Asylum (2015)
- TV sitcom
- BBC Four
- 2015
- 3 episodes (1 series)
Satirical comedy about a government whistle-blower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in a London embassy. Stars Ben Miller, Dustin Demri-Burns, Darrell D'Silva, Kayvan Novak, Yasmine Akram and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 2015
- Channel
- BBC Four
- Episodes
- 3 (1 series)
- Creators
- Tom Thostrup and Kayvan Novak
- Stars
- Ben Miller, Dustin Demri-Burns, Darrell D'Silva, Kayvan Novak, Yasmine Akram, John Guerrasio and Niky Wardley
- Writers
- Peter Bowden and Thom Phipps
- Director
- Iain B MacDonald
- Producers
- Tom Thostrup, Michael Livingstone and Kayvan Novak
- Companies
Conceived by Kayvan Novak and Tom Thostrup and written by Thom Phipps and Peter Bowden, Asylum is a satirical comedy about a government whistle-blower and a millionaire internet entrepreneur trapped together in a London embassy.
Inspired by the true stories of whistle-blowers claiming asylum, we find our two protagonists Dan and Ludo under the threat of extradition, stuck in a fictional central-American embassy in London.
Dan Hern is a serious, self-important egotist who is accused of leaking important documents, while Ludo Backslash is a larger-than-life, childish hacker who set up a file-sharing website and became public enemy number one among the global entertainment community. They are very much the classic odd couple.
Additional details
- Also known as
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- Embassy Row (Working title)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour