This is a list of theatrically released feature films that are based on British television programmes.

Comedy TV programme Film Title Channel Premiere End Title Premiere Absolutely Fabulous 1992 2012 Absolument fabuleux 2001 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie 2016 The Ali G character first appeared in The 11 O'Clock Show 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 Ali G: Who Iz I? 2026 Are You Being Served? BBC1 1972 1985 Are You Being Served? 1977 ITV 1957 1961 I Only Arsked! 1958 Bad Education 2012 2014 2015 ITV 1969 1991 1974 Bless This House ITV 1971 1976 Bless This House 1972 Bottom BBC2 1991 1995 Guest House Paradiso 1999 2004 2007 2022 Channel 4 1982 2016 1985 Eat the Rich 1987 1991 Churchill: The Hollywood Years 2004 Dad's Army BBC1 1968 1977 Dad's Army 1971 Dad's Army 2016 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 MildredThe George and Mildred characters first appeared in Man About the House (1973) ITV 1976 1979 George and Mildred 1980 Ghosts BBC One 2019 2023 Ghosts: The Possession of Button House 2026 Harry Enfield's Television Programme BBC2 1990 1992 Kevin & Perry Go Large 2000Horrible HistoriesHorrible Histories was based on the book series of the same nameCBBC2009PresentHorrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans2019 E4 2008 2010 2011 2014 TBA I'm Alan PartridgeThe Alan Partridge character first appeared in the radio programme On the Hour (1991) and on TV in The Day Today (1994) BBC2 1997 2002 Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa 2013 Keith Lemon's Very Brilliant World TourThe Keith Lemon character first appeared on TV in Bo' Selecta! ITV2 2008 2008 Keith Lemon: The Film 2012 ITV 1958 1960 Inn for Trouble 1960 1999 2002 The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse 2005 Love Thy Neighbour ITV 1972 1976 Love Thy Neighbour 1973 ITV 1970 1971 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 BoysMrs. Brown's Boys evolved from the radio play Mrs. Browne's Boys (1992) and a book series 2011 TBD Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie 2014 The Muppets originated in the US TV programme Sam and Friends (1955), and appeared in other shows predating The Muppet Show ITV 1976 1981 1979 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 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 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 1997 2001 Stella Street 2004 Steptoe and Son 1962 1974 Steptoe and Son 1972 Steptoe and Son Ride Again 1973 That's Your Funeral BBC1 1970 1971 That's Your Funeral 1972 2005 2012 In the Loop 2009 Till Death Us Do Part BBC1 1965 1975 Till Death Us Do Part 1968 1972 2010 2020 2010 2014 2017 2020 Up Pompeii! BBC1 1969 1970 Up Pompeii 1971 Up the Chastity Belt 1971 Up the Front 1972 Whack-O! 1956 1972 Bottoms Up 1960 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? BBC1 1973 1974 1976 Whoops Apocalypse ITV 1982 1982 Whoops Apocalypse 1986

Drama TV programme Film Title Channel Premiere End Title Premiere ITV 1961 1969 1998 Callan ITV 1967 1972 Callan 1974 Downton Abbey ITV 2010 2015 Downton Abbey 2019 Downton Abbey: A New Era 2022 Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale 2025 Edge of Darkness BBC2 1985 1985 Edge of Darkness 2010 1954 1957 It's a Great Day 1955 Man at the Top ITV 1970 1972 Man at the Top 1973 Peaky Blinders BBC Two / BBC One 2013 2022 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man 2026 Pennies from Heaven BBC1 1978 1978 Pennies from Heaven 1981 Play for Today BBC1 1970 1984 ScumBased on Scum (television_play), which was filmed in 1977 and transmitted in 1991 1979 Brimstone and TreacleBased on Brimstone and Treacle, which was filmed in 1976 and transmitted in 1987 1982 Track 29Based on Schmoedipus, transmitted in 1974 1988 ITV 1962 1969 1997 ITV 1963 1963 Our Man in the Caribbean 1962 BBC1 1986 1986 2003 BBC2 1970 1970 Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972 Spooks 2002 2011 Spooks: The Greater Good 2015 State of Play 2003 2003 State of Play 2009 ITV 1975 1978 Sweeney! 1977 Sweeney 2 1978 2012 Traffik Channel 4 1989 1989 Traffic 2000 Widows ITV 1983 1985 Widows 2018

Science fiction TV programme Film Title Channel Premiere End Title Premiere Doctor Who 1963 1989 Dr. Who and the Daleks 1965 Daleks' Invasion Earth: 2150 A.D. 1966 Doomwatch BBC1 1970 1972 Doomwatch 1972 1953 1953 1955 Quatermass II 1955 1955 Quatermass 2 1957 Quatermass and the Pit 1958 1959 Quatermass and the Pit 1967 Quatermass ITV 1979 1979 1980 Thunderbirds ITV 1965 1966 Thunderbirds Are Go 1966 Thunderbird 6 1968 Thunderbirds 2004

Documentary TV programme Film Title Channel Premiere End Title Premiere 2001 2001 Deep Blue 2003 Planet Earth / BBC HD 2006 2006 Earth 2007 Earth: One Amazing Day 2017 Walking with Dinosaurs 1999 1999 Walking with Dinosaurs 2013 Walking with Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Planet 3D 2014

Children's television TV programme Film Title Channel Premiere End Title Premiere Fireman Sam 1987 Fireman Sam: Alien Alert! The Movie 2017 Friday Download CBBC 2011 2015 Friday Download: The Movie 2015 1965 1992 Dougal and the Blue Cat 1972 2005 Postman Pat 1981 2017 Postman Pat: The Movie 2014 Shaun the SheepThe Shaun character first appeared in A Close Shave (1995) CBBC 2007 TBD Shaun the Sheep Movie 2015 2019 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom 2026 Wallace and Gromit BBC1 1989 2008 Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005 2024

See also List of films based on television programs Cinema of the United Kingdom

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