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Slow Horses
MI5's most unruly spies are back and under attack.
Golden Globe nomineeBest Television Series – Drama, Best Actor – Television Series Drama5 Golden Globe noms8.1 TMDB worldwide · 1,112 ratings
Story
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
About the show
Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House novels by Mick Herron, and adapted for television by the English comedian and writer Will Smith. It follows Slough House, an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). It also stars Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jonathan Pryce, Hugo Weaving, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Joanna Scanlan, Tom Brooke, Lucian Msamati, and Olivia Cooke.
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The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022 to highly positive reviews. The first six series have adapted the novels Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers, Spook Street, London Rules, Joe Country, and Slough House, respectively. Series 6 was released from 16 September 2026, dropping weekly. All six series have received critical acclaim, with praise for the series' direction, performances, script, tonal balance, and consistency.
Slow Horses has been renewed for a seventh and eighth series, based on the novels Bad Actors (series 7) and Clown Town (series 8).
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Star cast
Full cast & crew
Behind the camera
- Executive producers
- Adam Randall, Gary Oldman, Julian Stevens +6 more
Awards
All awards5 nominations
- 2026Golden Globe · Best Television Series – DramaNominated
- 2026Golden Globe · Best Actor – Television Series DramaGary OldmanNominated
- 2025Golden Globe · Best Television Series – DramaNominated
- 2025Golden Globe · Best Actor – Television Series DramaGary OldmanNominated
- 2024Golden Globe · Best Actor – Television Series DramaGary OldmanNominated
Seasons
6 seasons · 36 episodes
Videos
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