If you thought the quiet suburbs of Oxford were just for dreary academic scandals and even drearier dinner parties, think again. Apple TV+ has dropped the first two episodes of another slow-burn thriller 'Down Cemetery Road', and the show rides purely on adrenaline-fuelled chaos.

Adapted from Mick Herron’s novel (the maestro behind 'Slow Horses' ), this thriller instantly establishes a vibe that’s part domestic satire, part high-stakes conspiracy. We kick off with Sarah Trafford (the brilliant Ruth Wilson), an art historian whose life is so buttoned-up it’s practically suffocating. Her escape hatch is a gas explosion that rips through a neighbour's house, conveniently interrupting her painfully awkward dinner with her banker husband, Mark, and his smarmy colleague, Gerard.

But the real

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