Apple TV has confirmed an eighth season for Emmy- and BAFTA Award-winning spy drama Slow Horses.
Season eight is adapted from the “Clown Town” novel in the CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning Mick Herron “Slough House” book series
The premiere of season six is slated for September 16, 2026, and season seven was announced last year.
Slow Horses has won three Emmy Awards, including two for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and one for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, alongside five BAFTA Television Awards, including Writer, Drama and two consecutive wins each for Editing, Fiction and Sound, Fiction.
Season eight sees Jackson Lamb and Diana Taverner face off in their most explosive confrontation yet. When a botched attempt to blackmail the Park puts Taverner on the offensive, it is up to Lamb to unravel one of MI5’s darkest secrets and put an end to it once and for all.
The series is produced for Apple TV by See-Saw Films, with Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Douglas Urbanski, Adam Randall, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gail Mutrux, Billy Bowring, Helen Gregory, Mick Herron and Oldman serving as executive producers. Season eight is adapted for television and executive produced by Ben Vanstone, with Randall set to return as director. See-Saw Films is part of the Mediawan group.
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