The Young Poisoner's Handbook
20/01/1995
2h

Graham Young is a teenage misfit living in suburban London in the 1960s. He hates his stepmother but loves chemistry, and the two impulses unite in a wicked plot to slowly poison her. After she dies, he's found guilty and sent to a psychiatric hospital, where an idealistic doctor thinks he can be cured.
Cast
Hugh O'Conor
Graham Young


Antony Sher
Dr. Ernest Zeigler


Ruth Sheen
Molly


Roger Lloyd Pack
Fred


Charlotte Coleman
Winnie


Paul Stacey
Dennis


John Thomson
Nathan


Jack Deam
Mick


Charlie Creed-Miles
Berridge


Robert Demeger
Mr. Dexter
Tobias Arnold
Young Graham
Norman Caro
Mr. Goez
Dorothea Alexander
Mrs. Goez
Samantha Edmonds
Sue


Peter Pacey
Dickie Boone


Joost Siedhoff
Dr. Scott


Vilma Hollingbery
Aunty Panty


Frank Mills
Uncle Jack


Rupert Farley
Nurse Trent


Malcolm Sinclair
Dr. Triefus


Hazel Douglas
Edna


Arthur Cox
Ray
Jean Warren
Debra Smart


Simon Kunz
John
Frank Coda
Billy


Tim Potter
Simon


Cate Fowler
Social Services Woman
John Abbott
Chairman
David Savile
Chief Medical Inspector


Mark Chapman
Lab Student (uncredited)
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