How many episodes are in Patience?

Patience has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does Patience premiere?

Patience premieres on 2026-06-14.

Is Patience a new series?

Patience is a returning series (Season 2).

Patience(2025)

Also known as Терпение

Archived · Channel 4

7.58 eps

S02

DramaCrime

ON AIR: JUN 14Season 2Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

Patience works as a procedural built around paperwork, archives, and the kind of careful observation that rarely gets credited. The Yorkshire Police records department is not a glamorous setting, and that is precisely the point; the drama runs on small discoveries and the slow accumulation of detail rather than chases or confrontations.

Metcalf spotting Patience's instincts is the hinge the story turns on, and the friction that follows is institutional as much as personal. Formal credentials sit on one side, raw self-taught ability on the other, and the series lets that gap do quiet, persistent work across episodes. Progress is measured in increments, which gives each small professional advance a weight that faster-paced crime dramas rarely achieve.

Best for

quiet procedural, evidence-led mystery and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Crime

Commitment

Season 2 · 8 episodes

Where

Channel 4

Official Premise

Patience catalogues evidence in the Yorkshire Police records department. A brilliant self-taught criminologist with keen crime scene instincts, her talent is spotted by Metcalf, opening new worlds for the archivist.

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