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| Ken Stott | ... | Eddie 6 episodes, 1994 | |
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Katy Murphy | ... | Francine 6 episodes, 1994 |
| David Tennant | ... | Campbell 6 episodes, 1994 | |
| Ruth McCabe | ... | Rosalie 6 episodes, 1994 | |
| Elizabeth Spriggs | ... | Grandma 6 episodes, 1994 | |
| Angela Bruce | ... | Isabel 6 episodes, 1994 | |
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Kenneth Bryans | ... | Stuart 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Matt Costello | ... | Alastair 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Derek Anders | ... | Billy 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Gavin Mitchell | ... | Hector 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Molly Innes | ... | Margaret 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Roy Hanlon | ... | Griffin 6 episodes, 1994 |
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Nell Brennan | ... | Sheila 6 episodes, 1994 |
| Neil McKinven | ... | MacAteer 5 episodes, 1994 | |
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Caroline Paterson | ... | Jane 5 episodes, 1994 |
| Angus Macfadyen | ... | Fergus 4 episodes, 1994 | |
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Sandra Voe | ... | Evelyn 4 episodes, 1994 |
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Ronnie McCann | ... | Lavery 4 episodes, 1994 |
| Arabella Weir | ... | Paula 3 episodes, 1994 | |
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Paul Blair | ... | Webster 3 episodes, 1994 |
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A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.
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27 September 1994 (UK) See more »Company Credits
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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. See more »Connections
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What a truly great series this is! Such a pity that it probably won't be released on DVD, due to problems with getting the necessary approval to use some of the songs, according to somebody I asked. The cast is uniformly excellent and the direction, seamless. So many wounded people, but so many with a fire inside them to keep trying to live a life that makes sense! It's a show that made me grind my teeth at the inhumanity of government cost-cutting in the mental health arena. The loonies are by no means the ones inside the asylum.
David Tennant is simply magnificent as the manic, inventive, affectionate, good hearted Campbell Bain. His exchanges with his dad would break your heart.
Thoroughly recommended.
ETA 18.01.14 The DVD has now been available for a few years and contains two eps with audio commentaries. It's wonderful to be able to watch the show again and nothing about it disappoints.