The Star Trek actor, who is aged 80, witnessed domestic violence throughout his childhood due to his father’s abuse of his mother.

It led to Sir Patrick internalising his anger and is now something he is still trying to deal with in his elderly years.  ‘I am 80 years old and I am still in therapy,’ Sir Patrick.

‘I see someone every week here in Los Angeles, who I have seen on and off for nearly 20 years. I’m still searching myself, still asking questions of myself, and that is certainly the case when I try to recall what it felt like to be in the middle of violence, and there being nothing I can do.’  Sir Patrick.

His parents – war veteran Alfred and textile worker Gladys – and his older brother Stewart lived in a small house in West Yorkshire where the violence happened. The siblings often had to physically try and stop Alfred attacking Gladys and, naturally, it’s left a long-standing effect on Sir Patrick.