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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Ken Stott notableWork Takin’ Over the Asylum