# Patience (TV series)

Patience is a British-Belgian detective drama television series starring Laura Fraser and Ella Maisy Purvis (who is herself autistic), as an autistic police archivist in York.
It is adapted from the French television series Astrid et Raphaëlle. The series premiered in the United Kingdom on Channel 4 on 8 January 2025.

## Premise

A detective forms an alliance with a brilliant, self-taught criminologist who has been working in the criminal records department of the City of York police and is autistic.

## Cast

* Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans
** Ava-Grace Cook as 11-year-old Patience
** Oona Van Harneveldt as 6-year-old Patience
* Laura Fraser as DI Bea Metcalf
* Nathan Welsh as DS Jake Hunter
* Mark Benton as Calvin Baxter
* Ali Ariaie as DC Will Akbari
* Tom Lewis as Elliot Scott
* Liza Sadovy as Dr. Loretta Parsons
* Adrian Rawlins as Douglas Gilmour
* Jamie Maclachlan as George Evans
* Lotte Lauren as Mathilde Evans
* Connor Curren as Billy Thompson
* Maxwell Whitelock as Alfie Metcalf-Haynes
* Eddie Elks as David Haynes

## Production

The project was announced in February 2024 from Eagle Eye Drama, PBS Distribution and Beta Film. The series is produced in association with Belgium's Happy Duck Films and has support from the Belgian Tax Shelter. Maarten Moerkerke is directing the series, which is adapted from the original French series Astrid and Raphaelle. Jo McGrath and Walter Iuzzolino are executive producers for Eagle Eye. The writing team on the series was led by Matt Baker and also included Stephen Brady, Sarah Freethy and Daniella DeVinter.
Filming took place in York from 23–29 April 2024. Locations included Precentor's Court, opposite York Minster, as well as Monkgate, The Shambles, Gillygate and Micklegate. However other than some exterior sequences to place the stories in York, most of the scenes were filmed in Belgium in 2024.

## Episodes

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | "Paper Mountain Girl: Part 1" | Maarten Moerkerke | Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |
| 2 | "Paper Mountain Girl: Part 2" | Maarten Moerkerke | Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |
| 3 | "The Missing Link" | Maarten Moerkerke | Stephen Brady and Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |
| 4 | "The Locked Room" | Maarten Moerkerke | Stephen Brady and Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |
| 5 | "My Brother's Keeper" | Maarten Moerkerke | Stephen Brady and Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |
| 6 | "Pandora's Box" | Maarten Moerkerke | Daniella DeVinter and Matt Baker | 8 January 2025 (2025-01-08) |

## Broadcast

The first episode was broadcast at 9pm on 8 January 2025 in the United Kingdom on Channel 4. All episodes were immediately made available on Channel 4's digital streaming platform.

## Reception
### Critical response

Critics' reviews have been mixed.
In a three-star review for The Telegraph, Chris Bennion summarised it as "a worthwhile addition to the crime drama ranks, but one that fits into, rather than breaking the mould." However, in a two-star review for The Guardian, Lucy Mangan described the plot as "preposterous", the dialogue as "terrible", and the drama overall as "deeply uninspired" and "embarrassingly clunky". Carol Midgely in The Times said that Purvis does not "overact" the character's condition, "showing it in overt and subtle ways".