

Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · BBC Two · 50 min · 1 season
S01E06 · Let It Be
Wed, 2 Nov, 8:00 am
Campbell's star is rising as the odds appear to be stacking against Eddie. Can he survive his domestic and professional turmoil?
About
Takin' Over the Asylum is a BBC Two drama series set in a radio station at a Glasgow psychiatric hospital.
Episodes
- E01
Hey Jude
Wed, 28 Sept· 50 minOld enough to know better, Eddie McKenna has dreams of becoming a professional DJ. Sacked from his slot at Hospital Radio Glasgow and bored by his day-time job of double glazing salesman, he reluctantly agrees to resurrect the dilapidated radio station at St Jude's Mental Hospital.
- E02
Fly Like an Eagle
Wed, 5 Oct· 50 minWith the radio station gaining the patients' approval, hypomaniac Campbell plans to become a DJ and transform it into something "totally fresh and fundamentally loony in every way!"
- E03
You Always Hurt the One You Love
Wed, 12 Oct· 50 minSt Jude's Open Day. Will Eddie and the team raise the cash fora new sound mixer? A plan is carefully hatched by the obsessive-compulsive Rosalie.
- E04
Fool on the Hill
Wed, 19 Oct· 50 minDark-horse Fergus, gifted and schizophrenic, is shocked to learn of his proposed discharge from St Jude's. Can he secure a job and re-adjust to life on the outside?
- E05
Rainy Night in Georgia
Wed, 26 Oct· 50 minBouyed by his accidental sales triumph at Twinview Windows, and with professional radio beckoning, Eddie's relationship with Francine starts to flourish.
- E06
Let It Be
Wed, 2 Nov· 50 minCampbell's star is rising as the odds appear to be stacking against Eddie. Can he survive his domestic and professional turmoil?
Cast

Ken Stott
Eddie McKenna

David Tennant
Campbell

Katy Murphy
Francine

Angela Bruce
Isabel

Elizabeth Spriggs
Grandma

Ruth McCabe
Rosalie

Angus Macfadyen
Fergus