PUZZLING it out

ELLA MAISY PURVIS on a whodunnit that offers a fresh take on the crime genre

- REBECCA MAHONEY, STEVEN PERKINS

After meandering through narrow cobbled streets and charming Tudor-style buildings, TV Times arrives at a grandiose hotel, where filming is taking place for a groundbreaking new crime drama for C4.

Set in the beautiful city of York, six-part series Patience is a celebration of neurodiversity and features a number of neurodivergent actors, including Malpractice star Ella Maisy Purvis in the titular role of a young autistic woman and brilliant police archivist.

Patience Evans treasures the order and routine of working in the criminal-records office, but her life is turned upside down when her gift for puzzlesolving and picking apart crime scenes is spotted by DI Bea Metcalf (The Pact star Laura Fraser) during an investigation into a suspicious suicide.

As she joins forces with Bea and links their leads to other cold cases, has Patience found her true calling as a detective, or is she in way over her head?