Takin’ Over the Asylum

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Takin’ Over the Asylum is a 1994 Scottish television drama series about a hospital radio station in a psychiatric hospital, acclaimed for its sensitive portrayal of mental illness and early performances by actors like David Tennant.

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instanceOf Scottish television series ⓘ
drama television series ⓘ
television series ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA Scotland award ⓘ
linked to: BAFTA Scotland

Royal Television Society award ⓘ
character Campbell Bain ⓘ
Eddie McKenna ⓘ
countryOfFilming Scotland ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Donna Franceschild ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director David Blair ⓘ
firstAired 1994 ⓘ
format miniseries ⓘ
genre comedy-drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
medical drama ⓘ
hasAdaptation stage play adaptation ⓘ
locationOfStory Glasgow ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor early television role for David Tennant ⓘ
sensitive portrayal of mental illness ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 6 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 1 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originalChannel BBC Two ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork BBC Two ⓘ
portrays hospital radio DJ ⓘ
psychiatric patients ⓘ
producer Chris Parr ⓘ
productionCompany BBC Scotland ⓘ
releaseDecade 1990s ⓘ
setting hospital radio station ⓘ
psychiatric hospital ⓘ
starred Angus Macfadyen ⓘ
David Tennant ⓘ
Katy Murphy ⓘ
Ken Stott ⓘ
Ruth McCabe ⓘ
subject hospital radio ⓘ
mental illness ⓘ
psychiatric hospitals ⓘ
theme friendship ⓘ
recovery ⓘ
stigma around mental health ⓘ
writer Donna Franceschild ⓘ

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