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Apple TV+ Sets October Premiere for Down Cemetery Road Starring Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson

The adaptation of Mick Herron’s detective novels will feature a weekly release model to maintain subscriber engagement.

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Overview

  • Down Cemetery Road debuts on October 29, 2025, with two episodes at launch and rolls out new episodes every Wednesday through December 10.
  • Emma Thompson stars as private investigator Zoë Boehm and Ruth Wilson plays neighbor Sarah Tucker, with both actresses also serving as executive producers.
  • The eight-episode series adapts Mick Herron’s Zöe Boehm novels in a script by Morwenna Banks and is produced by 60Forty Films with Natalie Bailey as lead director.
  • Set in an Oxford suburb, the thriller follows a house explosion and a missing girl that pull Zoë and Sarah into a conspiracy where those presumed dead may still be alive.
  • Apple TV+ is leveraging its weekly release strategy and the success of Slow Horses to bolster its slate of prestige crime dramas.