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

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Ken Stott notableWork Takin’ Over the Asylum