Tara Ward: Patience, The Stolen Girl, Diamond Heist

Patience  

Against the backdrop of the historic city of York, detective Bea Metcalf forms an unlikely duo with young autistic police archivist Patience Evans, opening a door into a whole new world for Patience (ThreeNow).

 

The Stolen Girl  

A seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mom to two young kids, upside down. When her daughter Lucia asks to go to a sleepover at her new best friend Josie's house, Elisa agrees. After meeting Josie's mother, Rebecca, she's put at ease by her charming nature and their impressive house. But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent's worst nightmare (Disney+).

 

Diamond Heist 

It's the year 2000, and London unveils the Millennium Dome to usher in the third millennium. A group of criminals devise a plan to steal the Millennium Dome Diamond at the heart of the Millennium Jewels collection (Netflix). 

 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to this Saturday Morning with Jack Team podcast
from Newstalk ZEDB.

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Twenty four minutes past ten on Newstalks ZB which means,
of course that it is screen Timetime on Saturday mornings.
This time every week, we catch up with our screen
time expert, Tar Reward. She picks three shows to watch
your stream at home that she reckons are a bit
of fun. Tara's with us this morning, killed her Yoda.

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Good morning.

Speaker 2 (00:32):
Let's begin with a new show streaming on three now.
Tell us about Patients.

Speaker 3 (00:38):
Yeah, this is a new crime drama that's just come
to three Now, and it's a British remake of a
French drama and in a lot of ways it's your
typical police procedural, but there is a bit of a
twist to it and that one of the two main
characters is autistic. And her name is Patience. She's a
young woman who works as a criminal archivist at for
the police in York and one day, a detective is

(00:59):
reviewing files trying to solve a suspicious death and Patience
has a talent for puzzles and she's yes to the
detective that the case is connected to a series of
other deaths, and so the detective brings patients onto her
team to assist, and together they make this unlikely duo.
But Patience is really skilled at picking up details and
noticing things that other people have missed. So the show

(01:22):
is very gentle and slow, and it is similar to
other crime dramas and that you've got your frazzle detective
who's trying to juggle work and family life, and it
covers a different murder every episode, but the character of
patients and the insight into her world as a young
neurodiverse woman makes this standout of it. So if you
love a crime drama, I think you'll appreciate this. And

(01:42):
it's filmed in York as well, which gives it a
very historic, beautiful setting as well.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Yeah, did you ever see The Good Doctor?

Speaker 3 (01:50):
I did see The Good Doctor and it sort of
reminded me of that as well, a similar premise, but
in more of sort of a restrained English setting.

Speaker 2 (01:58):
Yes, okay, yeah, I can imagine The Good Doctor had
a neurodiverse surgeon basically who would know inevitably save the
day when everyone else missed things. Yeah yeah, yeah, so no,
that sounds really good though, So that's Patience that's on
three now on Disney Plus. Tell Us about The Stolen Girl.

Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah, if you're looking for a thriller that is sleek
and gripping and instantly forgettable, this will do the trick.
This is The Stolen Girl. It's a British series and
it's about a mother who lets her daughter stay over
at her new friend's house for a sleepover. And when
the mother goes to pick up her daughter the next day,
everyone has gone. Her daughter has disappeared and the family
of her daughter's friend has gone as well. And the

(02:38):
investigation into the kidnapping uncovers this huge conspiracy and rips
open the family's lives. They need to find out who
the family really was, who befriended her daughter, and they
have to find out if the daughter's disappearance is related
to her husband's job as a criminal lawyer. Is it revenge,
is it a grudge? Is it something more sinister? And
I think the key to this show is the pace.

(02:59):
It hums along at a cracking pace which stops you
thinking about any plot holes or asking too many questions.
This is a really twisty, gripping kind of thriller that
you should just enjoy for what it is. It's beautifully made.
Everyone lives in these gorgeous, stylish houses. There are lots
of bonkers plot twists and turns, but it's fun and
it will keep you hooked for all five wonderfully malodramatic episode.

(03:23):
It's kind of the perfect thing just to chill out
to on the couch.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
This I think a bit of a scapeism. Oh it
sounds good. Okay, it's the Solon Girl that's on Disney
Plus at last, but not least on Netflix. Diamond Heist.

Speaker 3 (03:36):
Yeah, this is a new true crime documentary series that's
just come on to Netflix and it is everything that
you would expect from a series that's produced by Guy Ritchie.
It features a gang of Cockney criminals and is about
a real life diamond heist in the Millennium Dome. And
this is about what happened in the year two thousand
when a gang of criminals tried to steal the Millennial
Star diamond, which was worth two hundred and fifty million

(03:59):
pounds and it was part of a De Beer's Diamond
exhibition that was on in the Millennium Dome in London.
And the series talks to the criminals who planned the theft,
who tried to smash and grab their way into the vault,
and it also talked to the police from the Flying
Squad who knew something was up, who were watching these
guys and waiting for them to do something. And it's
one of those stranger than fiction stories. If this was

(04:19):
in a movie or a TV series, you just think
it was so far fetched. But it's told in a
really entertaining way. It feels like an action movie. Great soundtrack,
very slick editing, lots of reenactments and archival footage, and
some really intriguing characters. The main villain is a guy
called Lee Wenham who just wanted to do one last
job to make his gangster father proud. It's so audacious

(04:42):
last job you wouldn't believe it if it wasn't true.

Speaker 2 (04:47):
No, no, no, that sounds great. Okay, cool, that's Diamond Heist.
That's on Netflix. That sounds like a bit of me.
The Stolen Girl is on Disney Plus, Patience is on
three now, and all of those shows will be up
on the News TALKSZ'DB website. Thank you so much, Tara.
We will see you again next Saturday morning.

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