Mental: A History of the Madhouse (2010)

59m
Running Time

May 25, 2010
Release Date

Mental: A History of the Madhouse (2010)

59m
Running Time

May 25, 2010
Release Date

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BBC

Plot.

Documentary which tells the fascinating and poignant story of the closure of Britain's mental asylums. In the post-war period, 150,000 people were hidden away in 120 of these vast Victorian institutions all across the country. Today, most mental patients, or service users as they are now called, live out in the community and the asylums have all but disappeared. Through powerful testimonies from patients, nurses and doctors, the film explores this seismic revolution and what it tells us about society's changing attitudes to mental illness over the last sixty years.

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Cast & Crew.

Tamsin Greig

Tamsin Greig

Narrator

Peter Barham

Peter Barham

Himself

Maggi Chapman

Maggi Chapman

Herself

Colin Skinner

Colin Skinner

Cinematography

Chris Boulding

Chris Boulding

Director / Writer

Bill Thomas

Bill Thomas

Art Direction

Richard Touch

Richard Touch

Production Design

Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor

Cinematography

Adam Jessel

Adam Jessel

Producer

Ian Meller

Ian Meller

Editor

Peter Scott

Peter Scott

Writer

Adam Jessel

Adam Jessel

Producer

Details.

Release Date
May 25, 2010

Status
Released

Running Time
59m

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