Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

“The true story of Britain's most prolific serial killer”

★ 7.0/10 TMDB 2002-07-09 98 min

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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James Bolam
James Bolam
Harold Shipman
James Hazeldine
James Hazeldine
DI Stan Egerton
Olive Pendleton
Kathleen Grundy
Veda Warwick
May Clarke
Jacqueline Pilton
Primrose Shipman
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn
DS John Ashley
Clare Kerrigan
Julie
Mary MacLeod
Ivy Lomas
Siobhan Finneran
Siobhan Finneran
Kathleen Adanski
Alan Rothwell
Alan Rothwell
Alan Massey
Tony Melody
Tony Melody
Len Fellows
Colin Meredith
Brian Burgess
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