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Asylum is a British comedy series which was shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Set in a mental asylum, it ran for one series of six episodes. Unlike traditional sitcoms or comedy television shows, it was to some extent an opportunity for stand-up routines by various comedians, mixed with an overall story involving much black humour. It is significant for involving a large number of British comedians, many who have gone on to work on some of the most successful comedy programmes of the last decade. It marked the first collaboration of Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, who would go on to make cult sitcom Spaced. Many of the characters names were the same as those of the actors who portrayed them. David Devant & His Spirit Wife were the "house band" for the series, performing segments in every episode, from their first album, Work, Lovelife, Miscellaneous. The lead-in track "Ginger" served as the programme's title music. The series has yet to be released on DVD; however, the full episodes are viewable on Norman Lovett's website.

Inspired by the true stories of whistle-blowers claiming asylum, Asylum is a satirical comedy about a government whistle-blower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in the London embassy of a fictional Latin American country. Dan Hern is a serious, self-important egotist who is accused of leaking important documents. After a year in the El Rican embassy Dan is bored, depressed and has no hope of getting out - his only chance is to push his case in an interview with the Guardian. The embassy staff are struggling to attract people to the annual embassy ball, as Dan is old news and nobody wants to come. The Ambassador's oily son decides to offer sanctuary to another international fugitive named Ludo Backslash: a larger-than-life, childish hacker and internet pirate, who set up a file-sharing website and became public enemy number one among the global entertainment community.

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Based on the best-selling novel by the same name, "Asylum City" is set in the underworld of refugees and asylum seekers; those looking to help them and those who take advantage of their plight. A young social activist is found dead and the main suspect is an asylum seeker from Africa who was seen leaving her apartment. Police Officer Anat Sitton leads the murder investigation, unravelling a complex world of corrupt politicians, organized crime and illegal arms deals, putting her in the center of a dangerous and parallel universe with its own codes and morals.

The well-known crew of "Kursadžije" embarks on a journey to the European Union from Macedonia in search of a better life. However, unforeseen circumstances will turn this into an adventure to remember!

A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

A paranormal investigation team hunt for ghosts in asylums, sanitariums and mental hospitals in this reality series.

Abandoned for decades, America's most notorious asylum is being renovated. The new owners are plagued by troubled souls. A paranormal investigator and psychic medium unlock Eloise Asylum's history.

If you’re reading this, it probably means you’ve survived INSANITY® or completed another Beachbody® program, and you’re crazy enough to want more. Well, you’ve got it! INSANITY: THE ASYLUM® is about digging even deeper. In Volume 1, Shaun T focuses on his passion: sports. As Shaun says, it’s all about the game—you’ve got to be in it to win it. Inspired by sports-specific training and exercises used by professional athletes, this 30-day series focuses on building speed, coordination, balance, agility, and power. The result? You’ll run faster, jump higher, hit harder, and WIN.

Metal Asylum is an American television program about heavy metal on Fuse. Hosted by Mistress Juliya, it served as a slightly more subtle incarnation of the popular Uranium and even coexisted with it under the same host. Metal Asylum traditionally ran a half hour, typically on a nightly basis at 11pm ET, and deemphasized band interviews in favor of simply playing music videos, largely of the heavy metal genre. The show's production ended in 2006 due to Chernetsky's departure from Fuse TV.

Shaun T says, “The work doesn’t start until you get tired,” and when you Push Play on Volume 2 you will know what that means. Volume 1 taught you the fundamentals of sports performance, and now you’ll build on that foundation with training techniques used by professional athletes to separate them from the competition. Shaun challenges you with complex agility moves, progressive new strength moves, dynamic power exercises, and so much more. And at the end of any game, everyone, even the pros, gets tired. But it’s what happens when you’re tired that separates the amateurs from the professionals. You need the highest level of mental and physical toughness to succeed. Each workout gets progressively more difficult, pushing you to maintain form and focus when you want to quit the most. At the end of 30 days, you’ll have the endurance, stamina, and focus you need to win the game. That’s what Volume 2 is all about. Are you ready? Let’s go!

Fame Asylum was a 2006 documentary that followed the progress of a boy band made up of four asylum seekers and aired on Channel 4. The Guardian said it was among the worst ideas in TV history, and the programme was also nominated for a Royal Television Society Award. It is available to watch on 40D, and has some accompanying learning resources. The artist who initiated the documentary has compiled an archive of material responding to the project, and has written an article about it for Refugee Week, who collaborated on the project.

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Shaun T says, “The work doesn’t start until you get tired,” and when you Push Play on Volume 2 you will know what that means. Volume 1 taught you the fundamentals of sports performance, and now you’ll build on that foundation with training techniques used by professional athletes to separate them from the competition. Shaun challenges you with complex agility moves, progressive new strength moves, dynamic power exercises, and so much more. And at the end of any game, everyone, even the pros, gets tired. But it’s what happens when you’re tired that separates the amateurs from the professionals. You need the highest level of mental and physical toughness to succeed. Each workout gets progressively more difficult, pushing you to maintain form and focus when you want to quit the most. At the end of 30 days, you’ll have the endurance, stamina, and focus you need to win the game. That’s what Volume 2 is all about. Are you ready? Let’s go!

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An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

"If the dark night comes to an end, I will stand in front of tens of thousands of people, slashing my sword into the abyss, staining the sky with blood!" Have you ever thought that monsters from ancient myths lurk under the bright neon cities? Have you ever thought that above the moon hanging high above the heads of the world, there are gods watching over the world? Have you ever thought that in the crowded modern cities, there are extraordinary people who walk the world in place of gods?

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".

When Lorna Brady, a survivor of one of Ireland's Magdalene Laundries, wakes to find a corpse in her house, she has no idea who the dead woman is or if she's responsible for the apparent murder, because she has long suffered from extreme bouts of sleepwalking.

A series about the AZC (Asylum Seekers Centre) in Zutphen. An unusual, intimate portrait of people who live together under a glass bell jar. About their joy, sadness, and sometimes despair. Every aspect is highlighted, from the desire to belong to the emotional bonds that develop between residents and employees.

In the 1950s, young boys were placed in orphanages and endure harsh and austere living conditions. As a united group, they supported each other and survived despite bullying, hardship and little hope for better days. While these children were doing their best to survive, they had no way to suspect the secret dealings between the clergy, the medical profession and the government that will inevitably seal their fates. The institution faced with a precarious financial situation, the solution is to transform the orphanage into a psychiatric institute in order to obtain additional subsidies. To demonstrate the need for this change in status, the orphans are labeled as insane by the very people who took them in to help them. While their future as orphans was already precarious, they become prisoners of an asylum system from which they have little hope of being able to free themselves even as they grow older.

Noam is a 24-year-old columnist struggling to establish himself as a writer, and not lose his mind in the process. A challenging task since his father is famous not only for his great talent as a writer, but also for his outrageous borderline personality. When Noam hits rock bottom fueled by a deadly combination of drugs, he finds his own route to normality in the unlikeliest of places: the psych ward.

A real initiatory journey that, through the discovery and the story of myths, legends, inexplicable events and macabre details, will lead the viewer and the conductor to confront each one with their own fears.

When a derelict ship docks with an isolated space station, Security Officer Jonah Ashbrook is tasked with the investigation. He finds the crew murdered, and the ship’s cargo – a destitute group of Sector Nine asylum seekers – hiding a deadly secret that threatens humanity itself.

A series featuring six major artists and writers who live and work in exile.

Mobeen Azhar investigates how a protest outside an asylum seeker hotel turned into a riot, uncovering a blueprint for a national wave of violence that eight months later would affect us all.

For seven decades, the Irish state conspired with families, parishes and religious congregations to imprison and enslave over 10,000 Irish girls and women in the so-called Magdalene Laundries. After decades of silence, survivors of that system share their experiences during and since their incarceration, and reveal how they are having to fight for the care, redress and acknowledgement that was promised to them.