Dame Emma Thompson, who has received two Oscars for best actress in Howards End (1992) and best adapted screenplay in Sense and Sensibility (1995), was spotted on a film set earlier this week.
This was during the evenings of Wednesday, August 26 and Thursday, August 27, where she was seen with noted actress Ruth Wilson by The Bear pub on Alfred Street and Oxford University landmark the Radcliffe Camera.
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One switched-on observer noted that they had changed one of the street names during the filming to Easterhill Avenue.
Dame Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson filming the second series of Down Cemetery Road in Oxford in August 2026 (Image: Contributed)
Her co-star, Ms Wilson, 44, is possibly best known for her roles in television series Luther (2010-2019) and The Affair (2014-2018), and has acted alongside Dame Emma before in the 2013 biographical drama film Saving Mr Banks.
They were on the streets of Oxford for the second season of Down Cemetery Road, based on the novels by Slow Horses-author Mick Herron.
Dame Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson filming the second series of Down Cemetery Road in Oxford in August 2026 (Image: Contributed)
Set in and around the city of dreaming spires, the first series premiered on 29 October 2025 on Apple TV and involves a woman who hires a private investigator after an explosion occurs and a girl goes missing on the same night.
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It was well-reviewed at the time with Dame Emma’s performance in particular picked out.
Four books have been published about the Zoe Boehm character, who Dame Emma portrays, all of them written in the noughties with the next book in the series called ‘The Last Voice You hear’.
Currently, it is unknown when the next season will come out.