Patience - channel 4

[Alickadoo]

New programme started tonight.

Somewhat in the style of Mr T. This is an autistic woman working in the police records department.

Watchable. Is it slow moving? Or is that deliberate to perversely keep our attention.

[cuprabob]

I thought it was good and plan to binge over the next few days.

[deadslow]

Alickadoo said:

New programme started tonight.

Somewhat in the style of Mr T This is an autistic woman working in the police records department.

Watchable. Is it slow moving? Or is that deliberate to perversely keep our attention.

[AndyDubbya]

It finally came to me (without using IMDb!) who the lead lady detective is: Lydia from Madrigal out of Breaking Bad Scottish, but flawless US accent in that, flawless southeast England accent in this

[cuprabob]

AndyDubbya said:

It finally came to me (without using IMDb!) who the lead lady detective is: Lydia from Madrigal out of Breaking Bad Scottish, but flawless US accent in that, flawless southeast England accent in this

Yes, she is a very good actor.

[nikaiyo2]

Just started watching, enjoyed so far.
If anyone is enjoying this I would recommend giving Astrid on Walter presents/ all 4 a try, very similar.

[Drumroll]

nikaiyo2 said:

Just started watching, enjoyed so far.
If anyone is enjoying this I would recommend giving Astrid on Walter presents/ all 4 a try, very similar.

It is the same, Just given a UK slant. Have to say the French Version (Astrid, in Paris) is far superior. The lass who plays Astrid (Sara Mortensen) plays the Autistic lead brilliantly.

Storyline from the first Astrid : Mr Lenoire, Member of the European Parliament, withdraws 8000 euros from his bank and deposits the envelope with the money in a bin. In a car park he burns himself to death. Raphaëlle Coste is the police in charge of the investigation. She meets by chance Astrid Nielsen, a worker in the police files department who is a little different in her behaviour.—
Taken from the IMBd website

[CAH706]

I have watched 2 episodes so far and sort of enjoyed it. I say sort of as it felt like there was 10-15 minutes missing from the second episode.

Will watch more of it though and see how it progresses.

[Alickadoo]

I have now watched 2 episodes. I felt they jumped to a convenient conclusion quite quickly.

It is watchable tosh. I will watch more.

[cuprabob]

I'm 4 episodes in and although I like it, it's getting a bit repetitive. I read that the actress Ella Maisy Purvis, who plays Patience, is autistic, which probably explains why she plays the role so well. Also, Laura Fraser is a much underrated actor, in my opinion.

[cuprabob]

Series 2 is to air on Channel 4 from 7th January.

[zbc]

cuprabob said:

Series 2 is to air on Channel 4 from 7th January.

We enjoyed the first series and were pointed towards Astrid and Raphaelle and have worked our way through all the series of that and adored it. I fear we might be disappointed by Patience now but we'll give it a go,

[RustyMX5]

zbc said:

We enjoyed the first series and were pointed towards Astrid and Raphaelle and have worked our way through all the series of that and adored it. I fear we might be disappointed by Patience now but we'll give it a go,

I found Astrid et Raphaelle to be hugely irritating because of the way that they portrayed Astrid. After 5 series and 41 episodes her ticks seemed to get worse and worse as time progressed. Patience on the other hand is subtle.

[zbc]

RustyMX5 said:

zbc said:

We enjoyed the first series and were pointed towards Astrid and Raphaelle and have worked our way through all the series of that and adored it. I fear we might be disappointed by Patience now but we'll give it a go,

I found Astrid et Raphaelle to be hugely irritating because of the way that they portrayed Astrid. After 5 series and 41 episodes her ticks seemed to get worse and worse as time progressed. Patience on the other hand is subtle.

I think it's run its course and something started to get a little ridiculous but I enjoyed how they both learnt from each other, I fear just calling the British one Patience suggests it's just about her.

[cuprabob]

cuprabob said:

Series 2 is to air on Channel 4 from 7th January.

Reminder that new series airs tonight at 9pm

[rlw]

And what an implausible pile of poo it was. Daft story, stereotyped roles and just plain silly. She is a very good actor though.

[Alickadoo]

rlw said:

And what an implausible pile of poo it was. Daft story, stereotyped roles and just plain silly. She is a very good actor though.

As I said in January last year.

Watchable tosh.

[RustyMX5]

I was disappointed with that. At least in the first series, they made a vague effort to show how she arrived at her conclusions. Yesterday was a haphazard jumble of stuff, masquerading as an investigation into a dead body. I'm hoping that the next episodes will improve.

[finlo]

Anyone else notice the weird reg numbers on some of the cars ZU91 *** etc.

[RustyMX5]

I keep in wondering why they're filming predominantly in Belgium. I know that Astrid et Raphaelle was France but this is supposed to be York. Ok, yeah, the director is obviously Flemish but is that the sole reason for filming in Belgium?