Here is our first look at Abi Morgan’s Eric starring Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch as Vincent / Ivan Howe as Edgar

Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following the desperate search of a father when his nine year old son disappears one morning on the way to school. Vincent, one of New York’s leading puppeteers and creator of the hugely popular children’s television show, ‘Good Day Sunshine,’ struggles to cope with the loss of his son, Edgar, becoming increasingly distressed and volatile. Full of self-loathing and guilt around Edgar’s disappearance, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster puppet, ERIC, convinced that if he can get ERIC on TV then Edgar will come home. As Vincent’s progressively destructive behaviour alienates his family, his work colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it’s Eric, a delusion of necessity, who becomes his only ally in the pursuit to bring his son home.

The six episode series is written by Abi Morgan, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Gaby Hoffman, McKinley Belcher III, Dan Fogler, and Clarke Peters.

Eric hits Netflix on 30th May 2024.