Apple Tree Yard (Season 1)

Apple Tree Yard (2017) is a BBC One drama you can watch online on iFILM — four episodes adapted from Louise Doughty's novel about a mid-life affair and the wreckage it causes.

Yvonne is a respected genetic scientist with a settled life. The man she meets in a Westminster corridor is not who he appears to be. Then things get considerably worse. Emily Watson plays Yvonne across the whole series — it's essentially hers to carry. Ben Chaplin and Mark Bonnar complete the main cast.

What starts as a character study turns into something closer to a courtroom thriller by the end. The genre shift is intentional — Doughty's novel and the BBC adaptation both use it to ask what desire costs when the bill finally arrives. Stream all episodes of Apple Tree Yard on iFILM.