Showtime Releases Sneak Peek For Patrick Melrose, Sets Premiere Date

Showtime has released a new sneak peek for its five-part event series Patrick Melrose series, as well as its premiere date. The series stars Benedict Cumberbatch and will premiere on May 12th at 9 PM ET/PT.

Based on the semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels written by Edward St. Aubyn, Patrick Melrose is described as “an acerbic and fearless look at the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood to his remarkable survival as an adult.” Cumberbatchplays the titular character who struggles to overcome the damage inflicted by a horribly abusive father and the mother who tacitly condoned his behavior.

The series also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving as the parents of Patrick Melrose as well as Anna Madeley, Blythe Danner, Allison Williams, Pip Torrens, Jessica Raine, Prasanna Puwanarajah, Holliday Grainger, Indira Varma and Celia Imrie. Each episode, devoted to one of the five novels, is written for TV by David Nicholls and directed by Edward Berger.