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Airdate: Apple Tree Yard

UK thriller with Emily Watson & Ben Chaplin to screen on ABC.

UK thriller Apple Tree Yard screens on ABC from Saturday.

The 4 part mini series follows the story of Yvonne Carmichael, an unhappily married forty-something scientist (Emily Watson), who begins a secret affair with Mark Costley (Ben Chaplin) whilst being completely unaware of his true identity.

Adapted from the novel of the same name by Louise Doughty, this aired on Pay TV in mid 2017.

Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson) has a high-flying career, a beautiful home, and the “perfect family” – including a loving husband Gary (Mark Bannon). After a confident presentation to a group of MPs, Yvonne is approached by a charismatic stranger Mark Costley (Ben Chaplin), who seems refreshingly interested in what she has to say – interested in her. Before she’s had time to stop and think, she finds herself alone and intimate with him in the deserted crypt beneath the House of Commons. Although she never expects to see him again, their encounter builds to an affair, and the unexpected passion that this man arouses in Yvonne shakes her.

The affair is made all the more enticing by his enigmatic nature. He gives away very little, and always seems to have one eye cast over his shoulder. He dictates how their relationship plays out, and Yvonne realises that such clandestine planning comes as second nature to him- is there more to his ‘civil service’ role than he’ll admit? But instead of ringing warning bells, this knowledge only thrills Yvonne even more, despite herself.

8:30pm Saturday on ABC.

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