Miniseries · Showtime
Patrick Melrose
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Benedict Cumberbatch
Patrick Melrose
5 eps
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Eleanor Melrose
5 eps
Hugo Weaving
David Melrose
5 eps
Sebastian Maltz
Young Patrick Melrose
5 eps
Jessica Raine
Julia
5 eps
Jennifer Armour
Border Control Officer
1 eps
Allison Williams
Marianne Banks
1 eps
Richard Brake
Mark
1 eps
David Mills
Hotel Receptionist
1 eps
Oengus MacNamara
Bellboy
1 eps
Dempsey Bovell
Drug Dealer 2
1 eps
Kevin Layne
Shades
1 eps
Charley Palmer Rothwell
Drug Dealer 1
1 eps
Janine Harouni
Funeral Parlour Receptionist
1 eps
Michael Levi Harris
Funeral Parlour Waiter
1 eps
Apple Brook
Elderly Mourner
1 eps
Kerry Shale
Funeral Director
1 eps
Cory Peterson
Restaurant Waiter
1 eps
Andrea Davy
Mrs. Willy
1 eps
Philip Arditti
Pierre
1 eps
Matthew Marsh
Ballentine Morgan
1 eps
Nancy Crane
Nancy Banks
1 eps
Eben Young
Jerry Banks
1 eps
James Fleet
Sir Victor Eisen
1 eps
Chantal Neuwirth
Yvette
1 eps
Anthony Boyle
Barry
1 eps
Holliday Grainger
Bridget Watson-Scott
2 eps
Harriet Walter
Princess Margaret
1 eps
Gary Beadle
Chilly Willy
2 eps
Morfydd Clark
Debbie Hickman
2 eps
Hippolyte Girardot
Jacques D'Alantour
1 eps
Irène Jacob
Jacqueline D'Alantour
1 eps
Tim McMullan
Sonny Gravesend
1 eps
Amanda Root
Virginia Watson-Scott
1 eps
John Standing
George Watford
2 eps
Julian Firth
Tony Fowles
1 eps
Margo Stilley
Cindy Smith
1 eps
Richard Dixon
David Windfall
1 eps
Gabriel Quigley
Nanny
1 eps
Lila Prideaux
Belinda Gravesend
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Patrick Melrose actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Patrick Melrose reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 5 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
20185 episodes
7.9IMDbPatrick 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.
Best episode · S01E05 At Last
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
At Last
London, 2005. Having always dreamed of being an orphan, Patrick now has his wish at the age of 46. No longer with Mary, Patrick is clean and living alone in a grim bedsit.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
S01E02
Never Mind
France, 1967. During a hot summer's day at the Melrose chateau in Lacoste, 8-year old Patrick explores the grounds, a sanctuary of hiding places from the complex adult world.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
S01E03
Some Hope
England, 1990. Patrick Melrose, now 31, is finally clean and practicing law. Despite avoiding social situations and their inevitable temptations, Patrick is persuaded to attend a high society event in the Cotswolds by best friend Johnny.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
S01E01
Bad News
London, 1982. Patrick Melrose, 23 years old and in the grip of an all-consuming heroin addiction, flies to New York to collect his father's ashes.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
S01E04
Mother's Milk
France, 2003. Patrick, 44, is now married to Mary, with sons Robert and Thomas. Patrick may be off the heroin, but is back tackling his troubles with substance abuse.
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E04
Mother's Milk
- Directed by Edward Berger
- Written by David Nicholls
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
David Nicholls
Showrunner
Lizzie Gray
Executive producer
Anne Mensah
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Adam Ackland
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Michael Jackson
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Claire Marshall
Executive producer
Benedict Cumberbatch
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Rachael Horovitz
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Helen Flint
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Lizzie GrayExecutive Producer
- Anne MensahExecutive Producer
- Adam AcklandExecutive Producer
- Stephen SmallwoodProducer
- Michael JacksonExecutive Producer
- Claire MarshallExecutive Producer
Writing
- David NichollsWriter
Direction
- Edward BergerDirector
Cinematography
- James FriendDirector of Photography
Music
- Volker BertelmannOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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