Patience

"Patience" is a nice addition to Britains many great crime dramas. Set in beautiful York with the magnificent York Minster in North Yorkshire, England and in Antwerp, Belgium. The 6 episodes are good original stories, not rehashed plots from other crime dramas.

The cast is great from Mark Benton, Adrian Rawlins and Laura Fraser to the youngest cast members Laura Purvis as Patience and Maxwell Whitelock as Alfie. The dialog is natural and believable.

"Patience" was taken from the French-Belgian TV series "Astrid et Raphaelle". The new American series "High Potential" is also taken from a French TV series "HPI". It's common for producers to steal or franchise series from Europe or America or Asia... The recently ended series "The Good Doctor" was originally a South Korean series.

This English version lacked poignant moments that could have been developed with the lead character, Patience.

The French / Belgian version; Astrid et Raphaëlle (Astrid on C4 UK) the lead character Astrid was played with more depth, and where you could feel her struggles.

All in all this is watchable and it was good to see the relationship develop between Patience and Detective Bea. This also showed how the main characters learned how to be understanding of Patience and tolerant towards Patience's difficulties, but also becoming more respectful of the skills that Patience could bring to the team.

Some really good casting in this version and I hope to see a second series, to see how all these characters evolve.

It's was great to see a location that was filmed outside of London.

I am told by a friend that the French/Belgian series on which this is based is a superior watch. However, as I have yet to see that original I cannot compare, and can only judge Patience on it's own merits. So, I enjoyed it. It was a little different from the run of the mill detective series, and the better for it in my humble opinion. I thought the two leads were very good indeed, and were backed by a decent supporting cast. I thought that Patience's autism was handled with sensitivity although one or two elements of her condition seemed to be magically resolved by single incidents. That didn't, for me, take anything away from my overall enjoyment. I'll watch Astrid soon so I can make the comparison.

As a person with autism, I enjoyed this show very much. The way Patience is portrayed as someone on the spectrum is so well done. It made me shed some tears, which is rare for me. Her emotions and reactions are very recognizable for me, but of course not all. Every person with ASD is different.

Laura Fraser shines as well, making me feel as if I could seek comfort with her character. Great casting, all of them.

The music is fantastic as well, the intro theme keeps lingering in my head. The melodies are so bittersweet, complementary to the story and the main character's arc. I can't wait for the next season!

Whilst investigating a case, DI Metcalf encounters Patience, a young employee who works at records, an autistic young woman, with a razor sharp brain and a skill for spotting patterns, Metcalf persuades Patience to join her team.

I haven't seen the original series, so I can't compare, so my words are based purely on Channel 4's series.

I was honestly blown away by the quality of this series, I genuinely wasn't expecting it to be as good as this, what a tremendous first run, my only hope is that more follow.

The best thing Channel Four have done for quite some time, it truly is a cut above.

Every single episode is beautifully crafted, clever and intriguing, what a totally refreshing series, unlike anything else on the box right now.

I've always been a fan of Laura Fraser, and she is excellent, but this series is stolen by the sublime performance of Ella Maisy Purvis, who is genuinely sensational as Patience, acting of the highest order.

I love seeing Patience developing, and seeing an increase in her confidence as the series develops, if you have anyone close to you, who is autistic, you'll see some indicators, I certainly do.

Please Channel four, we need more.

9/10.