The first installment of this two-part programme looks at what drove Shipman to kill over a period of almost 30 years, examining his early school days as a model pupil up to his time as a junior doctor in Pontefract Hospital.
Experts and acquaintances discuss Harold Shipman's later life. He marries, has children, and becomes a sole practitioner slowly continuing his murder spree. He meticulous covers his tracks, but is caught after he attempts to forge a will for one of his murdered patients. He is sent to prison where he commits suicide. He is believed to have murdered around 250 people.
