Good news Patience fans – the hit Channel 4 drama is coming back for more. Following the release of the second last month, the detective drama has been renewed for season 3.
Sharing the news today, the broadcaster revealed that the next instalment will run at 10 episodes, with production due to kick off in March in Belgium and York.
Season 3 will see Ella Maisy Purvis’s titular character, an autistic criminologist, continue her work with the City of York Police, and she’ll form a closer bond with Jessica Hynes’s new character DI Frankie Monroe after clashes in season 2, with the pair “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,” the synopsis adds. “Was the car crash that killed him really an accident or is there more to the case than meets the eye?”
Channel 4 said season 2 was “the channel’s most watched show so far this year across linear and streaming”, launching to an average audience of 4.2 million viewers in its first month.
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“We’re delighted to welcome Patience back to Channel 4 for its third series,” the broadcaster’s head of acquisitions Polly Scates said. “The show has really captured the hearts of our viewers, and there’s genuine excitement to see where Patience’s investigations take us next in the City of York.”
Producer Eagle Eye Drama’s chief creative officer Jo McGrath added: “Audiences across the world have taken Patience to their hearts and it’s wonderful to see the series performing so strongly in the UK, becoming the 8th most streamed show across all platforms midway through its run.
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“This is testament to the quality of our outstanding cast, led by Ella Maisy Purvis and production team, led by director Maarten Moerkerke. Happily, they will all be returning to deliver another gripping extended series of ten episodes.”
Fans can also expect to see regular stars Nathan Welsh, Mark Benton, Adrian Rawlins, Tom Lewis, Ali Ariaie and Liza Sadovy back in the new season.
In Digital Spy‘s three-star review of season 2, we said: “These strong-willed people learning to readjust their expectations of one another for the good of the case adds a new dimension to the show, keeping it fresh – something that’s of benefit to both returning viewers, and those open to newly discovering it.”
Patience airs and streams on Channel 4.
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