Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

Overview

James Bolam portrays serial killer Dr. Harold Shipman in this made-for-TV drama. The film follows the story of Shipman, a general practitioner who throughout his career is believed to have killed as many as 250 of his patients. When the high death rate of his practice was investigated, it was discovered that he had given lethal doses of diamorphine to a vast number of his patients. He was put on trial where he was convicted of 15 murders and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Cast

James Bolam

Harold Shipman

James Hazeldine

DI Stan Egerton

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Olive Pendleton

Kathleen Grundy

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Veda Warwick

May Clarke

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Jacqueline Pilton

Primrose Shipman

Peter Gunn

DS John Ashley

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Clare Kerrigan

Julie

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Mary MacLeod

Ivy Lomas

Siobhan Finneran

Kathleen Adanski

Alan Rothwell

Alan Massey

Tony Melody

Len Fellows

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Colin Meredith

Brian Burgess