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Shipman (film)
''Harold Shipman: Doctor Death'' is a 2002 ITV television drama about the life and crimes of serial killer Harold Shipman. Starring James Bolam in the role of Shipman, the programme was directed by Roger Bamford and written by Michael Eaton. It was broadcast on 9 July 2002, and attracted a viewing audience of 7.37 million. The programme was released on DVD on 15 July 2013 by Strawberry Media, in association with ITV. Cast * James Bolam as Harold Shipman * James Hazeldine as Detective Inspector Stan Egerton * Jacqueline Pilton as Primrose Shipman * Olive Pendleton as Kathleen Grundy * Deborah Norton as Debra King * Peter Gunn as Detective Sergeant John Ashley * Peter Penry-Jones as Dr. John Rutherford * Gareth Thomas as Reverend Dennis Thomas * Tony Melody as Len Fellows * Alan Rothwell as Alan Massey * John Flanagan as Jim King * Clare Kerrigan as Julie Watkins * Colin Meredith as Brian Burgess * Demelza Randall as Debbie Bambroffe * Michael Stainton as John Shaw * Veda Warwi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length Narrative film, narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
