Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

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.

• Micheal EatonWriter
• Roger BamfordDirector
• Debbie WisemanOriginal Music Composer

• James BolamHarold Shipman
• James HazeldineDI Stan Egerton
• Olive PendletonKathleen Grundy
• Veda WarwickMay Clarke
• Jacqueline PiltonPrimrose Shipman
• Peter GunnDS John Ashley
• Clare KerriganJulie
• Mary MacLeodIvy Lomas
• Siobhan FinneranKathleen Adanski
• Alan RothwellAlan Massey
• Tony MelodyLen Fellows
• Colin MeredithBrian Burgess