Patrick Melrose
(Favourites DVDs)

Extras to be confirmed, Region 2, 2 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).

Made in 2018.

Based on the semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St Aubyn.

Credits: executive producer, Adam Ackland; executive producer, Benedict Cumberbatch; executive producer, Helen Flint; executive producer, Lizzie Gray; executive producer, Rachael Horovitz; executive producer, Michael Jacksonn; executive producer, Anne Mensah; writer, David Nicholls; writer, Edward St. Aubyn.

DVDN.

Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz, Jessica Raine, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Pip Torrens, Anna Madeley, Indira Varma, Dainton Anderson.

All five episodes from the British television drama miniseries in which wealthy upper-class Englishman Patrick Melrose (Benedict Cumberbatch) struggles to manage his drug addiction and memories of an abusive childhood. Growing up, Patrick suffered abuse at the hands of his father David (Hugo Weaving) and, with his mother Eleanor (Jennifer Jason Leigh) turning a blind eye, Patrick's life as an adult spirals out of control as his past experiences return to haunt him and he attempts to manage the torment by turning to drugs and alcohol. As the years pass by, Patrick continually attempts to overcome his dependencies by seeking help, only to return to them when sobriety forces him to face reality. The episodes are: 'Bad News', 'Never Mind', 'Some Hope', 'Mother's Milk' and 'At Last'.

BBFC code: 18.

DVD.