Slow Horses is staying in Slough House for a seventh season before the fifth has even aired.
Apple TV+ has given the greenlight to a seventh run of its hit spy show starring Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jonathan Pryce.
Based on Mick Herron’s books, the spy show has been one of Apple TV+’s biggest hits. In Season 7, which is based on Herron’s Bad Actors, Lamb and his Slow Horses are on the hunt to find and neutralize a mole at the heart of British Government before they can bring down the state, according to a brief synopsis.
The thriller is yet to even air Season 5, which is coming September 24, while Season 6 was given the greenlight last year. In Season 6, the spies will head out on the run as Diana Taverner (Scott Thomas) embroils them all in a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge. The sixth season is based on Herron’s novels Joe Country and Slough House, which are the sixth and seventh books in the series.
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“Slow Horses has won fans all over the world with its unique mix of self-deprecating British humor and high-octane action. I’m delighted viewers will have another season to enjoy Gary’s magnificent performance as Jackson Lamb alongside the Slow Horses slightly inept spycraft,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, Apple TV+.
Oldman recently described Slow Horses to Deadline’s Breaking Baz as “truly international now.” He was knighted earlier this year, making him Sir Gary Oldman, a move he said left him “gobsmacked.”
The series is produced for Apple TV+ by See-Saw Films, with Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Dan Hassid, Herron, Gail Mutrux, Douglas Urbanski and Oldman serving as executive producers. Season 7 is adapted for television and executive produced by Ben Vanstone, with Robert McKillop set to direct. See-Saw Films is now part of Mediawan.