Apple TV has renewed Down Cemetery Road, based on the standalone novel by Mick Herron (Slow Horses) for a second season. Starring and executive produced by Emma Thompson, the show co-stars Ruth Wilson. Season 2 will be written by Morwenna Banks (Funny Woman), who also serves as executive producer alongside Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash at 60Forty Films, Thompson, and Herron. Börkur Sigþórssen ("Insomnia") will be lead director.
"I'm so thrilled that Down Cemetery Road has been enjoyed enough to warrant a second season," said Thompson. "The thought of working with the team again, with wonderful Morwenna Banks in the writer's seat and the indomitable Ruth Wilson who is the best and most brilliant co-star any aging Dame could desire, is frankly far more than I feel I deserve. Zoë Boehm is a punkishly delicious avatar and I can't wait to pull on her knock-off Doc Martens again. Thanks to everyone who watched! We are go for the next one and it's all down to you."
Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV, added: "Audiences around the world fell in love with Down Cemetery Road and I am glad the unlikely duo of Zoë and Sarah will be back with their unique form of acerbic wit."
Season 2 reunites Zoë Boehm (Thompson) and Sarah Trafford (Wilson), "chasing down another twisted mystery. After a woman falls in front of a train Zoë is called in to investigate, but this seemingly simple case soon upends her life as she and Sarah find themselves navigating the glamorous but ruthless world of black market antiquities. Matters take a deadly turn when they stumble into the path of a brutal serial killer who will stop at nothing to cover up his crimes," Apple TV noted.