Takin' Over The Asylum Details

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

loading...

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
Genres	Drama
Language	English
Released	DVD: 09 Jun 2008
Format	DVD

Takin' Over The Asylum (2 discs)

Sign up Takin' Over The Asylum DVD

• Sign up all DVDs

  • 2 discs
  • Discs will be sent in order
  • or

  • Rent individual DVDs

Or you can rent each disc individually:

• DVD

• Sign up Takin' Over The Asylum - Disc 1

  Featuring Episodes 1-3....

• Sign up Takin' Over The Asylum - Disc 2

  Featuring Episodes 4-6....

• Most helpful member's review of Takin' Over The Asylum

  View all

• 18 out of 18 people found this review helpful

  

  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.

  • • InspiredLooney from Edinburgh
    • Posted 13 May 2008 14:33

• Most recent members' review of Takin' Over The Asylum

  View all

• 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

  

  taking over the asylum

  Funny, inspiring and touching and showing that what is 'normal' is highly debatable. A rich tapestry of characters making me laugh and cry. A clever indictment of mental health treatment in the 70/80's. Brilliant!

  • • A customer from Exeter
    • Posted 01 Oct 2008 08:58

• More like this

  View all

  Showing 1 to 4 of 20

  [+] [-]

  Previous

  • The Lakes 2

    
    • Sign up
    • Buy

  • Fools Rush In

    
    • Sign up
    • Buy

  • The Way We Live Now

    
    • Sign up
    • Buy

  • Proof

    
    • Sign up
    • Buy

  Next

Find cinemas

Postcode or town

POPULAR PLACES

• Birmingham
• Bradford, BD1
• Bristol
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow

• Leeds, LS1
• Liverpool
• London
• Manchester
• Sheffield

Rating breakdown

656 Member ratings

100	258
90	111
80	129
70	70
60	32
50	21
40	12
30	4
20	10
10	9

Related user collection

Eclectic Mix (64)

  80% from 1 member

Showing 1 to 3 of 64

View all [+] [-]

Previous

• The Page Turner

  

• Four Minutes

  

• The Piano Teacher

  

Next

by: Trionon from London

Buy from the LOVEFiLM shop

• • 
    
    
    • Buy
  • Takin' Over The Asylum
  • DVD: £10.93
    Free Delivery
  • RRP £19.79 (you save: 45%)
  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), ...