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Patrick Melrose - Season 1

Series: Patrick Melrose

4.2

(716)

Episodes

Rating

NRA

Year

2018

Language

English

Publisher

Acorn TV

About

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a sparkling performance as Patrick Melrose, a troubled member of the English upper class who tries to make sense of his life following the death of his father. Based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn, the show follows Patrick's life from his childhood in the South of France in the 1960s, to his adult life in New York and London. Also stars Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Related Subjects

Drama

Episodes

1. Bad News

59m

Despite being in the grip of an all-consuming heroin addiction, Patrick flies from London to New York to collect his father's ashes. Assuring his friends that he will detox during the trip, Patrick indulges in a cocktail of drugs and alcohol in an attempt to supress his past.

2. Never Mind

59m

It's 1967, Lacoste, and the Melroses are hosting a dinner party for their friends in their chateau. However, it is also the time when eight-year-old Patrick's world is turned upside down after he endures a traumatic event, which will cloud his life forever.

3. Some Hope

56m

In 1990s England, we see Patrick, now thirty-one, clean and practicing law. The invitation to a high society event in the Cotswolds allows Patrick to see this decadent world through sober eyes for the first time and comes one-step closer to resolving his troubled childhood.