THE SLOUGH HOUSE FILES

Independent fan intelligence · London desk

The Slough House Files

A spoiler-aware companion to Slow Horses: every released episode, the people behind the desk, book-to-screen files and the real London geography.

Original fan artwork of a rain-darkened London intelligence file; no actor likenesses
Original fan response · The first file

Choose your route

Start at the dumping ground

New viewer, book reader or London visitor: enter through the file that fits you.

New to the show

Start spoiler-light

Meet the premise, learn the jargon and find the correct viewing order.

Open field guide →

Watching now

Episode archive

Thirty individual files across five released series, plus the Series 6 schedule.

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Going to London

Walk the locations

Evidence-labelled places, practical routes, transport and visitor etiquette.

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Current intelligence

The next operations

Dated, source-led updates—without turning set photographs into plot claims.

16 September 2026

Series 6 begins

Six weekly episodes adapt Joe Country and Slough House, concluding 21 October.

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Confirmed · filming reported

Series 7

Apple ordered six episodes based on Bad Actors. No premiere date has been announced.

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Superfan files · Batch 1

Track the people behind the operations

Twenty backlog items are now live, with spoiler-controlled timelines and relationship analysis.

11 character chronologies

From exile to leverage

Follow the turning points for Lamb, River, Taverner, Standish and seven more major characters.

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Public build ledger

20 of 100 complete

See every planned feature, its status and the evidence standard used before it is marked done.

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Quick-answer files

Start with the question you searched

Direct, sourced answers to the subjects readers are looking for most.

Streaming · UK

How to watch Slow Horses

Apple TV price, browser viewing, supported devices and whether you need an Apple TV box.

Open the viewing guide →

London · fact versus fiction

Where is Slough House?

The fictional address, 126 Aldersgate Street exterior and the separate rear entrance.

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Tradecraft · plain English

What do the spy terms mean?

First Desk, tiger teams, flash boxes, cold bodies and other language used in the series.

Open the glossary →

Reading order

Which Mick Herron book comes next?

Slough House, Oxford novels, standalones and screen adaptations in a clear reading route.

Open the book order →

New analyst’s annex

Fifty ways to look again

A spoiler-light notebook for first watches, rewatches and location walks.

50 original viewing notes · 10 themes

Read the operation beneath the plot

Follow performance, institutional language, tradecraft, London geography, adaptation, sound, production design and relationships—one small observation at a time.

Open the analyst’s notebook →

Explore the archive

Follow the connections

Episodes, people and places now link back to one another.

Series hubs

Episode order, adaptation, creative leads, recurring cast and locations.

Character files

Actors, roles, relationships and linked episode appearances.

Meet the desk →

Mick Herron and the books

Publication order, chronology and spoiler-conscious adaptation mapping.

Enter the library →

Original fan art

Six copyright-safe visual responses—one atmosphere for each operation.

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Editorial roadmap

The next 100 files

A long, prioritised list of useful additions across episodes, people, places, craft and reader tools.

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Why trust this file?

Evidence before certainty

Locations and production news are labelled Confirmed, Reported or Composite. Plot summaries and criticism are original editorial writing; scripts and long copyrighted excerpts are not reproduced.

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