On Thursday night, Vanity Fair and Apple TV+ came together to celebrate the upcoming premiere of the new series Down Cemetery Road at the Soho Mews House. The show, based on the novel by Slow Horses author Mick Herron, will premiere globally on the platform starting October 29, with new episodes airing throughout the fall. It centers on the mysterious disappearance of a little girl in a quiet Oxford suburb and a neighbor, played by Ruth Wilson, who enlists the help of a private investigator, played by Emma Thompson, to try to find her.

When asked about working together, Wilson quipped that it was “awful.” Thompson laughed: “It was really hard.” But seriously, “We actually took the job in order to work together,” Thompson explained. “We’ve admired each other for a long time. An

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