Patience Season 2 ended on August 2 on PBS. Fans of the show, don’t worry. The series was renewed for Season 3 before Season 2 even had a premiere date on PBS. But when is Patience Season 3 expected to come out?
Patience is an adaptation of the popular French series Astrid. It stars Purvis as Patience Evans, a woman in her early 20s with autism who works in the York Criminal Records Office. Her life gets turned upside-down by an unexpected partnership with Detective Inspector Bea Metcalf (Laura Fraser), who notices her keen eye for detail. Patience’s ability to notice patterns in even the trickiest of cases is a credit to her neurodivergent brain. In Season 2, Bea was replaced by D.I. Frankie Monroe (Jessica Hynes).
Here’s everything we know about Patience Season 3.
Is Patience renewed?
Yes, Patience was renewed for Season 3 by Channel 4 in the U.K. earlier this year. Season 3 has already wrapped filming. Production took place from March to June 2026. You can see Purvis and more cast and crew behind the scenes in York in the Instagram post embedded below.
When does Patience Season 2 come out in the U.S.?
A U.S. premiere date has not been announced yet, but Season 2 came out in January 2026 in the U.K. and on June 14 in the U.S. Season 3 is expected to premiere in January 2027 on Channel 4, with a U.S. premiere date later that year.
What happens in Patience Season 2?
Big changes came in the second season. As previously reported, Fraser is not returning as D.I. Bea Metcalf. Her departure hasn’t been explained, but it could have been due to scheduling conflicts, as Fraser was announced as a cast member for a new series called Mint in March 2025, and Patience Season 2 went into production in May 2025. Hynes joined Season 2 as the new D.I., Frankie Monroe.
Patience Season 2 was longer, with eight episodes instead of six. Channel 4’s description for Season 2 said, “Patience will continue her work in the police criminal records department of City of York Police after establishing herself as an invaluable member of the team, bringing her unique insight into a series of perplexing cases. However, when a new boss, Detective Frankie Monroe, brings a very different management style, it proves tricky for them both to navigate. Love is also in the air in this series as Patience begins a relationship with a work colleague, Elliot, and the police department gets a makeover with the arrival of a new PR consultant, all whilst tackling intriguing crimes in extraordinary settings such as York Minster.”
After a bumpy start, Patience and Frankie eventually become friends, and their relationship will continue to evolve in Season 3 when Hynes returns as the D.I.
Who is in the Patience cast?
In addition to Purvis and Hynes, the returning cast for Season 2 included Nathan Welsh as DS Jake Hunter, Mark Benton as Calvin Baxter, Adrian Rawlins as Douglas Gilmore, Ali Ariaie as DC Will Akbari, Connor Curren as Billy Thompson, Liza Sadovy as Dr. Loretta Parsons, and Tom Lewis as Elliot Scott.
Returning cast for Season 3 includes Purvis and Hynes, along with Welsh, Benton, Rawlins, Lewis, Ariaie, and Sadovy.
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