The Shipman Files
Film-maker Chris Wilson re-examines the case of Harold Shipman, exploring how attitudes to the elderly enabled a respected GP to get away with the murder of hundreds of patients.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Nicci Gerrard , Celia Adshead , Helen Ogborn , Aneez Esmail , Rosemary West , Ian Huntley , Debbie Bartlett , Elaine Napier , Nigel Reynolds , Ian Napier , Mikaela Sitford , Phil Woodruff , Chris Gregg , Angela Wagstaff , Bernard Postles , Paul Horrocks , Jack Shelmerdine Jnr , Peter Wagstaff
S1.E1 ∙ A Good Doctor
The story of how the crimes of 'respected' GP Harold Shipman were first discovered and how he was eventually apprehended and charged with the murder of 15 of his own patients.
S1.E2 ∙ A Good Death
How the fear of hospitals among elderly patients and the idea of a 'good death' enabled Dr Harold Shipman to murder patients in their own homes and remain undetected for nearly 30 years.
S1.E3 ∙ A Good Innings
Did Harold Shipman begin killing patients when he was working as a junior doctor in Pontefract? Did preconceptions about the elderly victims allow him to to get away with murdering hundreds of people, in plain sight, for nearly 30 years?
