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
Firefly: The Complete Series (2002)
9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel St...
500 years in the future, a renegade interstellar officer turned smuggler/rogue is the commander of a small spacecraft with a loyal hand-picked crew sc... Read more
Fishing with John (1992)
8.2/10
Director: John Lurie
Starring: John Lurie, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, Willem Dafoe
John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on "Fishing With John". Trav... Read more
Five Days to Midnight (2004)
Director: Michael Watkins
Starring: Timothy Hutton, Randy Quaid, Kari Matchett, Angus MacFadyen, Hamish Linklater, G...
Originally made for television this tense mix of murder and sci-fi sees physics professor J T Neumeyer (Timothy Hutton) trying to solve his own murder... Read more
FlashForward: The Complete Series (2009)
7.6/10
Director: Various
Starring: Courtney B Vance, Joseph Fiennes, John Cho, Peyton List, Sonya Walger, Jack Dave...
Based on the sci-fi novel by Robert J. Sawyer, this series follows the repercussions of a cataclysmic event that knocks out the entire population of t... Read more
Flight of the Conchords: Season 1 (2007)
8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby, Bret McKenzie, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker
Inspired musical-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie may modestly describe themselves as "New Zealand's 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo", bu... Read more
Flight of the Conchords: Season 2 (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker
Bret and Jemaine came home to Wellington to write new material for the second season of their hit HBO show; shorter than the first, it is rumoured to... Read more
Flipper: Season 1 (1964)
6.3/10
Starring: Brian Kelly, Luke Halpin, Tommy Norden
A spin-off from the 1963 film, the friendly dolphin adapted easily to a weekly show, becoming even more intelligent and helping his human pals enforce... Read more
Flynn (1996)
5.2/10
Director: Frank Howson
Starring: Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan, John Savage
Errol Flynn - adventurer, thief, lover, liar, Hollywood legend! Guy Pearce portrays Errol Flynn in this sensational biopic detailing the actor's early... Read more
Follyfoot: Series 1 (1971)
8.3/10
Director: Michael Apted, Stephen Frears, Vic Hughes
Starring: Gillian Blake, Steve Hodson, Arthur English, Christian Rodska, Desmond Llewelyn
Based on Monica Dickens' 1963 novel 'Cobbler's Dream', the series was set in a horse sanctuary and often dealt with the way horses were poorly treated... Read more
For the Term of His Natural Life (1982)
7.8/10
Director: Rob Stewart
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee, Samantha Eggar, Diane Cilento, Rod Mullinar, Co...
Television mini-series set in 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported... Read more