Asylum (BBC TV series)

Asylum
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Kayvan Novak and Tom Thostrup
Written by	Peter Bowden & Thom Phipps
Directed by	Iain B. MacDonald
Starring	Ben Miller Kayvan Novak Niky Wardley Yasmine Akram
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	3
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	BBC Four (United Kingdom)
Original release	9 February 2015 – present
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Asylum is a British comedy series which is shown on BBC Four in 2015. The satirical comedy series revolves around a whistleblower and an internet pirate find themselves trapped together under the threat of extradition in the London embassy of a fictional Latin American country. The show was inspired by Julian Assange’s two-year stay in the Ecuadorian embassy and the controversial entrepreneur Kim Dotcom. The show was initially conceived by fonejacker star, Kayvan Novak and Tom Thostrup, before being written by Thom Phipps and Peter Bowden.

The series has yet to be released on DVD.

Cast and crew

Written by Thom Phipps and Peter Bowden

Principal cast and characters

• Ben Miller as Dan Hern
• Kayvan Novak as Rafael
• Niky Wardley as Lorna
• Yasmine Akram as Rosa
• Dustin Demri-Burns as Ludo Backslash
• John Guerrasio as Mo
• Darrell D'Silva as Castillo
• David Cross as Juan Pablo
• Ayo Mary Laurent as Mary

Episodes

#	Title	Directed By	Written By	Original air date
1	"Strange Bedfellows"	Iain B. MacDonald	Peter Bowden & Thom Phipps	9 February 2015 (2015-02-09)
After a year in the El Rican embassy under the threat of arrest and a death sentence by the US, after whistleblowing CIA cover ups, Dan is bored. With little hope of getting out, Dan prepares for a newspaper interview, hoping that he will be able to leave the embassy. However the embassy want to attract people to the embassy ball, but Dan is old news and nobody wants to come. So the embassy bring in another international criminal- internet pirate Ludo Backslash to bunk with Dan.
2	"Project Siren"	Iain B. MacDonald	Peter Bowden & Thom Phipps	16 February 2015 (2015-02-16)
MI6 try to lure Dan out of the embassy by setting up an online dating site trap. Meanwhile the CIA have placed a mole in the embassy who is leaking staff secrets and framing Dan for it. Ludo is eagerly awaiting for his birthday and expecting a surprise party, but things have to be put on hold as MI6 and the CIA draw closer to Dan
3	"Public Relations"	Iain B. MacDonald	Peter Bowden & Thom Phipps	23 February 2015 (2015-02-23)
Dan decides to raise his public profile and promote his manifesto by holding a press conference. However he accidentally claims that the El Ricans are torturing him, which damages their world cup bid. The El Rican foreign minister is called out to persuade Dan to apologies. But with his new world popularity, Dan is not so keen.

External links

• BBC iPlayer