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Patience on Channel 4

Martyn

Did anyone watch 'Patience' on Channel 4 last night?

It's the UK remake of the French series, 'Astrid et Raphaelle', featuring a young autistic woman who works in criminal records. She has a photographic memory for cases and tries to insert herself into investigations.

Unlike the French series, the UK one (filmed in York) features autistic actors in all of the autistic roles. I've watched the French series, which I really enjoyed. 

My initial impressions of Patience is that it looks and feels quite different, and I really liked Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience. It seemed a much more natural performance than Sara Mortensen in Astrid.

It's on the Channel 4 streaming service and the second episode is on TV at 9pm tonight.

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  • I watched the first 2 episodes last night on catch up. I thought the support group scene was excellent in that it highlighted the autistic perspective of how employment affects us.

    I did feel drained but I suspect it was more to do with other events in my life that day.

    I agree it was a slow starter but at least it is lifting the lid on autism to some degree. What is portrayed is fiction  and it will not match everyone's experience of autism but at least it showed  the negative ways in which work colleagues ignorance of her.

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  • I watched the first 2 episodes last night on catch up. I thought the support group scene was excellent in that it highlighted the autistic perspective of how employment affects us.

    I did feel drained but I suspect it was more to do with other events in my life that day.

    I agree it was a slow starter but at least it is lifting the lid on autism to some degree. What is portrayed is fiction  and it will not match everyone's experience of autism but at least it showed  the negative ways in which work colleagues ignorance of her.

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