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
Blackadder 3 (1987)
Director: Mandie Fletcher
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Hugh Laurie
England 1760-1815. The Blackadder family's fortunes have rather plummeted with the advent of the Regency period. Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prin... Read more
Blackadder 4 (1989)
Director: Richard Boden
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tim McInnerny
The Western Front 1917: Captain Blackadder joined the British Army when it was little more than a travel agency for gentlemen with an abnormally high... Read more
Blackadder's A Christmas Carol (1988)
Director: Richard Boden
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Robbie Coltrane, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Richardson
Take a laugh-filled look at Christmas through the centuries past and into the future with the Blackadder families in this spoof of the Charles Dickins... Read more
Blackadder: Back and Forth (1999)
8.8/10
Director: Paul Weiland
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Stephen Fry
New Year's Eve 1999 and Lord Edmund Blackadder and his friends gather to celebrate the Millennium. As they sit and discuss the future, Blackadder reve... Read more
Blackadder: The Complete Series (1983)
8.8/10
Director: Mandie Fletcher, Martin Shardlow, Richard Boden
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Tony Robinson, Brian Blessed, Tim McInnerny, Elspet Gray, Robert...
Throughout the ages men of flair, faculty and outstanding courage have contributed to England's glorious heritage. Others, like the snivelling worm Ed... Read more
Blackbeard (2006)
5.7/10
Director: Kevin Connor
Starring: Angus MacFadyen, Mark Umbers, Richard Chamberlain, Jessica Chastain, Rachel Ward...
The life and exploits of ruthless 18th Century pirate, Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard, are brought to the screen in this rousing two-part Hallmark serie... Read more
BlackJack: Trilogy 1 (2003)
4.9/10
Starring: Colin Friels, Vince Colosimo, Marta Dusseldorp, David Field
For Detective Jack Kempson (Colin Friels), justice means more than punishing those who commit crimes. It means never giving up in the search for the t... Read more
Blackpool (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc, Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: David Morrissey, David Tennant, Sarah Parish, Steve Pemberton, David Bradley, Jo...
It's a musical, a murder mystery and a black comedy all rolled into one! Set in the famous English seaside resort this fabulous BBC series follows th... Read more
Blake's 7: Series 2 (1979)
8/10
Starring: Gareth Thomas, Sally Knyvette, Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, David Jackson, Jan...
In the third century of the second calendar, after the chaos of the intergalactic wars, a powerful dictatorship has risen to dynamic proportions and e... Read more
Blake's 7: Series 3 (1980)
8/10
Director: David Maloney, Vere Lorrimer, Gerald Blake, Fiona Cummings, Desmond McCarthy, Mary Ridge
Starring: Paul Darrow, Michael Keating, Jan Chappell, Josette Simon, Stephen Pacey, Gareth...
The story of an interplanetary rebellion group battling for survival against an all-powerful totalitarian government was first shown on BBC television... Read more