For my money, though, the highlight has got to be Molly Doran (a long running character) to whom absolutely no justice was done on the screen and Shirley Dander who the tv turned from “all the sex appeal of a traffic bollard” into a 21st century americanised (boring and entirely unbelievable) ideal of a pretty but kick-ass girlie heroine (take liberties with the stories, guys, but leave my favourite characters alone!!!) So, whether you’ve seen the show first or not, listen to the book - the Sean Barrett reading if you have a choice - you’ll meet new friends and have a great time. Successful retirees from MI5 are quietly pensioned off with the tacit thanks of a grateful nation. 2 by Mick Herron RELEASE DATE: A second anti-terrorist workout for the sorely tried denizens of Finsbury’s Slough House ( Slow Horses, 2010). The story while superficially similar is different enough from the teleplay to be worth experiencing both. Published by John Murray Press (John Murray Publishers Ltd) in. DEAD LIONS From the Slough House series, Vol. The original story here (if you’ve watched TV first) is far tighter, the Slow Horses far more an ensemble group (all are living breathing highly individual characters, each flawed in a different style, with unique implications). Their roles have not been confirmed, but they could be playing. I re-listened to this immediately after watching the new TV treatment of it (desperately disappointing casting in season 2 after the excellent work in all respects of bringing book 1 to the screen). Dead Lions is the second in the Slough House series, which is based on disgraced MI5 agents called slow horses. The addition of Aimee-Ffion Edwards of Peaky Blinders and Kadiff Kirwan of This is Going to Hurt, was reported by Variety.
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