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
Carnivale: Season 2 (2004)
8.5/10
Director: Various
Starring: Michael J Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, Clancy Brown, Debra Christofferson, Tim De...
Season Two of this gothic Depression tale picks up with Ben Hawkins looking like a murderer, and as the stand-off between Good and Evil looms the fate... Read more
Carry On Christmas (1969)
6.4/10
Director: Ronald Fouracre
Starring: Sid James, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, Bernard Bresslaw, Peter Butterworth, Kenn...
A truly wonderful addition to the "Carry On" Collection that can be enjoyed at any time of the year. Its main claim to fame is the ballerina sequence... Read more
Casanova (1971)
8.1/10
Director: Mark Cullingham
Starring: Frank Finlay, Norman Rossington, Christine Noonan, Zienia Merton
Dramatised by Dennis Potter (his first TV adapatation) and loosely based on the memoirs of the 18th century libertine, this 6-part BBC series contrast... Read more
Catherine Cookson: A Dinner Of Herbs (2000)
7.5/10
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Tom Goodman-Hill, Billie Whitelaw, Tim Healy, Kate Magowan
A man gets killed and his woman friend agrees to take on his surviving children. But as the decades started passing by, the children soon become aware... Read more
Catherine Cookson: Colour Blind (1998)
Director: Alan Grint
Starring: Niamh Cusack
Tells the tale of Bridgette McQueen, a young woman who returns to her family with a black husband and their baby in tow. Niamh Cusack, Carman Ejogo st... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Cinder Path (1994)
Director: Simon Langton
Starring: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Bell, Lloyd Owen
A man tries to overcome his abusive childhood in Catherine Cookson's 'The Cinder Path'. Lloyd Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Bell star. Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Fifteen Streets (1989)
Director: David Wheatly
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Clare Holman, Frank Windsor, Ian Bannen, Jane Horrocks, Sean Be...
'The Fifteen Streets' is about two brawling brothers who work on the shipyard docks. When the eldest brother falls in love with the daughter of a loca... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Gambling Man (1995)
Director: Norman Stone
Starring: Robson Green
'The Gambling Man' focuses on Rory O'Connor, an entrepreneur and gambler whose vices may lead to a tough prison sentence. When his wife is lost at sea... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Girl (1996)
Starring: Jonathan Cake, Siobhan Flynn
After tragedy strikes her husband, an embittered, resentful wife lashes out in revenge against his illegitimate stepdaughter, whom she had been raisin... Read more
Catherine Cookson: The Man Who Cried (1993)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Whyte
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Amanda Root, Daniel Massey, Gemma Craven
Abel Mason is a man caught in a loveless marriage with a harridan wife who constantly berates him and beats their son Dick. When the one woman he love... Read more