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6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bedlam_tv_series.jpg]]
7	->Bad things happened here. That doesn't just go away
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9	''Bedlam'' (2011-2012) is a paranormal based drama on Sky Living.
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11	The Bettany family would like to welcome you to Bedlam Heights: affordable luxury apartments currently in renovation in a historic building that been in her family for generations. Admittedly, the fact the building used to be a [[BedlamHouse mental institution]] has been dissuading tenants, but that's nothing to worry about, right?
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13	Jed Harper sees things differently. Having recently got out of [[MedicateTheMedium psychiatric care]] for his habit of [[ISeeDeadPeople seeing ghosts]], Jed moves in to Bedlam Heights, on behalf of a mysterious messenger. He shares a flat with Kate, as well as her friends: slacker Molly, whose close friend disappeared earlier, and nerdy Ryan, still haunted by his brother's brutal murder. Jed and Ryan start to work to protect the residents from the many angered spirits of old patients. But it seems that there are deeper shadows in the old house than either could have predicted.
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15	The second series had a substantial cast overhaul, getting rid of most of the established cast and bringing in Ellie, a medium who makes connections between Jed's disappearance and her own sudden spectral visions.
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17	Not to be confused with 1946 horror film ''Film/{{Bedlam}}''.
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20	!! ''Bedlam'' provides examples of:
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22	%%* BedlamHouse: While it's in renovation, scenes of beforehand fit the bill perfectly.
23	* BlackDudeDiesFirst: The first person who Jed tried to help that ended up dying was a black guy.
24	%%* BlackEyesOfEvil: Vengeful ghosts sport these.
25	* BlessedWithSuck: Jed's ability to [[ISeeDeadPeople see ghosts]] hasn't exactly made his life better, seeing as he had to spend a big part of it in a [[MedicateTheMedium psych ward]].
26	%%* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Rita's dress briefly becomes this in the second series.
27	* BrotherSisterIncest: The ghost in episode 6 definitely had an unhealthy obsession with his sister, whom he murdered.
28	%%* ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Jed.]]
29	%%* DeathByChildbirth: Jed's mother.
30	%%* HauntedHeadquarters: The building itself.
31	%%* HeroicBSOD: Kate has one, after she thinks [[spoiler: her father killed Zoe]].
32	%%* IJustWantToBeNormal: Jed. And in series 2, Ellie.
33	%%* IceQueen: Kate.
34	%%* ImaginaryFriend: A child gets a ghostly one in "Hide And Seek"
35	%%* ISeeDeadPeople: Jed.
36	%%* ItWontTurnOff: Used for several ghostly scenes, including Mark's phone in "Commited"
37	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Warren Bettany.
38	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kate, with a [[{{Jerkass}} heavy emphasis]] on ''jerk''.
39	%%* JustFriends: Molly and Ryan
40	%%* KissingCousins: Jed and Kate, though to be fair, they are step-cousins.
41	%%* MedicateTheMedium: Jed's backstory.
42	%%* NerdGlasses: Ryan wears them in the first episode, but [[UnresolvedSexualTension Kate]] doesn't like them...
43	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Jed saves a little girl after a spiritual encounter. How does the father repay Jed (especially after finding out that [[MedicateTheMedium he was previously in a psych ward]])? By telling Jed to never come near him or is daughter again and breaking it off with Molly, who was seeing the father at the time.
44	%%* NotUsingTheZWord
45	* PropheticFallacy: In the first episode, Jed repeatedly gets the message "Save Kate". At the end however, he sees the full message is;
46	--> "''Save yourselves ''from'' Kate''"
47	%%* ShrinkingViolet: Molly, sort of.
48	%%* StalkerWithACrush: Mark thinks he has one at first. Turns out to be a ghost of a WomanScorned.
49	%%* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The second season sets up Ellie for Jed, and Max for Ryan
50	* ThatDidntHappen:
51	** Kate says this to Jed after their [[KissingCousins kiss]].
52	** Kate also says this to Ryan, after they nearly had sex in the first episode.
53	%%* UnresolvedSexualTension: [[KissingCousins Jed and Kate]].
54	%%* WalkingShirtlessScene: Jed, particularly in the first episode.

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