Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,799 playable programmes from the BBC

Results 1 to 11 of 11 for your search filters
Filter by channel

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 1: Hey Jude

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Drama serial set in a psychiatric hospital. Sacked from Hospital Radio Glasgow, Eddie McKenna agrees to resurrect the radio station at St Jude's Mental Hospital. Show more

Contributors

Eddie:
Ken Stott
Francine:
Katy Murphy
Campbell:
David Tennant
Producer:
David Blair

Genres

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 2: Fly Like an Eagle

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Drama set in psychiatric hospital. The hospital radio station is in full swing, Eddie is in danger of losing his job, and hypomaniac Campbell plans to become a DJ. Show more

Contributors

Eddie:
Ken Stott
Francine:
Katy Murphy
Campbell:
David Tennant
Producer:
David Blair

Genres

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 3: You Always Hurt the One You Love

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Drama series set in psychiatric hospital. Eddie and the gang pull out all the stops to save the radio station by staging a coup at the open day.

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 4: Fool on the Hill

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Drama series set in a psychiatric hospital. The possibility of a discharge means Fergus must find a job. The aftermath of the open day is felt by many. Show more

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 5: Rainy Night in Georgia

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland

Drama set in a psychiatric hospital. Buoyed by his accidental sales triumph at Twinview Windows, Eddie's relationship with Francine starts to develop. Show more

Takin' Over the Asylum

Episode 6: Let It Be

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Scotland HD

Last in the series about a psychiatric hospital. Jim is appalled by Rosalie's living conditions. Campbell's star is rising as the odds appear to be stacked against Eddie. Show more

Duration: 54 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Seven-year-old Jess lives with her dominating mother until she is rudely removed from her peculiar Pentecostal home and sent to school.

Contributors

Small Jess:
Emily Aston
William:
Peter Gordon
Mrs Green:
Freda Dowie
Miss Jewsbury:
Celia Imrie
Jess' real mother:
Sophie Thursfield
Pastor Finch:
Kenneth Cranham
Mrs Arkwright:
Pam Ferris
Mrs Virtue:
Katy Murphy
Mrs Vole:
Sharon Bower
Ice Cream Man:
Bill Rogers
Boy next door:
Darren Scott
Gypsy Woman:
Kay Clayton
Church Pianist:
Tamar Swade
Director:
Beeban Kidron

Duration: 55 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Jess, now 16, meets Melanie and falls in love. The pastor, the congregation and Jess's mother suspect, culminating in a devastating denouement in front of the congregation. Show more

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Drama. Edward (Bill Milner) hates living in the old people's home run by his parents, until he finds an unlikely friend in a new resident, a retired magician (Michael Caine). Show more

Love Soup

Series 2

Episode 2: Integrated Logistics

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One South East

Cleo's attempts to fix up her boss with some of her sales rep friends end in disaster, but a dashing young captain of industry gives hope. Show more

Contributors

Alice Chenery:
Tamsin Greig
Cleo Martin:
Sheridan Smith
Milly Russell:
Montserrat Lombard
Penny's Mother:
Elizabeth Spriggs

Genres

Play for Today

Series 5

Leeds - United!

Duration: 1 hour, 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Female workers at a textile factory clash with their own union in Colin Welland's story of a strike.