The Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season six-parter marks the first King adaptation to be produced in the UK

Prime Video has unveiled a six-part drama based on Stephen King’s short novel Crouch End.

The series, which marks the first King adaptation to be produced in the UK, is from Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season. It is being adapted by Paul Tomalin (Bodies) and directed by Tom Shankland (Berlin Noir), who exec produce with Damien Timmer, Rebecca Keane and Ben Irving.

The story, set in North London, explores what happens when a global movie star bursts into a London police station claiming that strange phenomena are behind the disappearance of her husband.

Nicole Clemens, vice president of international originals at Prime Video and Amazon MGM Studios, revealed the show at the Edinburgh TV Festival and described it as “a visceral crime thriller and supernatural mystery”.

She added that Tomalin “brings a singular, character-driven vision to the series and, paired with Tom Shankland at the helm, plus the first-class production teams at Mammoth Screen and Fifth Season, this show will grip audiences worldwide…”

Tomalin continued: “After reading Crouch End some years back, Stephen King’s vivid prose has haunted my nightmares ever since. Having the honour to adapt it with the incredible team at Mammoth, Fifth Season and Amazon alongside director Tom Shankland is a dream come true.”

Shankland said: “The chance to work with this great team and bring his utterly brilliant London mystery to life is beyond exciting – Crouch End will be cinematic, original and thought-provoking in equal measure.”