Apple TV+ has given the critically acclaimed spy drama Slow Horses an early season five renewal just days after the season three finale premiered. The previously announced fourth season will be adapted from the fourth novel, Spook Street, of Mick Herron’s Slough House book series. Season five will be adapted from Herron’s London Rules novel.
“In season five of Slow Horses, everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend, but when a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected,” reads Apple TV+’s synopsis. “After all, Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, ‘London Rules’ should always apply.”
Oscar winner Gary Oldman returns to head up the cast as Jackson Lamb, the “brilliant but cantankerous leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.” Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, BAFTA Scotland Award winner Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan, and Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce also star.
The series premiered in April 2022, with season two following in December 2022. The six-episode third season kicked off in November 2023. Apple TV+ has announced a premiere date for season four.
Will Smith (from Veep, not the Oscar-winning actor) adapted the series and serves as an executive producer. Additional executive producers include Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Douglas Urbanski, Gail Mutrux, Julian Stevens, and Graham Yost.
A director for season five has yet to be confirmed.
Slow Horses currently sits at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The series has been nominated for five BAFTA Awards, and Oldman earned a Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series, Drama nomination from the Golden Globes.
