List of films based on British television series
This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on British television programmes.
Comedy
TV programme | Film | ||||
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Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
Absolutely Fabulous | BBC2 / BBC1 | 1992 | 2012 | Absolument fabuleux | 2001 |
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie | 2016 | ||||
Da Ali G Show[notes 1] | Channel 4 | 2000 | 2004 | Ali G Indahouse | 2002 |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 2006 | ||||
Brüno | 2009 | ||||
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan | 2020 | ||||
Are You Being Served? | BBC1 | 1972 | 1985 | Are You Being Served? | 1977 |
The Army Game | ITV | 1957 | 1961 | I Only Arsked! | 1958 |
Bad Education | BBC Three | 2012 | 2014 | The Bad Education Movie | 2015 |
The Benny Hill Show | ITV | 1969 | 1991 | The Best of Benny Hill | 1974 |
Bless This House | ITV | 1971 | 1976 | Bless This House | 1972 |
Bottom | BBC2 | 1991 | 1995 | Guest House Paradiso | 1999 |
The Catherine Tate Show | BBC Two / BBC One | 2004 | 2007 | The Nan Movie | 2022 |
The Comic Strip Presents... | Channel 4 | 1982 | 2016 | The Supergrass | 1985 |
Eat the Rich | 1987 | ||||
The Pope Must Die | 1991 | ||||
Churchill: The Hollywood Years | 2004 | ||||
Dad's Army | BBC1 | 1968 | 1977 | Dad's Army | 1971 |
Dad's Army | 2016 | ||||
The Dick Emery Show | BBC1 | 1963 | 1981 | Ooh… You Are Awful | 1972 |
Father, Dear Father | ITV | 1968 | 1973 | Father, Dear Father | 1973 |
For the Love of Ada | ITV | 1970 | 1971 | For the Love of Ada | 1972 |
George and Mildred[notes 2] | ITV | 1976 | 1979 | George and Mildred | 1980 |
Harry Enfield's Television Programme | BBC2 | 1990 | 1992 | Kevin & Perry Go Large | 2000 |
Horrible Histories[notes 3] | CBBC | 2009 | Present | Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans | 2019 |
The Inbetweeners | E4 | 2008 | 2010 | The Inbetweeners Movie | 2011 |
The Inbetweeners 2 | 2014 | ||||
I'm Alan Partridge[notes 4] | BBC2 | 1997 | 2002 | Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa | 2013 |
Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World Tour[notes 5] | ITV2 | 2008 | 2008 | Keith Lemon: The Film | 2012 |
The Larkins | ITV | 1958 | 1960 | Inn for Trouble | 1960[1] |
The League of Gentlemen | BBC Two | 1999 | 2002 | The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse | 2005 |
Love Thy Neighbour | ITV | 1972 | 1976 | Love Thy Neighbour | 1973 |
The Lovers | ITV | 1970 | 1971 | The Lovers! | 1973 |
Man About the House | ITV | 1973 | 1976 | Man About the House | 1974 |
Monty Python's Flying Circus | BBC1 | 1969 | 1974 | And Now for Something Completely Different | 1971 |
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl | 1982 | ||||
Mr. Bean | ITV | 1990 | 1995 | Bean | 1997 |
Mr. Bean's Holiday | 2007 | ||||
Mrs. Brown's Boys[notes 6] | BBC One | 2011 | TBD | Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie | 2014 |
The Muppet Show[notes 7] | ITV | 1976 | 1981 | The Muppet Movie | 1979 |
The Muppets | 2011 | ||||
Muppets Most Wanted | 2014 | ||||
Nearest and Dearest | ITV | 1968 | 1973 | Nearest and Dearest | 1972 |
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width | ITV | 1967 | 1971 | Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width | 1973 |
The Office | BBC Two | 2001 | 2003 | David Brent: Life on the Road | 2016 |
On the Buses | ITV | 1969 | 1973 | On the Buses | 1971 |
Mutiny on the Buses | 1972 | ||||
Holiday on the Buses | 1973 | ||||
People Just Do Nothing | BBC Three | 2014 | 2018 | People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan | 2021 |
Please Sir! | ITV | 1968 | 1972 | Please Sir! | 1971 |
Porridge | BBC1 | 1974 | 1977 | Porridge | 1979 |
Rising Damp | ITV | 1974 | 1978 | Rising Damp | 1980 |
Stella Street | BBC Two | 1997 | 2001 | Stella Street | 2004 |
Steptoe and Son | BBC TV | 1962 | 1974 | Steptoe and Son | 1972 |
Steptoe and Son Ride Again | 1973 | ||||
That's Your Funeral | BBC1 | 1970 | 1971 | That's Your Funeral | 1972 |
The Thick of It | BBC Four / BBC Two | 2005 | 2012 | In the Loop | 2009 |
Till Death Us Do Part | BBC1 | 1965 | 1975 | Till Death Us Do Part | 1968 |
The Alf Garnett Saga | 1972 | ||||
The Trip | BBC Two / Sky Atlantic / Sky One | 2010 | 2020 | The Trip | 2010 |
The Trip to Italy | 2014 | ||||
The Trip to Spain | 2017 | ||||
The Trip to Greece | 2020 | ||||
Up Pompeii! | BBC1 | 1969 | 1970 | Up Pompeii | 1971 |
Up the Chastity Belt | 1971 | ||||
Up the Front | 1972 | ||||
Whack-O! | BBC Television Service | 1956 | 1972 | Bottoms Up | 1960 |
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? | BBC1 | 1973 | 1974 | The Likely Lads | 1976 |
Whoops Apocalypse | ITV | 1982 | 1982 | Whoops Apocalypse | 1986 |
Drama
TV programme | Film | ||||
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Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
The Avengers | ITV | 1961 | 1969 | The Avengers | 1998 |
Callan | ITV | 1967 | 1972 | Callan | 1974 |
Downton Abbey | ITV | 2010 | 2015 | Downton Abbey | 2019 |
Downton Abbey: A New Era | 2022 | ||||
Edge of Darkness | BBC2 | 1985 | 1985 | Edge of Darkness | 2010 |
The Grove Family | BBC Television Service | 1954 | 1957 | It's a Great Day | 1955 |
Man at the Top | ITV | 1970 | 1972 | Man at the Top | 1973 |
Pennies from Heaven | BBC1 | 1978 | 1978 | Pennies from Heaven | 1981 |
The Saint | ITV | 1962 | 1969 | The Saint | 1997 |
The Sentimental Agent | ITV | 1963 | 1963 | Our Man in the Caribbean | 1962 |
The Singing Detective | BBC1 | 1986 | 1986 | The Singing Detective | 2003 |
The Six Wives of Henry VIII | BBC2 | 1970 | 1970 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | 1972 |
Spooks | BBC One | 2002 | 2011 | Spooks: The Greater Good | 2015 |
State of Play | BBC One | 2003 | 2003 | State of Play | 2009 |
The Sweeney | ITV | 1975 | 1978 | Sweeney! | 1977 |
Sweeney 2 | 1978 | ||||
The Sweeney | 2012 | ||||
Traffik | Channel 4 | 1989 | 1989 | Traffic | 2000 |
Widows | ITV | 1983 | 1985 | Widows | 2018 |
Science fiction
TV programme | Film | ||||
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Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
Doctor Who | BBC TV | 1963 | 1989 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | 1965 |
Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. | 1966 | ||||
Doomwatch | BBC1 | 1970 | 1972 | Doomwatch | 1972 |
The Quatermass Experiment | BBC Television Service | 1953 | 1953 | The Quatermass Xperiment | 1955 |
Quatermass II | BBC Television Service | 1955 | 1955 | Quatermass 2 | 1957 |
Quatermass and the Pit | BBC Television Service | 1958 | 1959 | Quatermass and the Pit | 1967 |
Quatermass | ITV | 1979 | 1979 | The Quatermass Conclusion | 1980 |
Thunderbirds | ITV | 1965 | 1966 | Thunderbirds Are Go | 1966 |
Thunderbird 6 | 1968 | ||||
Thunderbirds | 2004 |
Documentary
TV programme | Film | ||||
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Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
The Blue Planet | BBC One | 2001 | 2001 | Deep Blue | 2003 |
Planet Earth | BBC One / BBC HD | 2006 | 2006 | Earth | 2007 |
Earth: One Amazing Day | 2017 | ||||
Walking with Dinosaurs | BBC One | 1999 | 1999 | Walking with Dinosaurs | 2013 |
Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D | 2014 |
Children's television
TV programme | Film | ||||
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Title | Channel | Premiere | End | Title | Premiere |
Fireman Sam | BBC1 / Channel 5 | 1987 | TBD | Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie[2] | 2017 |
The Magic Roundabout | BBC1 / Channel 4 | 1965 | 1992 | Dougal and the Blue Cat | 1972 |
The Magic Roundabout | 2005 | ||||
Postman Pat | BBC1 / CBeebies | 1981 | 2017 | Postman Pat: The Movie | 2014 |
Shaun the Sheep[notes 8] | CBBC | 2007 | TBD | Shaun the Sheep Movie | 2015 |
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon | 2019 | ||||
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends[notes 9] | ITV | 1984 | 2021 | Thomas and the Magic Railroad | 2000 |
Wallace and Gromit | BBC1 | 1989 | 2008 | Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | 2005 |
See also
Notes
- ^ The Ali G character first appeared in The 11 O'Clock Show
- ^ The George and Mildred characters first appeared in Man About the House (1973)
- ^ Horrible Histories was based on the book series of the same name
- ^ The Alan Partridge character first appeared in the radio programme On the Hour (1991) and on TV in The Day Today (1994)
- ^ The Keith Lemon character first appeared on TV in Bo' Selecta!
- ^ Mrs. Brown's Boys evolved from the radio play Mrs. Browne's Boys (1992) and a book series
- ^ The Muppets originated in the US TV programme Sam and Friends (1955), and appeared in other shows predating The Muppet Show
- ^ The Shaun character first appeared in A Close Shave (1995)
- ^ Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends was based on The Railway Series of books