‘Down Cemetery Road’ Trailer: Emma Thompson & Ruth Wilson Get in Danger in Thriller (VIDEO)

Meredith Jacobs September 29, 2025, 9:24 am

If you love Slow Horses, chances are you’re going to enjoy another drama coming to Apple TV+ this year. And as the trailer released on Monday, September 29, shows, Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson are fantastic together on the new thriller, Down Cemetery Road.

“Well, well, a customer. Let me guess. You got a husband, he’s got a secretary, am I warm?” Zoë (Thompson) greets Sarah (Wilson) when the woman comes to the private investigator. There was an explosion, and while there are two bodies, a child has been disappeared. It appears there’s been some sort of government cover-up.

But the more Zoë and Sarah investigate, the video, which you can watch above, shows, the more people want them stopped and the more danger they get into. And so Zoë offering to buy Sarah a drink, even at 10 in the morning, isn’t too out there. “You’re very prim for an outlaw,” Zoë remarks.

Read on for everything else we know so far about the cast, plot, and more, and find out why fans of the Slow Horses will want to tune in.

When will Down Cemetery Road premiere?

The thriller will premiere on Wednesday, October 29, with the first two episodes. The rest of the eight-episode season will drop on Wednesdays, with the finale set for December 10.

Emma Thompson as Zoë Boehm — 'Down Cemetery Road'

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Is Down Cemetery Road based on a book?

Yes, it is! The new series is adapted from Mick Herron’s novel of the same name, from the Zöe Boehm book series. It is the first book in the series.

Herron also has another series on Apple TV+: Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman, is based on his Slough House book series. Its fifth season premiered on September 24, and the show has already been renewed through its seventh season.

When TV Insider spoke with Ruth Wilson about Down Cemetery Road, she explained what makes it different from Slow Horses.

“It was really fun to do. It was mad, and it’s a madcap odyssey. It gets mad as it goes on and gets more wild and dangerous, and the landscape changes, and in the way it’s shot is all wild and brutal in the last three, and it feels like a sort of action movie thriller by the end, so I love the journey of it. That’s why it’s different to Slow Horses in a way,” she said. “It’s a road movie and it’s an odyssey for these two characters, and through it, they’re finding things out about themselves as they go, so it’s very different. It is in the same world and the same humor and wit as Slow Horses, but actually structurally, it’s quite different.”

What is Down Cemetery Road about?

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Tucker (Wilson) becomes obsessed with finding her and enlists the help of private investigator Zoë Boehm (Thompson). Zoë and Sarah suddenly find themselves in a complex conspiracy that reveals people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead.

Who’s in the Down Cemetery Road cast?

The series stars Thompson and Wilson. The ensemble cast includes Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Tom Goodman-Hill, Darren Boyd, Tom Riley, Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, Fehinti Balogun, and Aiysha Hart.

Down Cemetery Road is produced by 60Forty Films and is written by Morwenna Banks, who also serves as executive producer alongside Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, Thompson, and author Mick Herron. Natalie Bailey serves as lead director for the series.