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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 just watched episode 1 on catch up. I had such a strong emotional reaction to the autistic adults support group scene that I feel drained. Maybe I'll post more when I've recovered.

  • in reply to Pixiefox

    I’ve just finished watching it.

    I really wanted to like it but, while Patience is a little more realistic than Astrid as an autistic character, it all felt very dreary compared to the original. Astrid was adorable but Patience is harder to empathise with. That may in part be because she got a surprisingly small share of the airtime. I’m sure Astrid was in most scenes.

    I’ll keep watching. It may pick up in subsequent episodes once Bea & Patience’s relationship is established.

    I often got wet eyed watching Astrid et Raphaelle so I had high hopes for Patience.

  • in reply to A

    Also, the scene with the support group was lifted almost word for word from the original. That scene never made sense to me. The idea of sitting talking with several people like that, likely strangers, sounds like autistic hell to me.

  • in reply to VLD

    I have actually taken to wearing headphones or loops since my diagnosis. The effect was a revelation to me. I wish I’d known years ago.

    Which New Tricks character was autistic?

  • in reply to A

    I felt the same. Strangely, I can deal with Zoom groups but looking at a circle of poeple like that is really stressful for me. It's also a shame they gave to have the Autistic person wearing headphones. Some of us never have.Otherwise, so much better than any other representation. Only other one I liked was the guy in New Tricks. 

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  • in reply to A

    I felt the same. Strangely, I can deal with Zoom groups but looking at a circle of poeple like that is really stressful for me. It's also a shame they gave to have the Autistic person wearing headphones. Some of us never have.Otherwise, so much better than any other representation. Only other one I liked was the guy in New Tricks. 

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