Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose is a 2018 five-part drama miniseries starring Benedict Cumberbatch in the title role. The show is based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St Aubyn. Premise Over five decades from the 1960s to the early 2000s, wealthy Englishman Patrick Melrose attempts to overcome his addictions and demons rooted in abuse by his cruel father and negligent mother. Cast Benedict Cumberbatch as Patrick Melrose Sebastian Maltz as young Patrick Melrose Jennifer Jason Leigh as Eleanor Melrose Hugo Weaving as David Melrose Jessica Raine as Julia Pip Torrens as Nicholas Pratt Prasanna Puwanarajah as Johnny Hall Holliday Grainger as Bridget Watson Scott Indira Varma as Anne Moore Anna Madeley as Mary Melrose Blythe Danner as Nancy Celia Imrie as Kettle Harriet Walter as Princess Margaret Allison Williams as Marianne Morfydd Clark as Debbie Hickman Marcus Smith as Robert Melrose Production It was announced in February 2017 that Benedict Cumberbatch would star in and produce a television adaptation of Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose book series, that would air on Showtime in the United States and Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. David Nicholls wrote the five episodes of the series, with Edward Berger directing. In July, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving joined as Patrick’s mother and father, and Anna Madeley was cast as Patrick’s wife. Allison Williams and Blythe Danner joined in August 2017, with filming begun by October in Glasgow.