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Slow Horses, starring Jack Lowden, is a darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes. Led by their brilliant but irascible leader, the notorious Jackson Lamb (Academy Award winner Gary Oldman), they navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
The term "slow horses" refers to a group of failed British spies in the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses and the Slough House novels by Mick Herron:
Explanation
"Slow horses" is a nickname for the disgraced MI5 agents who are sent to Slough House, a fictional administrative purgatory for agents who have failed but haven't been fired. The agents are expected to do dull tasks and endure mental abuse from their boss, Jackson Lamb, until they can be reassigned. The term "slow horses" is a play on the name of the facility.
Series
The Apple TV+ series Slow Horses is based on Herron's Slough House novels. Each season of the show is based on a different novel in the series. The show stars Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the head of Slough House.
Books
The Slough House novels by Mick Herron follow the agents of Slough House as they navigate the legacies of Cold War espionage and protect their team from higher powers in the intelligence service.
The TV show Slow Horses was filmed in several locations in England, including London, Oxford, the Cotswolds, and Stroud
From Wikipedia:
Slow Horses- Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron. The first series, Slow Horses, premiered on Apple TV+ on 1 April 2022.
Premise
Slough House is an administrative purgatory for MI5 service rejects who have seriously failed a task but have not been sacked. Those consigned there are known as "slow horses", a play on "Slough House". They are expected to endure dull, paper-pushing tasks, along with occasional mental abuse from their miserable boss, Jackson Lamb, who expects them to quit out of boredom or frustration. Life in Slough House is defined by drudgery. Yet the slow horses somehow get involved in investigating schemes that endanger Britain.
Main Cast and characters:
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the head of Slough House who is slovenly, rude, devious and has a mordant wit; he retains a secret loyalty to 'his' Slow Horses.
Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, an up-and-coming MI5 agent abruptly shunted to Slough House after a very public training-exercise blunder.
Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, the Deputy Director General of MI5 and head of operations and designated "Second Desk".
Sophie Okonedo as Ingrid Tearney (series 3; special guest series 1), the Director General of MI5, often referred to as "First Desk".
Jonathan Pryce as David Cartwright (series 4; special guest series 1–3), River Cartwright's grandfather, a retired senior MI5 officer.
Hugo Weaving as Frank Harkness (series 4), a former CIA operative turned mercenary.
Genre: Drama, Black comedy, Spy thriller
Created by Will Smith
Based on Slough House by Mick Herron
Written by Will Smith, Morwenna Banks, Mark Denton, Jonny Stockwood
Directed by James Hawes, Jeremy Lovering, Saul Metzstein, Adam Randall
Starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonathan Pryce, Hugo Weaving
Theme music composer Mick Jagger, Daniel Pemberton
Composers Daniel Pemberton, Toydrum
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language English
No. of series 4
No. of episodes 24
Production
Executive producers
Iain Canning
Hakan Kousetta
Jamie Laurenson
Gail Mutrux
Emile Sherman
Will Smith
Douglas Urbanski
Graham Yost
Producer Jane Robertson
Cinematography Danny Cohen
Editors
Katie Weiland
Luke Dunkley
Running time 40–53 minutes
Production companies
See-Saw Films
Flying Studio Pictures
Sony Pictures Television Studios (series 1)
Original release
Network Apple TV+
Release 1 April 2022 –
present
Jack Andrew Lowden (born 2 June 1990) is a Scottish actor. Following a four-year stage career, his first major international onscreen success was in the 2016 BBC miniseries War & Peace, which led to starring roles in feature films.