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By Jon Donnis
Apple TV+ has released the first look at season five of "Slow Horses", the Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning espionage drama led by Academy Award-winner and Emmy Award-nominee Sir Gary Oldman. The new run adapts "London Rules" from Mick Herron's CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Slough House series. It spans six episodes, with the first arriving on 24 September 2025 and one episode each week until 29 October 2025.
"Slow Horses" follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents exiled to Slough House, the not-so-affectionate nickname for MI5's dumping ground. Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, a brilliant and cantankerous leader who oversees spies whose careers stalled after serious mistakes. They keep stumbling through the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world, often closer to the action than anyone expects.
Season five begins with raised eyebrows. Resident tech whiz Roddy Ho turns up with a glamorous new girlfriend, which puts everyone on alert. When a string of increasingly bizarre events ripples across London, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how the pieces fit together. Lamb knows the London Rules still stand. Cover your back. Always.
The ensemble features Academy Award-nominee Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmy Award nominee Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Ruth Bradley, James Callis, Tom Brooke, and Academy Award nominee Jonathan Pryce. Season five also welcomes "Ted Lasso" star Nick Mohammed as a special guest.
The series has been praised as "undoubtedly the best spy series on television", a "truly epic espionage thriller" that is "utterly brilliant" and "so damn good". All four previous seasons are streaming now on Apple TV+ with a Certified Fresh rating, including two that scored a perfect 100% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. The third season earned nine Primetime Emmy nominations with a win for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, and the fourth season picked up five Primetime Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Seasons six and seven have already been announced.
The trailer sets the tone for another sharp, darkly humorous chapter at Slough House. First episode lands 24 September, then weekly until 29 October.
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