Apple TV+ has released a trailer for the new series Down Cemetery Road, based on Mick Herron's (Slow Horses) novel from the "Zöe Boehm" book series. Starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson, the eight-episode series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on October 29, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through December 10.
The cast also includes Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Tom Goodman-Hill, Darren Boyd, Tom Riley, Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, Fehinti Balogun, and Aiysha Hart.
Produced by 60Forty Films, Down Cemetery Road is written by Morwenna Banks (Slow Horses), who is also exec producing alongside Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, Thompson, and Herron. Natalie Bailey (Bay of Fires) is lead director for the series.
The synopsis: "When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a girl disappears in the aftermath, neighbor Sarah Trafford (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."