Acclaimed detective drama Patience, produced by Eagle Eye Drama (The Couple Next Door, Bookish), will return for a third instalment on Channel 4. Following the success of the second series - the channel’s most watched show so far this year across linear and streaming – filming for series three is set to commence in Belgium and York from March.

The launch of Series 2 received an average audience of 4.2m (0-28 day, all screens), with a 0-7 day big screen share of 16%, up +18% on the launch of Series 1. 

Patience returns for an extended duration of ten episodes. Autistic criminal records archivist Patience (Ella Maisy Purvis) continues her work with City of York Police, bringing her unique insight to a series of perplexing cases. After initial clashes with motorbike-riding DI Frankie Monroe (Jessica Hynes) in Series 2, Patience and Frankie are now close colleagues and even friends.

As well as taking a new step in her romantic life in Series 3, family bonds bring a new horizon for Patience, as she navigates building a relationship with her estranged half-sister Joy while also investigating her father’s death. Was the car crash that killed him really an accident or is there more to the case than meets the eye?