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
Forbidden Territory (1997)
6.7/10
Director: Simon Langton
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Nigel Hawthorne
Set in 1869, this sweeping historical drama examines the relationship between Henry Morton Stanley (Aidan Quinn) and Dr. David Livingstone (Nigel Hawt... Read more
Fortysomething (2003)
7.8/10
Director: Nic Phillips, Hugh Laurie
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Peter Capaldi, Stephen Fry, Anna Chancellor, Benedict Cumberbatch,...
How do you know when you're having a midlife crisis? Maybe it's when you can't remember exactly where your wife works - or whether she works at all. O... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 1 (2002)
8.4/10
Director: Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Charles Dance, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian...
Directed by Jeremy Silberston, this provocative series is a fusion of historical drama and mystery, focusing on the effects of World War II on the vil... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 2 (2003)
8.4/10
Director: Giles Foster, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian Ovenden, Honeysuckle Weeks
As war rages over Europe Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), is battling crime on the homefront. All four episodes fr... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 3 (2004)
8.4/10
Director: Gavin Millar, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Julian Ovenden, Honeysuckle Weeks
In early 1941, Foyle is again pursuing a position that will contribute more to the war effort, but he is distracted by a local murder in 'The French D... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 4 and 5 (2006)
8.4/10
Director: Gavin Millar, Tristram Powell, Jeremy Silberston
Starring: Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, Da...
Foyle and his team tackle a brutal death on an American Army base; uncover secret government research into biological warfare; investigate a murder qu... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 6 (2008)
8.4/10
Starring: Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, David Horovitch
This excellent series draws to a close with the sixth season (or does it? - the producers of the show are apparently fighting tooth and nail to revers... Read more
Foyle's War: Series 7 (2010)
8.4/10
Director: Stuart Orme, David Richards
Starring: Eleanor Bron, Tim Pigott-Smith, Tom Goodman-Hill, Charlotte Riley, Honeysuckle W...
It's July 1945 and the war in Europe is over. Britain is settling into peacetime, a new Labour Government is waiting in the wings and Foyle is eager t... Read more
Frank Herbert's Children Of Dune (Part 1) (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Starring: Alec Newman, Julie Cox, Alice Krige, Susan Sarandon, Edward Atterton, Ian McNeic...
As political upheaval engulfs the planet Arrakis, the twin children of the messianic Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides (Alec Newman) find themselves threatened... Read more
Frank Herbert's Children Of Dune (Part 2) (2003)
8.1/10
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Starring: Alec Newman, Julie Cox, Alice Krige, Susan Sarandon, Edward Atterton, Ian McNeic...
As political upheaval engulfs the planet Arrakis, the twin children of the messianic Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides (Alec Newman) find themselves threatened... Read more