Review: Apple Tree Yard (S1 E4/4), Monday 6th February, BBC1

(C) Kudos – Photographer: Nick Briggs

One thing you can say about Apple Tree Yard is that it has really put its central character – Dr Yvonne Carmichael (Emily Watson, on excellent form) – through the mill. Not only has she gone against type and undertaken an illicit, lustful affair with a mystery man called Mark Costley, but she has been brutally raped, stalked and terrorised and now accused of the murder of her attacker. That’s quite a rabbit hole she has been plunged into. Tonight was the night we found out if she was guilty of the crime or not – and I was convinced that there were more twists to come.