Apple Tree Yard

2017 • BBC One

4.6

8 reviews

Rating

Eligible

Season 1 episodes (4)

1 Episode One

1/23/17

Dr Yvonne Carmichael seems to have it all – a respected career, a beautiful home and family. However, nothing is ever as it appears, and when she receives an unexpected proposition from an enigmatic stranger, Yvonne is shocked by the passion he awakens in her. But gradually, Yvonne begins to realise that there is much more to her lover than meets the eye, and she could be playing a very dangerous game indeed. 2017 Arrow Films

2 Episode Two

1/30/17

In the aftermath of the attack, a devastated YVONNE shuts down. She feels unable to talk to the police or her husband, but as a campaign of terror is mounted against her, she is pushed to her limits, and turns to her former lover, Costley, for advice. They meet for one last time, and share a passionate afternoon together; before Costley takes control of the situation, and Yvonne is plunged from one nightmare into another. 2017 Arrow Films

3 Episode Three

2/6/17

Yvonne's life is turned upside down yet again, when she is ripped away from her family, and arrested for the murder of George Selway. In shock, Yvonne denies everything; but the police are convinced that the pair colluded to kill Selway in cold blood. Their trial begins and very quickly Yvonne realises that everything she thought she knew about Mark Costley was based on a lie. And right now he's all that's standing between her and a prison sentence. 2017 Arrow Films

4 Episode Four

2/6/17

The murder trial continues, with Costley's defence resting on evidence of an underlying personality disorder. But the prosecution barrister rips this theory apart and Costley's case seems to lie in tatters. Costley's back is up against the wall; has he reached his tipping point? If the court find out Yvonne lied about their affair, will they believe anything else she's said? 2017 Arrow Films

About this show

Based on the bestselling novel by Louise Doughty, Apple Tree Yard is a provocative, audacious thriller that puts women's lives at the heart of a gripping, insightful story about the values we live by and the choices we make. Married with two grown up children, Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson) lives a contented, conventional suburban life until her world spirals into chaos, when a chance encounter leads to an impulsive and passionate affair with a charismatic stranger (Ben Chaplin). Despite all her careful plans to keep her home life and career safe and separate from her affair, fantasy and reality soon begin to overlap and everything she values is put at risk, as a life-changing act of violence leads to a Crown Court trial. Yvonne's downward trajectory is searingly realised; hers is a life ripped apart as the consequence of one, single, spur-of-the-moment decision. A decision any one of us might make.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

8 reviews

Kevin Hopkins

March 28, 2020

Excellent thanks Kevin Hopkins

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