Apple TV+
The streaming platform that gave Slough House spies their global stage.
Apple TV+ is the streaming service that premiered the British spy thriller television series Slow Horses on 1 April 2022. Based on the Slough House novels by Mick Herron and adapted for television by the English comedian and writer Will Smith, the series follows an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). The platform has hosted all four adapted series to date — Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers, and Spook Street — and has renewed the show for a sixth series, though no official premiere date has been announced.
- Platform Type
- Streaming Service
- Series Hosted
- Slow Horses
- Premiere Year
- 2022
- Current Status
- Active
Verified Timeline
Lore & Background
Apple TV+ received a straight-to-series order for Slow Horses in October 2019, with Will Smith serving as showrunner. Each of the first four series has adapted the corresponding novel in the Slough House set. In January 2024, the show was renewed for a sixth series, though no official sources have confirmed which books it will adapt. The fifth series premiered on 4 September 2024, followed by new episodes on a weekly basis until the season finale on 9 October 2024. No official announcement has confirmed which book a potential seventh series would adapt, nor has a seventh series been officially renewed. The sixth series has no confirmed premiere date. By 2025, the series began receiving praise for its production schedule, which allows it to release seasons yearly despite being a streaming series. The show's strategy includes filming seasons back-to-back and having multiple phases of production in motion at once.
In Their Own Story
The screen flickers to life in a dimly lit room, casting blue light across the face of an eager viewer. As the opening credits roll, the familiar drone of the soundtrack fills the silence, signaling the start of another mission for the discarded agents. There is no physical Slough House here, only the digital gateway that connects millions to their dysfunction. The cursor hovers over play, a modern trigger pulling the pin on a global conspiracy. In this quiet space, the service becomes the vault where secrets are stored and released, one episode at a time, waiting for the next notification to drop like a dossier on a desk.
Reader's Guide
The series premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022 to highly positive reviews. The first five series have adapted the novels Slow Horses, Dead Lions, Real Tigers, Spook Street, and London Rules, respectively. Slow Horses has been renewed for a sixth and seventh series, based on the novels Joe Country and Slough House (series 6) and Bad Actors (series 7). The sixth series is set to premiere on 16 September 2026. The show stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright, Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy, Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho, and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander. Hugo Weaving appears as Frank Harkness in series 4 and 6. The series was given a straight to series order by Apple TV+ in October 2019, with English writer and comedian Will Smith serving as showrunner.
Did You Know?
- Slow Horses premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022.
- The series was given a straight-to-series order by Apple TV+ in October 2019.
- The fifth series premiered on 4 September 2024 and concluded on 9 October 2024.
- By 2025, the series began receiving praise for its production schedule, which allows it to release seasons yearly despite being a streaming series.
- The show's strategy includes filming seasons back-to-back and having multiple phases of production in motion at once.
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