring: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Duncan Lamont, John Robinson, Monica Grey, Hugh Grif...
Writer Nigel Kneale's 1950s Quatermass trilogy set an early benchmark for TV science fiction. Despite being played by different actors in each series,... Read more
The Questor Tapes (1973)
7.1/10
Director: Richard A Colla
Starring: John Vernon, Lew Ayres, Mike Farrell, Robert Foxworth
Project Questor is the brainchild of genius Dr. Vaslovik, in which he developed plans to build an android super-human. Although he's disappeared and h... Read more
The Rag Trade: Series 1 (1961)
7.5/10
Starring: Peter Jones, Reg Varney, Miriam Karlin, Sheila Hancock, Esma Cannon
Small clothing factory Fenner Fashions is ostensibly run by Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) and foreman Reg (Reg Varney), but in actual fact, the real pow... Read more
The Railway Children (2000)
7.3/10
Director: Catherine Morshead
Starring: Jenny Agutter, Richard Attenborough, Michael Kitchen
Jenny Agutter (who played Bobbie in the 1970 film version) stars as Mother alongside Sir Richard Attenborough in a Masterpiece Theater presentation of... Read more
The Returned: Series 1 ( aka Les Revenants ) (2012)
8.2/10
Starring: Frederic Pierrot, Anne Consigny, Clotilde Hesme, Gregory Gadebois, Samir Guesmi
In an idyllic French Alpine village, a seemingly random collection of people find themselves in a state of confusion as they attempt to return to thei... Read more
The Rhinemann Exchange (1977)
6.5/10
Director: Burt Kennedy
Starring: Claude Akins, John Huston, Jose Ferrer, Larry Hagman, Lauren Hutton, Rene Auberj...
Based on Robert Ludlum's ("The Bourne Identity") gripping novel of wartime espionage and double-dealing, this TV mini-series follows U.S. intelligence... Read more
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
7.6/10
Starring: Richard Pryor
One of the most talked-about comedy shows ever, this hilarious collection of classic laughs became a legend during it's one broadcast on NBC and now r... Read more
The Rifleman (1958)
8.3/10
Director: Various
Starring: Chuck Connors, Paul Fix, Johnny Crawford
Chuck Connors is Lucas McCain who can fire his specially modified trademark Winchester in three-tenths of a second. He's helping no-nonsense Marshall... Read more
The Rockford Files: Season 1 - Part 1 (1974)
8.1/10
Director: Various
Starring: James Garner, James Woods, Ned Beatty, Abe Vigoda, Lindsay Wagner, Suzanne Somer...
The world's most unlikely detective, offbeat ex-con Rockford solves the cases others can't. James Garner stars as the P.I. who would rather fish than... Read more