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Slow Horses Renewed for Eighth Season After Emmy Win
Slow Horses is a television show about people working in espionage.
Apple TV has announced that the show will have an eighth season.
Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, one of its main characters.
The new season will be based on a book called Clown Town.
Lamb and Diana Taverner will face a serious conflict involving a secret at MI5.
The sixth season will premiere on September 16, and a seventh season is already planned.
The announcement follows the show’s Emmy win for Drama Directing.
The producers say the show will continue because audiences around the world enjoy it.
Apple TV renewed espionage series Slow Horses for an eighth season starring Gary Oldman.
The season will adapt Clown Town, the ninth novel in Mick Herron’s Slough House series.
Season eight will center on a major confrontation between Jackson Lamb and Diana Taverner.
The show’s sixth season premieres on September 16, while its seventh season is already planned.
Slow Horses recently won the Emmy for Drama Directing, awarded to Saul Metzstein.
- Who
- Apple TV, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, and the Slow Horses production team.
- What
- Slow Horses has been renewed for an eighth season based on Clown Town.
- Where
- The series will return on Apple TV.
- When
- The announcement came as the sixth season was set to premiere on September 16; no year was specified.
- Why
- Apple TV said the series continues to appeal to audiences worldwide, and it recently won an Emmy for Drama Directing.
Key facts
- Series
- Slow Horses
- Renewal
- Eighth season confirmed
- Source novel
- Clown Town, the ninth Slough House novel by Mick Herron
- Sixth-season premiere
- September 16
- Seventh season
- Previously announced and based on Bad Actors
- Emmy recognition
- Drama Directing award for Saul Metzstein
- Season-eight director
- Adam Randall
Quotes
Slow Horses season-eight logline
Official synopsis for the eighth season
“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”
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Jay Hunt
Creative Director, International, Apple TV
“Slow Horses continues to charm audiences all around the world and I’m delighted that Jackson Lamb and his gang of lovable misfits will be back for an eighth season. Their acerbic take on the high-octane world of espionage is completely unique”
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