Down Cemetery Road Episode 4: Release date news, time, streaming details, cast, and more

The noise of the funeral march in ever-so-quiet Oxford is now audible! Episode 4 of Down Cemetery Road has been scheduled on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, and will only be streamed on Apple TV+.

The fourth episode, called “My Friends Don’t Like Me”, marks the continuation of the eight-episode first season and sets up deeper layers of the mystery.

Down Cemetery Road Episode 4 release date and time

Down Cemetery Road episode 4 is going to be ready to watch on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, only on Apple TV+. The initial run of the show was with the first two episodes on the 29th of October, the third on the 5th of November, and the fourth on the 12th of November. The series will end on 10 December with the grand finale.

In the Asia region, even though an exact time is not officially given, the new episode should be accessible Wednesday morning according to local time (or possibly late Tuesday night in some areas) taking into account Apple TV+’s regional rollout practice.

Down Cemetery Road Episode 4 streaming details

Down Cemetery Road is made available through Apple TV+ exclusively, which is Apple's subscription-based streaming service. The series takes a page out of the book of most Apple Originals in that it follows a weekly release pattern. The new episodes started rolling out every Wednesday from October 29, 2025, when a two-part episode was first aired and thus enabling the viewers to follow the intricate twists of the story before the next part is revealed.

The audience not aware of Apple TV+'s timing of releasing new episodes must realize that usually they go live at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time (3:00 a.m. Eastern Time) in the U.S. So, the international viewers particularly those in India, will normally be able to see the new episodes by Wednesday morning or early afternoon, depending on the time zone differences.

Some of the viewers might even see the episodes uploaded late Tuesday night because of Apple’s worldwide simultaneous launching.

The first season of the show, consisting of eight episodes, has a well-planned release pattern which, in turn, gives a steady weekly rhythm until the finale on December 10, 2025.

What happened in the previous episode: Down Cemetery Road Episode 3

On November 5, 2025, the third episode of Down Cemetery Road, called "Filthy Work," was released and the series reached its darkest psychological limit with the most intense turn. Initially, the case of the suburban explosion was dealt with and now it has turned to betrayal, guilt, and moral chaos.

The first scene depicts Downey snatching Sarah and the shift from quiet suspense to total psychological warfare was very evident. The actors’ unsteady movement through barren roads became a surprising lesson in trauma and twisted empathy, and Sarah was slowly coming to the conclusion that Downey's playing was equally his guilt as his desperation.

On the other hand, Amos's plotline gives the conspiracy that is developing more emotional weight. His secret involvement as a government 'cleaner' comes to light, plus losing his brother Rufus in the explosion and covering up, which leads him to a moral crisis call.

In one poignant scene, Amos lays Rufus to rest, silently where the line gets very blurred between confusion and complicity. The tree growing over Rufus’s grave symbolizes guilt hidden beneath a duty-bound exterior, it also points to the show’s underlying theme of moral decay and the price of silence which is continuing to grow with each episode.

Arriving back in the city, Zoë’s investigation gets a sudden dangerous twist. Her unyielding quest for the truth about Joe’s murder and the explosion takes her to the murder and the explosion takes her to new evidence: video security footage that connects Rufus to Joe's house on the evening of the fire explosion.

This discovery shakes the very ground of her belief and her endeavor to uncover the truth puts her in direct danger. The finale of the episode near the end brings her breaking into Sarah's home, which creates a cliffhanger that mixes up the limits between Episode 3 and 4, a creative decision that intensifies the show's slow-burning tension.

The episode ends by revealing the “Histropine” drug, a mysterious one that is related to secret government experiments, and the most unexpected scenario that Tommy Singleton whom everyone thought dead might still be alive. This connection broadens the conspiracy storyline of the show and points towards biomedical cover-ups and survivors being manipulated.

However, if you look a bit deeper, Down Cemetery Road is still a human story, it involves fear, trickery and vulnerability of trust. When the episode comes to an end, paranoia and silence speak louder than a revelation and the audience is already prepared for what could be a highly disturbing sequel.

What to expect from this episode: Down Cemetery Road Episode 4

The plot of Episode 4 is expected to take a deeper plunge into the difficult situation that Sarah is in as well as into Zoë’s inquiry into the missing girl and the explosion. Sarah is still trapped among the forces of Downey and the secretive ones that have penetrated her life. Zoë is anticipated to go deeper into the area of institutional cover-ups and the hidden network that was behind the explosion.

Moreover, it will be a gradual process of the main characters like Amos, Hamza and others being more in the picture, their loyalties being tested, secret agendas being revealed and the tension increasing as the suburban facade slowly gets dismantled. So the audience will be treated to endless secrets, emotional conflicts, and a continuing transition from security to vulnerability.

Cast and key crew of Down Cemetery Road

Main cast:

Ruth Wilson as Sarah Tucker

Emma Thompson as Zoë Boehm

Adeel Akhtar as Hamza Malik

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett as Downey

Ken Nwosu as Rufus/Axel

Key Production:

Developed (adaptation) by Morwenna Banks, based on the novel by Mick Herron

Directed by Natalie Bailey

Executive producers include Mick Herron, Morwenna Banks, Emma Thompson, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta and Tom Nash.

The 4th episode of Down Cemetery Road is set for November 12, 2025 and will complete the eight-episode run that is only on Apple TV+. The last episode left the situation very tense with Sarah hiding, Amos going to the extreme and Zoë finding out about the important connections, thus the new segment is expected to reveal one more part of the mystery.