Asylum (2015 TV series)
| Asylum | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Kayvan Novak and Tom Thostrup |
| Written by | Peter Bowden & Thom Phipps |
| Directed by | Iain B. MacDonald |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | 2le Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC Four |
| Release | 9 February – 23 February 2015 |
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Asylum is a British comedy series which was shown on BBC Four from 9 to 23 February 2015. The satirical comedy series revolves around a whistleblower and an internet pirate who 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.