Down Cemetery Road

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Down Cemetery Road
GenreThriller
Based onDown Cemetery Road
by Mick Herron
Screenplay by Morwenna Banks
Directed by Natalie Bailey
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
Production
Executive producers
  • Mick Herron
  • Morwenna Banks
  • Emma Thompson
  • Jamie Laurenson
  • Hakan Kousetta
  • Tom Nash
Production company
  • 60Forty Films
Original release
Network Apple TV+

Down Cemetery Road is an upcoming British television series based on the novel of the same name by Mick Herron, adapted by Morwenna Banks and developed by 60Forty Films for Apple TV+.

Contents

Premise

A woman hires an investigator after an explosion and a girl goes missing on the same night in a quiet suburban neighbourhood. [1]

Cast

Production

The project, from the London-based 60Forty Films, was announced in April 2024 with Natalie Bailey as lead director and Morwenna Banks adapting the Mick Herron novel, and executive producer. Other executive producers include Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash of 60Forty Films, as well as Herron, and Emma Thompson. [2] [3]

Emma Thompson is attached to star as investigator Zoe Boehm alongside Ruth Wilson as Sarah Tucker. [4] In August 2024, Adeel Akhtar, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Tom Goodman-Hill, Darren Boyd, Tom Riley, Adam Godley, Sinead Matthews, Ken Nwosu, Fehinti Balogun, and Aiysha Hart joined the cast in August 2024. [5]

Filming began in Bristol in June 2024 with locations including the University of Bristol campus. [6] Filming also took place in Bishops Lydeard railway station and Street, Somerset. [7] [8]

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