Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson will star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller series for Apple TV+ based on the 2003 book by Mick Herron. Deadline reported that "the project comes to Apple following the streamer's work with Herron on Slow Horses, its hugely popular espionage drama based on his Slough House novels."
A writer on that series, Morwenna Banks, will serve as lead writer and executive producer of Down Cemetery Road. In addition to Banks, exec producers on the project include Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, and Tom Nash of 60Forty Films, as well as Thompson and Herron. Natalie Bailey (Audrey, Bay of Fires) will serve as the show's lead director.
"Down Cemetery Road has all the hallmarks of Mick Herron's funny and acerbic writing, and I'm delighted we will be bringing it to life for Apple TV+ with such a stellar cast," said Jay Hunt, Apple TV+'s Creative director, Europe. "Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson will make it an unmissable companion piece for Slow Horses on our service."