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

Ella Maisy PurvisPatience Evans

Laura FraserDI Bea Metcalf

Nathan WelshDS Jake Hunter

Mark BentonDCI Calvin Baxter

Ali AriaieDC Will Akbari

Liza SadovyDr. Loretta Parsons

Tom LewisElliot Scott

Sabina ArthurVicky Crick

Deepak VermaDr. Aadesh Chopra

Lotte LaurenMathilde Evans

Oona Van HarneveldtToddler Patience

Rekha John-CheriyanPrisha Chopra

Eddie ElksDavid Haynes

Jamie MaclachlanGeorge Evans

Joseph ArkleyDr. Brendan Clark

Connor CurrenBilly Thompson

Lewis Ian BrayTheo

Darren BransfordDev

Madeleine BowyerJosie

Joana BorjaYemaya Vasquez

Beverly LonghurstNaomi Jamieson

Nathan GrahamYoung Man at Bus Stop

Martin CrasbornMortuary Assistant

Sharon VerdegemOfficious Colleague

Ava CookYoung Patience (11 years old)

Lucy BrownhillHotel Cleaner Supervisor

Christian ContrerasJames Cooper

Jimena LarraguivelMaria

Ady van de PlasEmbassy Official

Claire SchuyffelTania Macalinden

Abigail GypensEmily Barret

Shireen FarkhoyMiss Page

Mark UmbersRaymond Starr

Samantha FadahunsiCate Furnish

Maxwell WhitelockAlfie Metcalf-Haynes (uncredited)

Robert LonsdalePeter Venkman

Rob OstlereKelvin Fitzwalter

Shereen MartinPippa Junior

Christopher ColquhounEdmund Lennox

Rupert Holliday-EvansAldous Tate

Sand Van RoyPenny Tate

Alix Wilton ReganMarissa Wilson

Chris BrookerCaretaker

Mark QuartleyPaul Thompson

Andy GathergoodFrank Lawrie

Jessica EllerbyBethan Porter

Jonah RussellMason Jenner

Christian RoeLawyer

Flora MontgomerySuperintendent Zara Blackwood

Shane RedondoSam Fincher

Adrian RawlinsDouglas Gilmour

DivvaMaya

Sarah GallagherHotel Manager

Chris CutlerSoco (uncredited)

Dieuwke de MooijBaxter's PA (uncredited)

Peter SinghMike Waller

Liam SmithSlaughterhouse Manager

Cat SimmonsJean Crick

Sonia RitterAnnie Mitchell