A trailer for drama Patience has been released ahead of its arrival on Channel 4 on Wednesday, January 8.
It opens with a shot of York Minster where camera crews were seen filming in April.
The show’s Patience Evans (played by Ella Maisy Purvis), a young woman with autism who works in the criminal records department for ‘City of York Police’, is then seen walking through Shambles clutching a file.
Patience Evans (Ella Maisy Purvis) in York (Image: Supplied) Mystery surrounds these documents, with Detective Bea Metcalf (played by Breaking Bad star Laura Fraser) saying: “The young woman, she brought a file I didn’t request.”
Mention of Patience being autistic is made before the character joins Detective Metcalf in working to solve crimes, earning praise in doing so.
Director Maarten Moerkerke previously said the drama “is a crime show and not about autism, but it shows a perspective that you don’t otherwise see”.
“It’s a chance to show something different in a familiar space,” he said.
Suspense builds throughout the minute long trailer as the viewer gets a glimpse of what the crimes could include: bodies on fire, a man landing on the windscreen of a car and more.
The setting moves between the police headquarters and parts of York, with Patience seen hurrying along Minster Gates and drone shots over King’s Staith and Clifford’s Tower.
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Filming was split between York and Antwerp, in Belgium.
More of York is expected to appear on screen after cameras were seen rolling at locations throughout April, including outside York City Rowing Club, near the River Ouse; in Monkgate Yard, near Monk Bar; Victorian Claremont Terrace, off Gillygate; and New Walk Terrace, off Fishergate.
Writer Matt Baker, from Pocklington, previously described the centre of York as “a little bit of a puzzle” which made it perfect for the drama.
“The honest truth is that this is a show that could have been filmed anywhere but it fits so well into the setting of York,” said Matt, who adapted the drama from French show Astrid et Raphaëlle.
“Being from Pocklington, York was always the nearest big city to us – it’s in my heart and in my soul. It’s also a city that’s underrepresented on screen despite the fact it’s got this incredible iconography.
“The centre of York itself is a little bit like a puzzle, with all the snickets and tiny little cut-throughs – it’s like a maze, so York seemed like a great place to set this.”
