2 videodiscs (302 minutes) :sound, colour ;4 3/4 inches
Based on the books by Edward St Aubyn.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 20018.
Special features: Behind the scenes.
Disc 1.Episodes 1-3.
Disc 2.Episodes 4-5.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hugo Weaving, Sebastian Maltz, Jessica Raine, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Pip Torrens, Anna Madeley, Indira Varma, Gary Beadle, Blythe Danner.
Benedict Cumberbatch delivers a powerhouse performance as the title character English aristocrat based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn. Chronicling the hilarious highs and devastating lows of his tumultuous life, this blackly humorous drama follows Patrick from his childhood trauma at the hands of an abusive father and neglectful mother, to the peak of his heroin addiction, and his attempts to stay sober and support his family.
14A.
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
For private home use only.
In English with English subtitles ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
1.St. Aubyn, Edward,--1960---Patrick Melrose series--Television adaptations.1.Drug addicts--Fiction.2.Dysfunctional families--England--Fiction.3.Upper class families--England--Fiction.4.Upper class--England--Fiction.Dynamic Details