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Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses. Read more

Starring Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, Angus Macfadyen, David Tennant
Director David Blair
Genres Drama

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Takin' Over The Asylum cover art

Takin' Over The Asylum

Six part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesperson Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring DJ. At St. Jude's Hospital, he meets a range of people with varying mental illnesses.

Starring Ken Stott, Katy Murphy, Angus Macfadyen, David Tennant, Ruth McCabe, Elizabeth Spriggs, Ron Donnachie, Roy Hanlon, Caroline Paterson, Neil McKinven, Sandra Voe, Angela Bruce, Kenneth Bryans, Spike Milligan
Director David Blair
Studio 2 ENTERTAIN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 4 hrs
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 09 Jun 2008
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  • 20 out of 20 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Outstanding

    I saw this on TV when it originally aired and fell in love with it.

    There are some aspects of this show which are so typically Glaswegian it's quite cheesy, but the performances from all the actors were fantastic.

    David Tennant gives a brilliant performance for one of his first TV roles and was a natural at being Manic.

    The entire series is funny, thought provoking and completly timeless.

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Takin' Over the Asylum

    Absolutely brilliant. It deals with the subject of mental health problems very well, and the performance of the cast is fantastic. Beautiful, disturbing, funny, sad and ultimately challenging and thought-provoking.

    Definitely one of my favourite T.V. series.

      • Yurimaru from Edinburgh
      • Posted 24 Sep 2008 02:57

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