Slow Horses

Slow Horses
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 (2022-04-01) – present (present)
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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. The second series, Dead Lions, premiered on 2 December 2022. In June 2022, the programme was renewed for a third and fourth series. The third series, Real Tigers, premiered on 29 November 2023. The fourth series, Spook Street, premiered on 4 September 2024. In January 2024, it was renewed for a fifth series, which will be based on the fifth book in the series, London Rules. In October 2024, ahead of the fifth series premiere, it was renewed for a sixth series, which will be based on the sixth and seventh books in the series Joe Country and Slough House.^[1]