Patrick Melrose - Cumberbatch finds privilege corrupts

This sensational heroin-filled saga, buoyed by exceptional performances and note-perfect writing, shows how our past shapes our present“Life’s not just a bag of shit, but a leaky one. You can’t help but be touched by it,” says Benedict Cumberbatch’s titular feckless aristocrat in Patrick Melrose. But Patrick is not just touched by it, he’s up to his neck in the stuff.This five-part adaptation of the autobiographical novel series by Edward St Aubyn ha