Down Cemetery Road: Trailer, certificate and where to watch
Emma Thompson stars in a private-eye thriller based on Mick Herron's book
Year: 2025
Certificate: 15
Based on the Mick Herron book of the same name, Down Cemetery Road is a story about private eyes, rather than spies. One private eye in particular: old school gumshoe Joe Silverman (Adam Godley), a shambling but likeably romantic sort who works out of an office in Oxford. He's married to hard-bitten Zoe (Emma Thompson), who doesn't seem to like him very much, and into their lives one day comes Sarah (Ruth Wilson), who has a mystery on her hands.
One night, Sarah was at a dinner party that was rocked by a neighbourhood gas explosion. That same night, a girl went missing and all Sarah's efforts to find her have been met with stonewalling. What on earth is going on?
Unfolding across eight parts, Down Cemetery Road is an engagingly unconventional thriller that keeps its conspiracy thriller cards close to its chest, and Thompson is a lot of fun to watch as the edgy investigator - you can almost imagine her rocking up at Slough House where, you can be sure, she wouldn't take any of Jackson Lamb's nonsense...
There will be a second series. (Eight episodes)
