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
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 2 (1991)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Martin Clunes, Robert Daws, Vivian Pickles
Following the immense success of the first series, British greats Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry return to the iconic swing-time roles of P.G. Wodehouse'... Read more
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 3 (1992)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Julian Firth, Pip Torrens
The perfectly cast Fry and Laurie are back in series three as the comic mayhem spreads across the Atlantic. Wooster flees the idea of marriage, but he... Read more
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 4 (1993)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Richard Braine, Joesph Mydell
The perfectly cast Fry and Laurie return to the iconic swing-time roles of P.G. Wodehouse's aristocratic Wooster and the ever-dependable Jeeves. Serie... Read more
Jericho: Season 1 (2006)
8/10
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Starring: Skeet Ulrich, Brad Beyer, Alicia Coppola, Michael Gaston, Beth Grant
This post-apocalyptic sci-fi series revolves around the residents of Jericho, a small rural Kansas town, as they struggle to survive in the aftermath... Read more
Jericho: Season 2 (2008)
8/10
Starring: Skeet Ulrich, Ashley Scott, Lennie James
'Jericho' returns for a second (and final) season thanks to the unprecedented and impassioned support from its legion of loyal fans. In the aftermath... Read more
Jessica (2004)
7.9/10
Director: Peter Andrikidis
Starring: Lisa Harrow, Sam Neill, Leeanna Walsman
Based on the novel 'Jessica' by Bryce Courtenay, this epic three-hour-plus period drama traces a woman's harsh, tumultuous life in the Australian bush... Read more
Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
8.5/10
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Robert Powell, Olivia Hussey, Anne Bancroft, Ernest Borgnine, Claudia Cardinale,...
Franco Zeffirelli's highly acclaimed version of the life of Jesus. This epic, moving drama, filmed in Tunisia and Morocco, features a stellar internat... Read more
Joan of Arc (Sobieski) (1999)
6.7/10
Director: Christian Duguay
Starring: Leelee Sobieski, Peter O'Toole, Shirley MacLaine, Peter Strauss, Jacqueline Biss...
She was a visionary, a warrior, a heroine and a martyr, all before the age of 20. Leelee Sobieski stars as the French peasant girl whose devine vision... Read more
Joh's Jury (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Ken Cameron
Starring: Gerry Connolly, Simon Bossell, Malcolm Kennard, John Howard, Noah Taylor, Penny...
A stunning dramatic interpretation of the 1991 perjury trial of beleaguered Queensland premier Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Focussing on the jury who wer... Read more
John Adams (2008)
8.6/10
Director: Tom Hooper
Starring: David Morse, Laura Linney, Sarah Polley, Stephen Dillane, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Gi...
'John Adams' chronicles the life of this remarkable historical figure, a man whose fiercely independent spirit, reverence for the rule of law and comm... Read more