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 Signalman (1976)
7.8/10
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Bernard Lloyd
Charles Dickens' chilling tale of a haunted railway track. The signalman at a lonely country station is haunted by a spectre warning of an impending t... Read more
The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, Sidney Poitier
Powerful drama starring Sidney Poitier as a quiet, reclusive farmer and craftsman in a small Georgia town whose sheltered life is thrown into turmoil... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 10 (1998)
7.6/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
Voices of Dan Castelleneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer. D'oh! Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa are back for their 10th seas... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 5 (1993)
7.6/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
Everyone's favourite family are back for a “laugh-a-minute” fifth season. Guest stars include James Brown, George Harrison, Albert Brooks, David Cros... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 6 (1994)
7.6/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
The classic to clunker ratio is still extraordinarily high, though The Simpsons' sixth season could give some devoted viewers pause. The show that tak... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 7 (1995)
7.6/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
One of the hallmark seasons of The Simpsons, season 7 features some of the strongest episodes produced during the show?s run. Considering that this is... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 8 (1996)
8.7/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
Still not slowing down in Season Eight, Homer's new boss turns out to be a mega super villain ('You Only Move Twice'), who faces off against the Mike... Read more
The Simpsons: Season 9 (1997)
7.6/10
Starring: Voices Of, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Han...
Season 9 is an important one in The Simpsons' run because, to many fans, it represents the top of the rainbow. At this point, the show is still at the... Read more
The Singing Detective (1986)
8.7/10
Director: Jon Amiel
Starring: Michael Gambon, Janet Suzman, Joanne Whalley, Patrick Malahide
Writer Dennis Potter's legendary, award-winning masterpiece is the story of Philip Marlow, a mystery writer striken with a crippling skin disorder who... Read more
The Sinking of the Laconia (2010)
7/10
Director: Uwe Janson
Starring: Brian Cox, Franka Potente, Ken Duken, Lindsay Duncan, Andrew Buchan
On the 12th of September 1942, the Laconia - a cruise ship turned troop ship - was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-156 commanded by Werner Ha... Read more