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Takin' Over the Asylum

Duration:

50 min (6 episodes)

IMDB rate:

Awards:

4 wins

Details

Country: UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Jake D'Arcy

Ashley Jensen

Ken Stott

Eddie

Katy Murphy

Francine (6 episodes, 1994)

David Tennant

Campbell

Ruth McCabe

Rosalie (6 episodes, 1994)

Elizabeth Spriggs

Grandma (6 episodes, 1994)

Angela Bruce

Isabel (6 episodes, 1994)

Kenneth Bryans

Stuart (6 episodes, 1994)

Matt Costello

Alastair

Derek Anders

Billy (6 episodes, 1994)

Gavin Mitchell

Hector (6 episodes, 1994)

Molly Innes

Margaret (6 episodes, 1994)

Roy Hanlon

Griffin (6 episodes, 1994)

Nell Brennan

Sheila (6 episodes, 1994)

Neil McKinven

MacAteer (5 episodes, 1994)

Caroline Paterson

Jane (5 episodes, 1994)

Angus Macfadyen

Fergus

Sandra Voe

Evelyn (4 episodes, 1994)

Ronnie McCann

Lavery (4 episodes, 1994)

Arabella Weir

Paula (3 episodes, 1994)

Paul Blair

Webster (3 episodes, 1994)

Did you know?

Trivia

David Tennant was, in his own words, "uninvited" to the BAFTA Awards Ceremony so that Angus Macfadyen's then girlfriend, Catherine Zeta-Jones could take his place.

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The budget was so tight that director David Blair dubbed his own voice over one of the supporting artists' in order to avoid paying them for a speaking role.

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The scenes in the hospital were filmed in Gartloch Psychiatric Hospital, in Glasgow, before it closed. Many of the extras in these scenes were former patients.

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Quotes

Campbell: We are loonies, and we are proud!

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