Ella Maisy Purvis and Laura Fraser on how C4 crime drama Patience foregrounds neurodivergence and the importance of authentic casting.

Isn’t it great that we’re finally seeing autistic people on our screens that aren’t the clichéd f---ing Rain Man,” grins Ella ...

Patience star Ella Maisy Purvis has addressed the casting of neurodivergent actors in neurodivergent roles, which is a ...

When Ella Maisy Purvis, star of the new Channel 4 crime drama Patience, was diagnosed with autism in her late teens, she was ...

Channel 4's new drama Patience has left viewers divided as they tuned in to watch the second instalment on Thursday night ...

Ella Maisy Purvis - who is neurodivergent herself - shines as an autistic criminal records archivist with a knack for solving ...

Channel 4’s new detective show Patience started this week. Set in York, it stars newcomer Ella Maisy Purvis as Patience, a ...

Autistic detectives are hardly a novelty on television. Just last year we had David Mitchell’s crossword-setting savant ...

Having an autistic detective in a television series might have seemed like an original idea to someone at Channel 4, but then ...

Channel 4's new crime drama stars Ella Maisy Purvis, who is autistic and has ADHD, as a neurodivergent police archivist who ...

Channel 4's latest crime drama starring Breaking Bad 's Laura Fraser and Heartstopper 's Ella Maisy Purvis isn't going to be the nail-biting watch you may be hankering for – but that's not to say ...

There are few more reliable ways to unmask them.” Looking for clues: Ella Maisy Purvis (left) and Laura Fraser in Patience Credit: Channel 4/Toon Aerts Until her late teens, Purvis trained ...