
James Bolam stars as Dr. Harold Shipman, the notorious British GP believed to have killed up to 250 patients by prescribing lethal doses of diamorphine. An investigation into the unusually high death rate at his practice uncovers the murders, leading to his arrest, trial, conviction for 15 killings and a life‑sentence.
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Siobhan Finneran
Kathleen Adanski

Mary MacLeod
Ivy Lomas

Ken Bradshaw
DS Mark Wareing

Aaron Neil
Partner

Tony Melody
Len Fellows

Jane Wood
Kath Shaw

Elizabeth Bennett
Angela Woodruff

Peter Gunn
DS John Ashley

David Blair
DC Mark Denham

Jonathan Coy
DCS Bernard Postles

Lorraine Cheshire
Canteen Lady

James Bolam
Harold Shipman

Demelza Randall
Debbie Bambroffe

Alan Rothwell
Alan Massey

Rebecca Clay
Anne Ball

Alison Burrows
Julie Evans

Jacqueline Pilton
Primrose Shipman

Bernard Wrigley
Market Trader

Clare Kerrigan
Julie

Jeff Nuttall
Mr Justice Forbes

James Hazeldine
DI Stan Egerton

Rodney Litchfield
Remand Quiz Master

Veda Warwick
May Clarke

Olive Pendleton
Kathleen Grundy

Colin Meredith
Brian Burgess

Deborah Norton
Debra King

Peter Penry-Jones
Dr John Rutherford

Susan Cookson
DC Marie Snitynski

John Flanagan
Jim King

Ken Kitson
Inspector Dave Smith

Malcolm Raeburn
DCI Mike Williams

Gareth Thomas
Rev Denis Thomas

Sarah Graham
Secretary

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

Daryl Fishwick
WPC

Sally Adams
Dr Linda Reynolds

Clive Bonelle
Remand Prisoner

Madelaine Evans
Dr Susan Booth

Wilfred Harrison
Mr King

Irene Skillington
Bereaved Woman

Michael Stainton
John Shaw

Garry Crystal
Journalist
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