MIND hunter

An autistic woman turns detective in a groundbreaking crime drama

- REBECCA FLETCHER

NEW CRIME DRAMA

Patience

Wednesday & Thursday, 9pm, C4 (box set, Channel 4)

A brilliant, neurodivergent police archivist takes centre stage in groundbreaking new drama Patience when she forges an unconventional crime-fighting partnership with a seasoned detective.

Set in York, the six-part series features a number of neurodivergent actors, including Ella Maisy Purvis in the title role of Patience Evans, a young autistic woman who works in the criminal-records office.

Patience treasures the structure and routine of her job, but her world is thrown into chaos when DI Bea Metcalf spots her unique and invaluable instincts for puzzle-solving and picking anart crime scenes during an investigation into a mysterious suicide.