10 Absorbing Book-to-Screen Adaptations That Are Perfectly Suited to Quarantine
Benedict Cumberbatch plays the titular role in the five-part, 2018 miniseries about a moneyed Englishman trying to overcome the demons of his past. If that's up your alley, you're in luck: It's all based on a series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St. Aubyn: Never Mind, Bad News, Some Hope, Mother's Milk, and At Last. Picture Cumberbatch in your head as you make your way through all five, although, a warning: The material is very dark indeed.
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Patrick Melrose (2018) Benedict Cumberbatch in one of his finest turns, as the sad, self-hating former drug addict from Edward St Aubyn’s blackly comic novels. Now TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Apple, Sky
There is a nice drawing of Patrick you can see in the link and they include another BC's series but it's not the very popular one you are thinking about! It's a much better underrated one. I will post the link in its own thread!