‘Netflix fans compare my number 1 thriller to Slow Horses – but it’s risky’

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Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley thriller Black Doves has raced up Netflix’s top 10 chart (Picture: Courtesy of Matthew Towers/Netflix) Comparison is the thief of joy, some people…

As TV obsessives, we can’t help but draw parallels between shows in the same genre. House of the Dragon versus The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Succession versus Industry. It’s inevitable, even when the two series in question are actually nothing alike.

So it should come as no surprise that Black Doves – the fantastic thriller about spies and assassins that soared to Netflix number 1 following the release of season 2 – would be uttered in the same sentence as Jack Lowden’s critically acclaimed Slow Horses.

‘Slow Horses is an obvious tonal comp. I always think it can be a double-edged sword. It’s such a loved show, Slow Horses, and it’s been around for a long time and it comes back every year,’ Joe Barton, the creator of Black Doves starring Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw, told Metro.

‘You can sometimes run the risk if you’re getting compared to something that’s much loved, of people being like, “It’s not as good,” but it’s nice when people like them both. I feel the big difference is Slow Horses is basically set in the real world, whereas we’re not essentially. They do things that we wouldn’t do, and we do things that they wouldn’t do.’

Whereas Slow Horses follows disgraced MI5 agents in the Slough House reject department run by Sir Gary Oldman’s Jackson Lamb, Black Doves follows a fictional spies-for-hire organisation. The name of the series came from the Black Dove pub in Brighton, which Joe used to visit regularly.

Coming up with a TV show that feels fresh and unique is a tall order, especially nowadays when we seem to have gripping thrillers coming out of our ears. Joe adopted a simple approach when creating Black Doves, one that’s clearly worked wonders.

‘Would I enjoy watching this? That’s essentially all you can do, is write something that would entertain you,’ he explained.

Joe’s story sings on the screen, as in season two, Keira’s spy Helen Webb is still feeding information to the Black Doves, this time as the wife of the Prime Minister with direct…

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