Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

The true story of Britain's most prolific serial killer

Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

Crime|

Drama|

6/10

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.

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