Apple TV+ Begins Production on Emma Thompson Thriller Series

Apple TV+ is premiering a new UK-set thriller series, Down Cemetery Road, on October 29, featuring Emma Thompson as private investigator Zoë Boehm and Ruth Wilson as Sarah Tucker. The eight-episode series, based on Mick Herron's Zoë Boehm novels, follows Sarah’s obsession with a missing girl after a house explosion in a quiet Oxford suburb, leading her to team up with Zoë to uncover a conspiracy involving the dead and presumed-dead in a tense political landscape. The show is written by Morwenna Banks, who also worked on Slow Horses, another Apple TV+ series adapted from Herron's Slough House novels. Down Cemetery Road will release its first two episodes at launch, with subsequent episodes airing weekly until December 10, arriving shortly after Slow Horses season 5 premieres. The series is produced by 60Forty Films, with Natalie Bailey directing, and both Thompson and Wilson serving as executive producers. This marks a rare TV starring role for Oscar-winning Thompson, known more for film, while Wilson brings experience from acclaimed TV dramas.