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Down Cemetery Road Reaches Mid-Run With Strong Reviews and New Behind-the-Scenes Details

Emma Thompson leads an Apple TV+ adaptation of Mick Herron’s novel.

Overview

  • Episode 4 is set to stream on Wednesday, November 12, with weekly releases continuing to the December 10 finale.
  • Early reception remains positive, with an 81% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 62% audience score on Popcornmeter.
  • Newsweek reports the series has climbed the streaming charts to become one of Apple TV+’s most-watched shows.
  • New location reporting confirms the Oxford-set drama was largely filmed in and around Bristol, with key sites including the University of Bristol, St Nicholas Market, Baltic Wharf, and Bottle Yard Studios, plus shoots in Bath and Cornwall’s Polperro and Holywell Bay.
  • Production notes highlight a major set built from three real locations—Penhale’s abandoned barracks, a Weston-super-Mare subterranean space, and the former Bank of England basement in Bristol—while cast interviews emphasize the show’s unconventional female leads, with Thompson calling Zoë Boehm a “renegade punk.”