Takin' Over the Asylum quotes

Campbell: What exactly is sitting here before you?

Eddie: A Lunatic.

Campbell: Aye but a singing lunatic.

Campbell: "Inspired is when you think you can do anything. Manic is when you know it."

Campbell: "You've just gotta say (faux American accent) 'I'm not gonna take anymore 'a dis Crapola"
Rosalie: "I can't do that!"
Campbell: "How no'?"
Rosalie: "I'm not American"

Campbell: "I don't have to conform to vagaries of time and space...I'm a loony for god's sake!"

Campbell: "I'll introduce you to the loonies later. They're watchin' Neighbours at the moment. It's the high point of the patient's day. And eating I suppose. Two high points; Eating and watching Neighbours. And sleeping. Three high-points! It's a wonder the patients aren't exhausted from the excitement, aye?"


Campbell: "We are loonies, and we are proud!"

Campbell: "Sometimes you just have to look somebody in the eye and tell the truth that should be instead of the truth that is."

Takin' Over the Asylum is a six-part BBC Scotland television drama about a hospital radio station in a Glasgow psychiatric hospital. It is set in a fictional hospital called St Jude's Asylum, filmed in Gartloch Hospital (formerly asylum) which closed after filming in 1996. The station is developed by alcoholic double glazing salesman Eddie McKenna (Ken Stott), who is an aspiring disc jockey at St. Jude's Hospital, named after the patron saint of lost causes. He meets a range of people with various mental illnesses: Campbell (David Tennant) - a young, enthusiastic contributor to the station, who is a manic depressive (bi-polar). Francine (Katy Murphy) - a long-term depressive patient who self harms and to whom McKenna is strongly attracted. Fergus (Angus Macfadyen) - an electrical engineer, who has schizophrenia and a habit of escaping from the hospital then returning. Rosalie (Ruth McCabe) - a middle-aged housewife who has OCD regarding cleanliness and is separating from her husband.