Apple has been busy developing a TV+ adaptation of Mick Herron s superb
Herron s successful, entertaining and often darkly comic series follows the less-than-by-the-book behaviour of Jackson Lamb (Oldman), a brilliant but frequently furious leader of a group of MI5 misfits, who all end up posted to his Slough House facility after screwing up missions (or being maneuvered into doing so by Thames House rivals).
Lowden is set to play River Cartwright, the latest officer banished to Lamb s team, and essentially the audience substitute in exploring this world. Cooke, who has scored another high-profile telly job recently, will be Sid Baker, a sharp agent and River s officemate. Outside the office, Thomas is Diana Taverner, a powerful, conflicted agent at Thames House and Pryce is set as River s grandfather, himself a retired agent.