Shipman horror recreated for television show
The story of serial killer Harold Shipman is to be made into a television drama starring actor James Bolam.
A spokesman for Yorkshire Television says Bolam, who played Geordie Terry Collier in The Likely Lads, will play the GP from Hyde, Greater Manchester, currently serving life sentences for the murders of 15 women patients.
The drama is a joint project by Yorkshire Television and production company Chameleon.
The spokesman says the working title of the project is Prescription For Murder.
He said: "It's going to be filmed in the north and we are currently looking at locations. The drama will cover the period of the investigation leading up to the arrest".
It is believed that filming will begin in March.
