Secrets from the Asylum: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Secrets from the Asylum follows several celebrities as they try to find out why their ancestors had spent time within the asylum. The asylum was seen as a place of stigma and shame. However, asylums hoped to help people be restored to a first-class citizen to be able to live in the real world again. What had actually followed after leaving the asylum was a life-time of shame, guilt, secrets and lies.

Series details

• Title: Secrets from the Asylum
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2014-08-20
• Final broadcast date listed: 2014-08-27
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 26660
• IMDb ID: tt5041710
• TVDB ID: 285071

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Lindsay — Narrator

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2014-08-20; final listed air date 2014-08-27; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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