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Win 'Patrick Melrose' on DVD

We have five dvd boxsets of 'Patrick Melrose' starring Benedict Cumberbatch up for grabs!

Patrick Melrose

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Benedict Cumberbatch gives a mind-blowing performance as the eponymous Patrick Melrose, a deeply troubled man struggling with his past and out-of-control drug-fuelled present, in the acclaimed TV series. Based on the much-loved novels by Edward St Aubyn, this series it out now on DVD and we have five copies up for grabs.

This enthralling series depicts five chapters in the life of Melrose, from his abusive childhood to his drug-addled adulthood and co-stars Hugo Weaving, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jessica Raine and Holliday Grainger alongside an outstanding ensemble cast.

We first meet Melrose the professional gadabout and hedonist extraordinaire in the early 1980s. He’s a witty, privileged twenty-something who’s partial to pretty much every narcotic imaginable, but when news of his father’s death breaks, who knows if it’s the heroin or their terrible relationship that causes him to react with such indifference.

Melrose must dutifully collect his father’s remains from New York, where, he confidently declares, he will get clean. But getting sober in the Big Apple is less a piece of cake, more a rancid slice of cold turkey. He’s soon hitting the city’s seedier back streets to score a fix of anything and everything on offer.

Prepare for the extreme highs and the crashing lows of Patrick Melrose in this riveting drama featuring a performance of a lifetime from Cumberbatch.

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