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
Blandings: Series 1 (2013)
6.9/10
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Mark Williams, Timothy Spall, Tim Vine, Jack Farthing
1929. Blandings Castle is dysfunction junction, the home of a chaotic family struggling to keep itself in order. Clarence Emsworth, ninth earl and mas... Read more
Bleak House (2005)
8.4/10
Director: Justin Chadwick, Susanna White
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Alun Armstrong, Charlie Brooks, Warren Clarke, Pauline Collins...
Another stellar Dickens adaptation here penned by Andrew Davies ('Bridget Jones' Diary', the BBC's 'Pride and Prejudice'). Thrilling and romantic, the... Read more
Bless Me, Father: The Complete Series (1978)
7.6/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri
This 1970s sitcom stars Arthur Lowe as veteran priest Father Charles Duddleswell, and Daniel Abineri as Neil Boyd, his new curate and protege. Their a... Read more
Bless This House (1972)
6.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Diana Coupland
Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his pal Trevor (Terry Scott) have a hobby - home-brewing. Their latest creation is brandy, which is secretly stashed in... Read more
Bligh (1992)
6.1/10
Director: Ted Emery, Kendal Flanagan, Amanda Smith
Starring: Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, William McInnes
The year is 1806, nobody has any money, the government is a joke and conmen are running the place. Full of adventure, romance and plenty of sheep this... Read more
Blott on the Landscape (1985)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Bamford
Starring: David Suchet, George Cole, Geraldine James, Simon Cadell, Julia McKenzie
An adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic tale in which an MP attempts to get a motorway built through his wife's ancestral home in order to get rid of a ho... Read more
Blue Murder (1995)
8.6/10
Director: Michael Jenkins
Starring: Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day, Peter Phelps, Alex Dimit...
Based on real events this shockingly confronting mini-series exposed the corrupt practises of Detective Roger Rogerson, the golden boy of Sydney's pol... Read more
Blue Murder: Series 1 and 2 (2003)
7.1/10
Starring: Caroline Quentin, David Schofield, Ian Kelsey
Passionate about her work and children, Janine Lewis (Caroline Quentin) strives to balance the demands of family with her dangerous job as a police de... Read more
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
Director: Brian Gibson
Starring: Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis, John Bird, Helen Mirren, Janine Duv...
Dennis Potter takes a fresh and funny look at childhood, as seven children spend a day out in the Forest of Dean in 1943. The freshness comes from th... Read more
Boardwalk Empire: Season 1 (2010)
8.6/10
Director: Martin Scorsese, Tim Van Patten
Starring: Gretchen Mol, Kelly Macdonald, Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Shea Whigham, Stephe...
All 12 episodes from the first season of the HBO period drama, set during the 1920s Prohibition era. Atlantic County Treasurer Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson... Read more