Patience

New detective, new perspective

Patience Evans works in the Criminal Records Office in the city of York. She views the world in a unique way because she has a special gift – she is autistic. Patience has a special interest in solving puzzles and a secret fascination and talent for criminology—her unique perspective allows her to connect the dots through clues in a way others simply cannot. Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf recognizes her talents and takes her under her wing. Patience helps the police tackle a series of challenging cases by bringing her unique insight to crimefighting.

DramaCrime

Seasons

1. Paper Mountain Girl (1)

Air Date: 2025-01-08

Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf recognises Patience's unique insight and takes her under her wing, integrating her into a police team operating on the frontline.

2. Paper Mountain Girl (2)

Air Date: 2025-01-09

Patience is upset when questioned by the police after coming under suspicion in the investigation. She needs to prove her innocence and crack the case. Detective Bea learns more about Patience and her difficult past and feels responsible for her. Patience is key to solving the case as she makes some important connections to other cold cases. Together, they uncover a trail leading to South America and back.

3. The Missing Link

Air Date: 2025-01-15

The team are baffled when a young woman is found dead in a museum's dinosaur display. The investigation leads them into the shadowy world of fossil smuggling, and Patience makes a startling deduction.

4. The Locked Room

Air Date: 2025-01-16

When a reclusive crime writer is found dead behind locked doors, Bea asks Patience to help with the investigation. Can Patience make a breakthrough in the case?

5. My Brother's Keeper

Air Date: 2025-01-22

Patience races against time when a body disappears from the morgue. Is it the work of bodysnatchers - or could the victim still be alive?

6. Pandora's Box

Air Date: 2025-01-23

When a man dies on a bus, Bea is warned off the case but refuses to stop digging - and Patience fears for her safety.

1. Vampire

Air Date: 2026-01-07

When a famous photographer is found dead with a stake through his heart and his body drained of blood, Patience and new DI Frankie Monroe seek a logical answer to the vampire-like mystery.

2. Murder in the Minster

Air Date: 2026-01-07

A music student is found dead in the rehearsal room. When her professor dies too, Frankie and Patience are thrust into an unharmonious world of classical music. Patience's careful listening leads to a spectacular showdown in York Minster.

3. The Magpie

Air Date: 2026-01-07

A lawyer is shot dead in a packed boardroom, but no one saw the killer. A dead magpie at the scene leads Patience and Frankie into a magical tangle of lies. As they work together, Patience sees through illusions and helps to uncover a darker truth.

4. The Timetable

Air Date: 2026-01-07

A young autistic girl is found hiding at the Railway Museum. She has witnessed her father's murder, and her mother has disappeared, but she's unable to tell anyone what happened. Can Patience connect with her and gain her trust?

5. The Runes

Air Date: 2026-01-07

When a Viking expert drops dead just before a big speech, Patience finds a message that hints at foul play... and then his colleague dies too. And Patience's romance with Elliot hits the rocks.

6. Paco's Revenge

Air Date: 2026-01-07

Resentment boils over between Patience and Frankie as they investigate the death of a botanist. And Jake takes Patience speed-dating.

7. A Monk's Tale

Air Date: 2026-01-07

When a monk is found dead in a chapel, unholy secrets surface at the monastery. Meanwhile, Patience finds herself under the spotlight, and starts to rethink her decision about Elliot.

8. Hostage

Air Date: 2026-01-07

Patience and Frankie are held at gunpoint by an escaped prisoner, and a figure from Frankie’s past resurfaces. Patience comes to a realization about her feelings, and a visitor brings unexpected news.

Select an episode to start watching