The acclaimed thriller Down Cemetery Road has been renewed for a second season by Apple TV. The show features a powerhouse cast, with Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Emmy winner Emma Thompson (Love Actually, Cruella), and also features Golden Globe and Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson (True Things, The Lone Ranger), according to Apple TV.

Hailed by critics as “one of the best thrillers of the decade,” the detective series Down Cemetery Road has earned a Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes since its global premiere. The show is praised as a “riveting, dark and wildly entertaining must-watch” for its “twisty, nerve-racking ride” and “delectable blend of intrigue and jokes.” The first season, featuring “excellent performances” from the “dynamic pair” of Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson, is available to stream now globally on Apple TV. 

“I’m so thrilled that Down Cemetery Road has been enjoyed enough to warrant a second season. 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 knockoff Doc Martens again. Thanks to everyone who watched! We are go for the next one and it’s all down to you,” said star and executive producer Emma Thompson via Apple TV. 

“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,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV.

Season two of Down Cemetery Road brings Zoe Boehm (Thompson) and Sarah Trafford (Wilson) together again to tackle a new, twisted mystery. Apple TV says that when Zoe is called to investigate a woman’s death by train, the seemingly straightforward case quickly spirals, pulling both her and Sarah into the glamorous, yet deadly, world of black market antiquities. Their investigation turns lethal when they cross paths with a brutal serial killer who is determined to keep his crimes hidden.

Produced by 60Forty Films, Down Cemetery Road was written by Banks (Funny Woman), who executive produces with the 60Forty Films team (Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Tom Nash), Emma Thompson, and author Mick Herron. Börkur Sigþórssen (Insomnia) is the lead director for Season 2, according to Apple TV. Down Cemetery Road is the second project Herron and Apply TV have collaborated on, the first being the celebrated, Emmy Award-winning spy drama Slow Horses. Banks, who also wrote for Slow Horses (based on Herron’s Slough House series and starring Sir Gary Oldman), recently saw that show renewed for a seventh season.