Slow Horses
DramaThriller2022Rated 8.1
After a career-ending blunder at Stansted Airport, MI5 agent River Cartwright is sent to Slough House, where failed agents do dull paperwork for their unwashed boss Jackson Lamb, until a kidnapping lands on them.
Starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas
Next season
Season 8announced, no date yet
Weekly, 6 episodes, last aired Wed, 21 Oct 2026
Is it for me?
Spy fans who like their espionage grubby and their humor profane will settle in fast. Oldman plays Lamb as crass, insulting everyone in reach and never seeming to care. In one early scene Sid spills tea on a target's laptop in a diner and copies his USB files, a small trick that shows the rejects can still do the job.
Before you start
Each season is one case told over a short run of episodes, and the first two mostly set up the cast before the plot picks up.
6 seasons, 36 episodes, 46 min each, about 28 hours so far
This show
After a career-ending blunder at Stansted Airport, MI5 agent River Cartwright is sent to Slough House, where failed agents do dull paperwork for their unwashed boss Jackson Lamb, until a kidnapping lands on them.
Starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas
Is it for me?
Spy fans who like their espionage grubby and their humor profane will settle in fast. Oldman plays Lamb as crass, insulting everyone in reach and never seeming to care. In one early scene Sid spills tea on a target's laptop in a diner and copies his USB files, a small trick that shows the rejects can still do the job.
Before you start
Each season is one case told over a short run of episodes, and the first two mostly set up the cast before the plot picks up.
6 seasons, 36 episodes, 46 min each, about 28 hours so far
Season 8: nothing to list until it's dated
Season 7: nothing to list until it's dated
- E01Failure's ContagiousAired Fri 1 Apr
- E02Work DrinksAired Fri 1 Apr
- E03Bad TradecraftAired Fri 8 Apr
- E04Visiting HoursAired Fri 15 Apr
- E05FiascoAired Fri 22 Apr
- E06FolliesAired Fri 29 Apr
- S01E01Failure's Contagious1 Apr 2022
- S01E02Work Drinks1 Apr 2022
- S01E03Bad Tradecraft8 Apr 2022
- S01E04Visiting Hours15 Apr 2022
- S01E05Fiasco22 Apr 2022
- S01E06Follies29 Apr 2022
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