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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

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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.

Date: 07/09/2002

Rating: 6.7

Cast: James Bolam, James Hazeldine, Olive Pendleton, Veda Warwick, Jacqueline Pilton, Peter Gunn, Clare Kerrigan, Mary MacLeod, Siobhan Finneran, Alan Rothwell, Tony Melody, Colin Meredith, Deborah Norton, Peter Penry-Jones, Susan Cookson, John Flanagan, Jonathan Coy, Elizabeth Bennett, Ken Bradshaw, Ken Kitson, David Blair, Malcolm Raeburn, Rodney Litchfield, Jeff Nuttall, Gareth Thomas, Lorraine Cheshire, Bernard Wrigley, Marcus Romer, Sarah Graham, Jane Wood, Martin Reeve, Norman Mills, Mark Luigi, Carrie Davies, Sarah Byng, Paul Oldham, Michael Wardle, Mark Pepper, Derek Hicks, Derek Hicks, Alison Burrows, Daryl Fishwick, Clive Bonelle, Sally Adams, Aaron Neil, Madelaine Evans, Wilfred Harrison, Demelza Randall, Irene Skillington, Michael Stainton, Rebecca Clay, Jeff Nuttall, Garry Crystal

James Bolam