Mental: A History of the Madhouse

4.5 2010 59 min
Documentary

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 c…

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Director
Chris Boulding
Writers
Chris Boulding, Peter Scott

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Tamsin Greig Narrator
Peter Barham Himself
Maggi Chapman Herself

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