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Oh Slow Horses, how we've missed you. Who would have thought that a troop of loveable (to varying degrees) MI5 misfits would be so bloody endearing and so bloody watchable?
Slow Horses season 5 is finally a go. The spy thriller series, based on Mark Herron's Slough House novels, follows Jackson Lamb, a somewhat disgraced MI5 agent, and his troop of other outcasts, known fondly (well, sometimes) as the slow horses. Relegated to their remote, dingy office in Barbican, the team are meant to spend most of their time pushing papers – in practice, however, they seem to spend most of their time dashing around the country on super secret spy missions. They may be outcasts – and Lamb may have a real flatulence problem – but they all have hearts of gold. Deep, deep down. And we can't help but root for them.
Here's everything we know about Slow Horses season 5 – including how and when to tune in.
TV's biggest night is here.
When is Slow Horses on tonight? Where to watch it
Get ready to clear your schedule, because today is the day: Slow Horses is back on our screens as of right now. The first and second episodes dropped on Apple TV+ at 8am this morning, 24 September.
When do new Slow Horses episodes come out?
Slow Horses sadly isn't binge-friendly and comes out weekly, with new episodes landing each Wednesday until October.
The Slow Horses season 5 release schedule is as follows:
- Episode 1, 'Bad Dates': Wednesday, 24 September
- Episode 2, 'Incommunicado': Wednesday, 24 September
- Episode 3, 'Tall Tales': Wednesday, 1 October
- Episode 4, 'Missiles': Wednesday, 8 October
- Episode 5, 'Circus': Wednesday, 15 October
- Episode 6, 'Scars': Wednesday, 23 October
Slow Horses season 5 cast
All of the familiar faces are set to return: Gary Oldman is back as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden returns as River Cartright, and the rest of the Slough House gang (Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy, Christopher Chung as Roddy Ho and Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander) are also set to come back. Kristin Scott Thomas is back as Diana Taverner, Ruth Bradley is back as Emma Flyte and Jonathan Pryce is also back as David Cartright.
Also joining the cast are Nick Mohammed as Zafar Jaffrey and Hiba Bennani as Tara.
What will Slow Horses season 5 be about?
Each season of Slow Horses follows a different book from Mick Herron's Slough House series. Season 5 will cover the events from his fifth novel, London Rules.
In the novel, things get off to a rather horrific start when soldiers appeal unexpectedly in the Derbyshire village of Abbotsfield and massacre everyone who lives there. The slow horses find themselves embroiled in the tragedy and, once again, seemingly, keeping the entirity of MI5 afloat.
However, even avid fans of the book series may find themselves surprised. "There are a lot of interesting departures from the book which I enjoyed. Some of which I instigated..." Herron confided to Radio Times ahead of the series launch. Consider us intrigued…
