THE SLOUGH HOUSE FILESAdaptation desk · two continuities
Compare the published Slough House sequence with Apple’s six-part television seasons without mixing novel and television spoilers.
Continuity boundary: novel canon and Apple TV continuity are separate. A shared title does not make scene order, character history or outcomes interchangeable.
Method: the first comparison records only the verifiable change in form: one published novel becomes a six-episode season. Story-level differences will be added only when a specific novel edition and specific released episode can both support the assertion.
Verified comparison index
Open book and television notes independently. The page does not use one medium to reveal the other.
The official Mick Herron bibliography records Slow Horses as the first Slough House novel, published in 2010.
Apple’s programme listing divides Series 1 into six individually titled episodes. That episode structure is a screen-only container, not the novel’s chapter structure.
The official bibliography records Dead Lions as the second Slough House novel, published in 2013.
Apple’s listing presents Series 2 as six episodes. The guide therefore compares episode evidence with the novel rather than assuming a chapter-for-episode match.
The official bibliography records Real Tigers as the third Slough House novel, published in 2016.
Apple publishes six Series 3 episode records. This site cites an individual episode whenever it discusses screen chronology.
The official bibliography records Spook Street as the fourth Slough House novel, published in 2017.
Apple publishes six Series 4 episode records. Location and character claims on this site are tied to those screen files, not transferred from the novel.
The official bibliography records London Rules as the fifth Slough House novel, published in 2018.
Apple publishes six Series 5 episode records. The screen file is treated as a distinct adaptation with its own release chronology.