Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
The true story of Britain's most prolific serial killer
2002 en 98 minutes
Rating: 7
Plot
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.
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Cast
James Bolam
Harold Shipman
James Hazeldine
DI Stan Egerton
Olive Pendleton
Kathleen Grundy
Veda Warwick
May Clarke
Jacqueline Pilton
Primrose Shipman
Peter Gunn
DS John Ashley
Clare Kerrigan
Julie
Mary MacLeod
Ivy Lomas
Siobhan Finneran
Kathleen Adanski
Alan Rothwell
Alan Massey
Tony Melody
Len Fellows
Colin Meredith
Brian Burgess
Deborah Norton
Debra King
Peter Penry-Jones
Dr John Rutherford
Susan Cookson
DC Marie Snitynski
John Flanagan
Jim King
Jonathan Coy
DCS Bernard Postles
Elizabeth Bennett
Angela Woodruff
Ken Bradshaw
DS Mark Wareing
Ken Kitson
Inspector Dave Smith
David Blair
DC Mark Denham
Malcolm Raeburn
DCI Mike Williams
Rodney Litchfield
Remand Quiz Master
Jeff Nuttall
Mr Justice Forbes
Gareth Thomas
Rev Denis Thomas
Lorraine Cheshire
Canteen Lady
Bernard Wrigley
Market Trader
Marcus Romer
DC Ellis Crowther
Sarah Graham
Secretary
Jane Wood
Kath Shaw
Martin Reeve
DS Bob Hampson
Norman Mills
DC Dave O'Brien
Mark Luigi
Sgt Elwyn Jones
Carrie Davies
DC Sally Reid
Sarah Byng
Secretary
Paul Oldham
Paul Spencer
Michael Wardle
John Green
Mark Pepper
Ronald Pickford
Derek Hicks
Sgt Fullalove
Derek Hicks
DI Steve Fullalove
Alison Burrows
Julie Evans
Daryl Fishwick
WPC
Clive Bonelle
Remand Prisoner
Sally Adams
Dr Linda Reynolds
Aaron Neil
Partner
Madelaine Evans
Dr Susan Booth
Wilfred Harrison
Mr King
Demelza Randall
Debbie Bambroffe
Irene Skillington
Bereaved Woman
Michael Stainton
John Shaw
Rebecca Clay
Anne Ball
Jeff Nuttall
Mr. Justice Forbes
Garry Crystal
Journalist
