TV/film/books Patrick Melrose

[jbtsax]

Title: Patrick Melrose

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Creator: David Nicholls

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Anna Madeley, Sebastian Maltz, Jessica Raine, Prasanna Puwanarajah

First aired: 2018-05-12

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.

Fans of Benedict Cumberbatch are sure to like this new series. I watched episode 1 and became hooked immediately.

 

[Keep Blowing]

Where can I find this, I don't really get involved in television programmes but my partner does, looks like her sort of thing

 

[David Roach]

I read all the books a couple of years ago so I was very pleased to hear it's been made into TV with BC, but it's only on Sky at the moment 🙁, I guess the rest of us will have to wait until it gets onto NetZon or AmaFlix.

 

[jbtsax]

It is only shown on Showtime, a subscription cable channel. Each episode airs on Sundays.