http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7691 The NewsBiscuit Community en-US Sun, 19 May 2013 07:03:47 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/search.php http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=7691#post-20800 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:07:04 +0000 theumpire 20800@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/ <p>The BBC has commissioned Tom Stoppard to write a major new drama series for them – Dr Shipman’s Casebook. James Bolam is to play a crusty old GP, based in the North-West, with Dame Judy Dench in the role of his worldly-wise housekeeper. Brinsley Forde is slated as the young, recently qualified doctor in his first appointment since graduating from medical school, although he has not yet agreed to the role.</p> <p>Guest stars will be cast each week in the role of one of the doctor’s older patients, and it is believed that Tom Courtenay will be seen (quite frequently) in a cameo role as the local undertaker.</p> <p>The serial will be in 216 episodes. Sources close to the BBC say that the final episode will feature the suicide of the beloved old doctor. </p>