Archive · 16 Sep 2026
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.
- When
- The announcement came as the sixth season was set to premiere on September 16; no year was specified.
- Where
- The series will return on Apple TV.
- Why
- Apple TV said the series continues to appeal to audiences worldwide, and it recently won an Emmy for Drama Directing.
- 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