based on novel or book,drug addiction,alcoholism,miniseries

Patrick Melrose (2018)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director
  • Profile picture of Benedict Cumberbatch
    Patrick Melrose Benedict Cumberbatch
  • Profile picture of Jennifer Jason Leigh
    Eleanor Melrose Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Profile picture of Hugo Weaving
    David Melrose Hugo Weaving
  • Profile picture of Sebastian Maltz
    Young Patrick Melrose Sebastian Maltz
  • Profile picture of Jessica Raine
    Julia Jessica Raine

Videos

Poster for Season 1

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.

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Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • drug addiction
  • alcoholism
  • miniseries