Patience In The Media

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TITLE: Patience

CATEGORY: Drama series

NETWORK: PBS

RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2025

SYNOPSIS: An autistic police archivist in York teams up with a detective

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: British 6-episode series from Channel 5

 

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Patience has already aired on Channel 4 in the UK in January 2025. Patience is based the French TV show (5 Seasons), Astrid et Raphaëlle, where an Autistic criminal records archivist Astrid Nielsen and an impulsive inspector Raphaëlle Coste work together to solve crimes in and around Paris. The first season of the  French version can be seen on Prime Video under the title Astrid and 4 seasons can be viewed on PBS Masterpiece. It is not advised to watch the French version  because the Patience remake uses the same plots.

Patience Evans works in the criminal records department of Yorkshire Police, cataloguing and filing the evidence produced during major cases. A young autistic woman, she craves routine and order, relishing the solitude and structure her job provides but she yearns for more. A brilliant, self-taught criminologist, Patience has an instinctive eye for crime scenes and a passion for problem-solving, allowing her to spot connections between cases and patterns in the data that others may not.

Detective Bea Metcalf is the first person to spot and utilize her talent, which opens a door into a whole new world for Patience. Patience attends a regular support group for autistic adults where they discuss their problems operating in a neuro-typical world and how best to navigate it. All neuro-divergent characters within the series are played by neuro-diverse actors, including the title role of Patience.

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Jamie Maclachlan as George Evans, Patience's father 

Lotte Lauren as Mathilde Evans, Patience's mother  

Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience Evans, an autistic woman who works as an archivist in the criminal records department of York Police.

Ava-Grace Cook as 11-year-old Patience

Oona Van Harneveldt as 6-year-old Patience

Adrian Rawlins as Douglas Gilmour, Patience's godfather, who has looks after her since her biological father passed away, they live together

Mark Benton as Calvin Baxter, the boss at York Police, who delegates work to Bea, Patience and Jake.

Eddie Elks as David Haynes, Bea Metcalf's ex-husband

Laura Fraser as Detective Bea Metcalf, a driven and determined detective, who notices Patience's knack for criminology, recently divorced, she shares custody of her young son with her ex-husband

Maxwell Whitelock as Alfie Metcalf-Haynes, Bea's son, who is having some difficulty getting along at school.

Nathan Welsh as DS Jake Hunter, a detective for York Police, who works alongside Bea Metcalf, loves doing things by the book.

Ali Ariaie as DC Will Akbari, York Police, the youngest and most inexperienced guy in that team but he's good at what he does, they make him do the boring procedural work and watch hours of CCTV

Liza Sadovy as Dr. Loretta Parsons, York Police forensics pathology expert

Tom Lewis as Elliot Scott, a colleague at York Police

Connor Curren as Billy Thompson, host of an autistic adults support group, he is working through his own mind by helping others work through theirs

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Patience Season 2   (Channel 4 - UK)       8 episodes

Jessica Hynes has joined the cast of the series about a young autistic archivist who works in the police criminal records department of City of York Police after establishing herself as an invaluable member of the team. Hynes plays Detective Frankie Monroe, who brings a very different management style proving tricky for them both to navigate.