The Cumberbatch drama will be the first of Showtime’s original scripted series to air on Saturday night, following other cable networks taking advantage of the lack of network viewing options.
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title character of Patrick Melrose, a playboy aristocrat who suffers from childhood trauma and substance abuse.
Get Out star Allison Williams has booked a guest starring role in Showtime’s Patrick Melrose starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The project is based on the semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St. Aubyn.
The sweeping limited series will journey to the South of France in the 1960s, New York in the 1980s and Britain in the early 2000s.
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