Series Mania Melbourne- TV Festival

Released today, the full program features 20 TV series and three web series from around the world including the first two episodes of Patrick Melrose, a BBC First series which stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Hugo Weaving and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Based on the novels by Edward St Aubyn and adapted by author and screenwriter David Nicholls, the show tracks Melrose, a member of the British upper class, from a privileged but traumatic childhood in the South of France through severe substance abuse in his twenties in New York and, ultimately, toward recovery.

2x60 minute episodes will be screened followed by a ticketed Q&A event with Patrick Melrose writer David Nicholls and cast member Hugo Weaving.