Slow Horses is a BAFTA-award-winning British spy thriller from Apple TV+ based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. The darkly comedic drama follows a dysfunctional team of disgraced MI5 agents who have been exiled to a dead-end administrative unit known as Slough House. Led by their brilliant but obnoxious and slovenly boss, Jackson Lamb, the "slow horses" repeatedly find themselves entangled in dangerous espionage operations that threaten Britain.
The series is defined by its blend of high-stakes espionage and mundane office politics. The "slow horses" are agents who have made career-ending mistakes and are expected to quit out of sheer boredom from their tasks. However, they consistently stumble into real conspiracies, forcing them to use their skills to save the day, much to the annoyance of both their boss, Lamb, and MI5 headquarters, known as The Park.
Yes, it's true – Slow Horses is pretty much Doctor Who for grumpy grownups Seriously And Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) is the Doctor for grump grownups Do we really have to say "grumpy grownups"? We can just say "British people", right? Except Slow Horses is a hit, or at least as much of a hit[...]
When he was talking about Slow Horses at a Guardian literary event, Mick Herron said that he had already worked out when Jackson Lamb would finally die However, he has since promised that he is planning to write several more novels in the series before that happens, which should be a relief to readers Gary[...]
As the fifth season of Apple TV+'s Slow Horses premieres, so does the PR push with interviews with the actors galore, but nothing beats author and creator Mike Herron publicly declaring he has already planned out how Jackson Lamb will die Did he tell Gary Oldman, who has said he would happily make Lamb his[...]
IMDB has run a preview clip from the season five opener of Slow Horses, which premieres this week Of course, it features Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, spymaster and Worst Boss Ever, being unpleasant as usual to one of the spies under his watch, Louisa Guy (Rosalind Alazar) As a consolation, here's a picture of[...]
Of all the shows adapted from books, Slow Horses has been one of the most faithful to the original material The first seasons of the series each adapted the first books, but no adaptation is ever 100% faithful to the source material Some of the recent seasons even combined two books together to form the[...]
There's a character in Slow Horses that's closest to author Mick Herron, and it's not who you think No, it's not Jackson Lamb, as played by Gary Oldman Herron has made it clear that he created Lamb from the outside as the ultimate nightmare boss No, the outcast in Slough House who's most like Herron[...]
The upcoming fifth season of Slow Horses, which adapts Mick Herron's "London Rules", is premiering soon with Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and the whole sick crew of slow horses returning for more deadly spy farce shenanigans Apart from the usual suspects like failed spy nepo baby River Cartwright (Jack Lawton), loyal and competent recovering alcoholic[...]
The latest Slow Horses – or Slough House for purists – novel is out this week, a few weeks ahead of the premiere of the fifth season of the TV series on Apple TV+ In Clown Town, Jackson Lamb and the bad spies of Slough House are caught in a deadly battle between MI5's secret[...]
September is a bumper month for Slow Horses and original series author Mick Herron – the fifth season of the Apple TV+ series is premiering, and so is the publication of "Clown Town," the ninth and latest novel in the hit series That means the man himself has been doing interviews to promote both his[...]
Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for season five of Slow Horses, the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning espionage drama starring Academy Award winner and Emmy Award nominee Sir Gary Oldman Adapted from "London Rules," the next novel in the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Mick Herron "Slough House" book series, the six-episode fifth season of "Slow Horses"[...]
The fifth season of Slow Horses is nearly upon us, adapting Mick Herron's book "London Rules", the sixth in the series, which gives the obnoxious incel hacker Roddy Ho even more to do than before He somehow gets a girlfriend and becomes a target for murder There's also a terrorist attack, and Jackson Lamb (Gary[...]
Gary Oldman and the whole sick crew are back in season 5 of Slow Horses, premiering this Autumn on Apple TV+ The upcoming season is adapted from Mick Herron's novel London Rules, and puts Christopher Chung's sneering IT edgelord Roddy Ho front and centre – he somehow found himself a girlfriend! But what fans really want[...]
Deadline has reported that Slow Horses writer and executive producer Will Smith is leaving the hit spy series after Season 5, which will premiere this fall on Apple TV+. Smith, who is technically a showrunner, though the title does not exist in the UK TV industry, set the tone for the faithful screen adaptation of Mick[...]
Apple TV+ unveiled a first look at the highly anticipated new thriller Down Cemetery Road from the book by Slow Horses author Mick Herron. The detective series stars and is executive produced by Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe Award, and Emmy Award winner Emma Thompson, and also stars Golden Globe Award and two-time Olivier Award winner Ruth Wilson. The eight-episode[...]
Apple TV+ announced a new, six-episode seventh season for the widely hailed, darkly comedic spy drama Slow Horses The Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series stars Academy Award winner Sir Gary Oldman, who has been honored with Golden Globe, Emmy, and BAFTA Award nominations for his outstanding performance as the beloved, irascible Jackson Lamb The complete[...]
The new season of everyone's favourite new spy series, Slow Horses, is almost upon us, and original book author Mick Herron and series showrunner Will Smith have a lot to say about the series at Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival at The Old Swan Hotel in Harrogate[...]
The streaming service announced that Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning espionage drama Slow Horses will return for a two-episode Season 5 on Wednesday, September 24th (with single episodes dropping weekly after that) The critically acclaimed series follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5, known unaffectionately as "Slough House."[...]
Gary Oldman has finished shooting series six of Slow Horses, so yay! But not so fast The rest of the cast are still filming the series in the UK It's just Oldman, who's No 1 on the callsheet who's now done with the series for now To celebrate Oldman wrapping season six, here's a photo[...]
A surprise guest star has been sort of revealed for season six of Slow Horses: Lenny Rush, who previously appeared on Doctor Who as a teenage genius scientist working for UNIT He was seen on location shooting a scene with Gary Oldman, who plays Jackson Lamb, the slovenly leader of a band of disgraced MI5[...]
Slow Horses creator and crime author Mick Herron has been awarded the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) Diamond Dagger award for lifetime contribution to crime writing Two Slow Horses books were previously honored by the CWA – "Dead Lions" won the Gold Dagger in 2013, and "Spook Street" won the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2017. CWA members[...]
Slow Horses is a hit show from Mick Herron's darkly comic spy novels that seem to capture the general mood of the UK more than most series Not as many people might watch it as they should because it streams exclusively on Apple TV+, but it seems the right people watch it It is said[...]
To the surprise of no one who watched the latest season of Slow Horses on Apple TV+, Hugo Weaving will be returning to the hit series —by Apple TV+ standards—in the next season Weaving was attending the International Film Festival of India in Goa and revealed that he will reprise his role as Frank Harkness in Season[...]
And the Slow Horses/Children In Need story with Gary Oldman topped the traffic on Bleeding Cool again yesterday Welcome to Lying In The Gutters, the daily runaround for the biggest stories the day before – as well as over the past six years Founded fifteen years ago and steeped in a history of comic book[...]
The most shocking part of this year's BBC Children in Need 2024 live broadcast occurred when Jackson Lamb, the quietly deadly spymaster Jackson Lamb from Slow Horses, invaded the charity event and reduced the nation to tears That's right, Lamb sat down on a cozy chair and cuddled a Pudsey Bear doll before proceeding to[...]
Slow Horses is one of the best shows on TV right now and one of the best spy series out there, but guess what? Apple TV+ was turned down by the BBC, which in this day and age, is not surprising at all. Apple TV Europe boss and BFI chair Jay Hunt revealed this during a rare[...]
Even with the fourth season just wrapping up and a fifth season on the way in 2025, Apple TV+ isn't looking for the Gary Oldman-starring Slow Horses to disappear anytime soon Earlier today, it was announced that the series adaptation of Mick Herron's "Slough House" spy novels will be back for a sixth season[...]
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After cleaning up earlier this summer with nine Emmy Award nominations (including "Outstanding Drama Series"), Apple TV+ gets back into the dirty world of the spy business next month with the return of Gary Oldman-starring Slow Horses Set to premiere on September 4th (with weekly episode drops after), the six-episode fourth season adapts Mick Herron's[...]
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Apple TV+ unveiled a preview of the upcoming fourth season of its widely acclaimed, BAFTA Award-winning spy series Slow Horses, starring Academy Award winner Gary Oldman Adapted from Spook Street, the fourth novel in the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Mick Herron spy series "Slough House," season four of Slow Horses will premiere globally on Wednesday,[...]
