'Down Cemetery Road' Will Arrive on Apple TV+ for Spooky Season

There's a lot to love about Slow Horses as a British comedy-thriller whodunit series. Still, there's one thing that's undeniably annoying about it, and that's how male-oriented the stories are, and (more importantly) the humor is too. It's an unfortunate drawback that hampers the show's appeal, and while Apple TV+ pretends it doesn't care about viewership, the last year or so has belied that claim.

Luckily, Slow Horses author Mick Herron didn't just write about the blowhard Jackson Lamb of Slough House; he also has another detective/private investigator character with a franchise, Zoë Boehm, of The Oxford Investigations Series. With Apple TV+ looking to build on Slow Horses' popularity and fill the viewership gap, the obvious solution was to greenlight a Boehm novel for the small screen and see if it also took off. Of course, it would need a British actor on par with the newly minted Sir Gary Oldman.

In what is great news for everyone, the well-established Dame Emma Thompson was available and signed on to play Boehm, and in even better news, future Dame Ruth Wilson will co-star in the first season as Boehm's client, Sarah Tucker. Finally, Apple will seal the deal by launching Down Cemetery Road at the end of October, directly following the conclusion of Slow Horses Season 5.