Based on the acclaimed Patrick Melrose series of novels written by Edward St. Aubyn and adapted by BAFTA award nominee David Nicholls (Far From the Madding Crowd, One Day), Melrose gleefully skewers the British upper class as it tracks the titular characters harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood, through adult substance abuse and ultimately, towards recovery and redemption. Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Sherlock) plays Patrick Melrose, an aristocratic and outrageously funny playboy, who struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by an abusive father and a mother who tacitly condoned the behaviour. A true television saga, Melrose is both gripping and humorous, with a dramatic sweep that encompasses the South of France in the 1960s, debauched 1980s New York and sober Britain in the early 2000s. Melrose will devote an hour to each of the five novels, with each episode storytelling a few complicated and intense days in Patricks life.
Holliday Grainger interpreta Bridget Watson-Scott, nel trailer compare per un attimo ma vedremo se ha piů spazio nello show (compare in uno dei cinque romanzi su cui č basata la stagione).
Who is Bridget Watson Scott? Bridget is a social climber and a thrill seeker. When we first meet her she is one of Nicholas’s many younger girlfriends: he appreciates her youth and beauty, and she appreciates his wealth.