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Slow Horses

Created by Will Smith · 2022–present ·

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Is Slow Horses worth watching?

Slow Horses (2022–present) earns an 86% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Will Smith; stream on Apple TV+. See how the score is built.

86%
Celluloid Score Recommended

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98/100Editorial Rating
90%Audience · excluded
82Metascore
8.2IMDb /10
80%Fan Score
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Seasons
6 · 36 episodes
Age rating
TV-MA (US) · 15 (UK) · A (India) · D (Indonesia) · MA 15+ (Australia)
Platform
Apple TV+
Original network
Apple TV
Streaming
Apple TV+
Cast
Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English

Also known as स्लो हॉर्सेज़ Caballos lentos Slow Horses – Ein Fall für Jackson Lamb 窓際のスパイ '슬로 호시스' - Slow Horses 外放特務組 Những Điệp Viên Hết Thời - Slow Horses

Slow Horses season guide

Slow Horses has 6 seasons and 36 episodes so far, and it is still running. Season and episode data from TMDB.

Seasons of Slow Horses with episode counts and premiere dates
SeasonEpisodesPremiered
Season 1 6
Season 2 6
Season 3 6
Season 4 6
Season 5 6
Season 6 6

Where to watch Slow Horses

Slow Horses is available on Apple TV+ — regional notes: Apple TV+ in the United States; Apple TV+ in the United Kingdom; Apple TV+ in Indonesia. Catalog platform tag: Apple TV+.

Where to watch Slow Horses by country

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Indonesia Apple TV+
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Malaysia Apple TV+
Philippines Apple TV+
South Africa Apple TV+
South Korea Apple TV+, TVING
Thailand Apple TV+
United Arab Emirates Apple TV+
United Kingdom Apple TV+
United States Apple TV+

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Is Slow Horses worth watching?

Yes — Slow Horses earns an 86% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Will Smith and streaming on Apple TV+.

Celluloid Verdict

The best spy show on television — dry, propulsive and impeccably acted, with Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb an all-time great creation of glorious squalor.

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What is Slow Horses about?

MI5's rejects are exiled to Slough House under the flatulent, brilliant and magnificently unpleasant Jackson Lamb, where they are meant to rot — except the discarded spies keep stumbling into live operations the service would rather bury.

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Critic Reviews

Short review 4 min read English Slow Horses

Slow Horses (2022) Review: MI5's Rejects Steal the Show

Slow Horses turns Mick Herron's Slough House novels into the sharpest spy series on TV, with Gary Oldman's squalid, brilliant Jackson Lamb at its centre.

Yes. It is the best spy series currently running, tight, funny and superbly acted. Ideal for thriller fans who like their espionage cynical rather than glamorous.

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Yes — Slow Horses scores 86% on Celluloid. The best spy show on television — dry, propulsive and impeccably acted, with Gary Oldman's Jackson Lamb an all-time great creation of glorious squalor. Stream on Apple TV+.