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Harold Shipman: Doctor Death

  • TV Movie
  • 2002
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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James Bolam in Harold Shipman: Doctor Death (2002)
Drama

A dramatisation of the true story of Doctor Harold Shipman, a general practitioner from Hyde, Manchester, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering fifteen of his elderly patients and is suspec... Read allA dramatisation of the true story of Doctor Harold Shipman, a general practitioner from Hyde, Manchester, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering fifteen of his elderly patients and is suspected of having murdered as many as two hundred others.A dramatisation of the true story of Doctor Harold Shipman, a general practitioner from Hyde, Manchester, who was convicted in 2000 of murdering fifteen of his elderly patients and is suspected of having murdered as many as two hundred others.

  • Director
    • Roger Bamford
  • Writer
    • Michael Eaton
  • Stars
    • James Bolam
    • James Hazeldine
    • Michael Stainton
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    266
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Roger Bamford
    • Writer
      • Michael Eaton
    • Stars
      • James Bolam
      • James Hazeldine
      • Michael Stainton
    • 9User reviews
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    James Bolam
    James Bolam
    • Dr. Harold Shipman
    James Hazeldine
    James Hazeldine
    • DI Stan Egerton
    Michael Stainton
    • John Shaw
    Olive Pendleton
    • Kathleen Grundy
    Veda Warwick
    • May Clarke
    Tony Melody
    Tony Melody
    • Len Fellows
    Jacqueline Pilton
    • Primrose Shipman
    Mary MacLeod
    Mary MacLeod
    • Ivy Lomas
    • (as Mary Macleod)
    Helen Donohue
    • Surgery Receptionist
    Clare Kerrigan
    • Julie - Teenage Girl
    Demelza Randall
    Demelza Randall
    • Debbie Bambroffe
    Irene Skillington
    • Bereaved Woman
    Alan Rothwell
    Alan Rothwell
    • Alan Massey
    John Flanagan
    • Jim King
    Deborah Norton
    Deborah Norton
    • Debra King
    Sushil Chudasama
    Sushil Chudasama
    • Junior Doctor
    Wilfred Harrison
    • Mr. King
    Gareth Thomas
    Gareth Thomas
    • Rev Denis Thomas
    • Director
      • Roger Bamford
    • Writer
      • Michael Eaton
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    • Trivia
      John Hurt was offered the title role but declined because he thought the project was distasteful.
    • Goofs
      The cross on the grave site of Bianka Pomfret had her year of death as 1999 yet following the exhumation the plaque on her coffin revealed her date of death as 10th December 1997 - not 1999 as engraved on the cross.

    User reviews9

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    6/10

    Is it a TV Movie?

    I was gratefully surprised when I watched this movie, and after I was informed that was a TV Movie! Well, it doesn't seem like that: the timing is so perfect that we don't notice the intersection for commercials breaks. James Bolam is extremely convictive in the role of the physician that pretends to be GOD, choosing the day and the hour that a person should die. In a scale of 10, I give 6.
    • shatguintruo
    • Aug 21, 2003
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    • Release date
      • July 9, 2002 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Shipman
    • Filming locations
      • Morley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK(on location)
    • Production companies
      • ITV - Independent Television
      • Yorkshire Television (YTV)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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