Season 1 – Down Cemetery Road

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Oct 2025

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbor teams up with a private investigator to find them; as secrets unravel and a military conspiracy emerges, chaos ensues on South Oxford's sleepy suburbs.

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A twisty mystery that grows more addictive as it unfolds, Down Cemetery Road is tonally imbalanced but has a steadfast center of gravity in Emma Thompson's flinty star turn.

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Clarisse Loughrey

Flicks (AU, NZ, UK)

Jan 8, 2026

There’s a playful and witty way to how Slow Horses writer Morwenna Banks, who developed this series, presents Bond-worthy escapades on a slightly more humdrum level.

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Alan Sepinwall

What's Alan Watching? (Ghost.io)

Nov 11, 2025

Down Cemetery Road has its moments, but overall is a reminder that what Slow Horses does is a lot harder than it appears.

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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

Nov 5, 2025

With a mix of compulsive storytelling and two commanding performances from its female leads, Down Cemetery Road is a winner.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Apr 1, 2026

Boasting the same mix of dark humour, human drama and government conspiracies that has made Slow Horses such a critical and crowd-pleasing success, this will more than satisfy fans of that series.

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Steve Murray

ArtsATL

Jan 14, 2026

The dialogue is often crisply snarky, though the tone can wobble unsuccessfully between sinister and goofy. Thompson keeps you watching, though.

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Neely Swanson

Beverly Hills Courier

Dec 20, 2025

How could this go wrong? Wrong may not be the optimal word, but uninteresting is. Bloated at 10 episodes and obtuse in the underlying mystery, Down Cemetery Road is not engaging.

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Luciano H. M

@RT36151356 Aug 24, 2026

Extremely long (8 episodes) for a simple and predictable plot that could have been told in 3 or 4 episodes. The humor does not land. This is not "Slow Horses".

Gareth V

@geewah Jul 20, 2026

This is a show that's better than it has any right to be, carried almost entirely by two excellent performances and a premise that keeps you curious.

Joseph B

@jbriskey Jul 19, 2026

The same old depressing blood and guts. We didn’t like or care about any of the characters so didn’t much care about what was happening to them. More vacuous writing, directing, and characterizations. Undistinguished sound track. Movies are so over.

James H

@Flatscreenfocus Jun 13, 2026

Not bad. Good performances all round, particularly ‘Fehinti Balogun’ as the cold assassin. Nice music choices. I’m not sure they had the story material for 8 eps, maybe 4 would have been better.

Um U

@UmUmbridge May 29, 2026

I am a huge Emma Thompson fan and she was just amazing in this film. This is a thriller that is super scary and tough to watch, not even my genre but Emma made it worth it.

Tom F

@RT55173143 May 17, 2026

Mostly a good excuse to watch Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson chew through interesting material.

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Ruth Wilson

Sarah Tucker

Emma Thompson

Zoë Boehm

Adeel Akhtar

Hamza

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Downey

Tom Goodman-Hill

Gerard

Darren Boyd

Episode 1

Aired Oct 29, 2025

Almost True

A catastrophic event upends South Oxford; Sarah grows suspicious of the emergency response; while investigating, she encounters Zoë Boehm.

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Episode 2

Aired Oct 29, 2025

Zoë goes digging for answers as Sarah starts to spiral; Hamza is under pressure to keep a lid on the crisis.

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Episode 3

Aired Nov 4, 2025

Filthy Work

Sarah winds up on an unexpected road trip; Zoë begins pulling threads left behind by Joe and suspects something bigger is at play.

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Episode 4

Aired Nov 12, 2025

My Friends Don't Like Me

While hiding out, Sarah learns more about Downey; Zoë ruffles feathers as she seeks new collaborators for her investigation.

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Episode 5

Aired Nov 19, 2025

Slow Dying

Zoë makes a startling discovery that expands the scale of the conspiracy; Sarah and Downey trek north, revealing their pasts along the way.

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Episode 6

Aired Nov 25, 2025

Neglected Waters

A dangerous game of cat and mouse begins on the train to Scotland; Sarah and Zoë try piecing together Dinah's exact location.

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Episode 7

Aired Dec 2, 2025

Lights Go Out

Downey and Amos converge as the race to find Dinah reaches a breaking point; Sarah must take a leap of faith.

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Episode 8

Aired Dec 9, 2025

What Will Survive

Everything Sarah has fought for hangs in the balance.

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Director: Natalie Bailey
Executive Producer: Mick Herron, Morwenna Banks, Emma Thompson, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Tom Nash
Screenwriter: Morwenna Banks, Mick Herron
Network: Apple TV
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: British English
Release Date: Oct 29, 2025

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