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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 latest drama, titled Patience, left viewers divided as they tuned in to watch the second instalment on Thursday ...

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 ...