When I was studying French many years ago, we watched a few episodes of French in Action in class (on VHS tape):
The storyline of an American student and a young Frenchwoman’s adventures in Paris and the French countryside is reinforced by Dr. Capretz’s on-camera instruction.
It was surprisingly good. (And Mireille was très jolie.) It was also brand new at the time. Now, it’s all on-line.
And there’s a similar Spanish program, Destinos, and a German program, Fokus Deutsch.