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Apple TV+ has renewed the darkly comedic spy drama “Slow Horses” for a seventh season which will once again consist of six episodes.
The Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series, based on Mick Herron’s hit novels, stars Gary Oldman as the intractable and slovenly Jackson Lamb, who leads a band of MI5 rejects nicknamed the “slow horses” including River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves). The pack ends up in Slough House where they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.
The premiere of season 5 is slated for Sept. 24. The sixth season, announced last year, sees the misfits on the run as they find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge thanks to frenemy Taverner. Season 7 is adapted for television and executive produced by Ben Vanstone, with Robert McKillop set to direct.
“Slow Horses has won fans all over the world with its unique mix of self-deprecating British humor and high-octane action,” said Jay Hunt, creative director, Europe, for Apple TV+. The executive praised “Gary’s magnificent performance as Jackson Lamb alongside the Slow Horses slightly inept spycraft.”
The third season earned nine Primetime Emmy Award nominations, with a win for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.
The series is produced for Apple TV+ by See-Saw Films, which was acquired by Mediawan (with a 51% stake) earlier this year. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Dan Hassid, Mick Herron, Gail Mutrux, Douglas Urbanski and Oldman are serving as executive producers.
