Patrick Melrose (2018)
Overview
A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
- David NichollsCreator
StatusEnded
TypeMiniseries
Original LanguageEnglish
Network
Seasons
Season 1
2018 | 5 Episodes
Season 1 of Patrick Melrose premiered on May 12, 2018
Patrick Melrose is a man from a very privileged yet traumatic childhood in the 1980s. Patrick's father was a very abusive man and Patrick's mother put up with his behavior. Eventually, Patrick's trauma led him down a path of adulthood addiction and severe substance abuse in New York.
Casts
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Melrose
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Eleanor Melrose
Hugo Weaving
David Melrose
Sebastian Maltz
Young Patrick Melrose
Jessica Raine
Julia