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Apple TV has expanded the cast of its thriller Down Cemetery Road for Season 2, adding a dozen new performers to the lineup. The series continues to center on Emma Thompson’s investigator Zoë Boehm as she and Ruth Wilson’s Sarah Tucker confront a darker case that reaches into the art world.
New cast additions
The second season brings 12 actors into the ensemble, joining Thompson and Wilson.
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- Martin Clunes (best known for Doc Martin)
- Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk)
- Paterson Joseph (Wonka)
- Aasiya Shah (Bait)
- Dimitri Leonidas (Foundation)
- Paul Chahidi (This Country)
- Liz White (The Long Shadow)
- Amanda Abbington (Sherlock)
- Jeff Rawle (Drop the Dead Donkey)
- Ashley McGuire (Slow Horses)
- Amber Grappy (One Day)
- Yali Topol Margalith (Alice and Steve)
Source material and creative team
Down Cemetery Road adapts Mick Herron’s Oxford novels. Season 2 draws on two of his books: The Last Voice You Hear and Smoke and Whispers.
Morwenna Banks returns as lead writer and executive producer, while Emma Thompson remains both star and executive producer. Herron is listed among the show’s executive producers, and Börkur Sigþórssen is attached as lead director for the new season.
Plot direction and stakes
The new episodes push Zoë Boehm and Sarah Tucker into a case that begins with an apparent train accident.
What looks like a single death soon exposes connections to the glamorous, and dangerous, world of art and antiquities. According to the series logline, the investigation escalates when the pair cross paths with a violent serial killer determined to hide his crimes.
Production and release details
60Forty Films returns as producer. The season’s executive producing team includes Banks, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Kate Lewis and Tom Nash at 60Forty, alongside Thompson and Herron.
Season 1 premiered on Apple TV in October of last year. A trailer for Season 2 has been released by Apple TV.
Context within Herron adaptations
Herron’s work has already been a successful source for Apple TV: his other adaptation, Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman, was recently renewed for an eighth season.
