Apple TV+ has released the trailer for the fourth season of its Emmy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning spy thriller series Slow Horses, starring Gary Oldman. The new season, consisting of six episodes, will premiere globally on the platform on Wednesday, 4 September, with subsequent episodes released weekly through 9 October.
Based on the novel Spook Street, the fourth instalment in Mick Herron’s CWA Gold Dagger Award-winning spy series, Slow Horses follows a group of dysfunctional British intelligence agents relegated to the MI5’s department of misfits, known as Slough House. The new season opens with a bombing that uncovers personal secrets, further destabilising the already fragile foundations of Slough House.
Season three of Slow Horses received nine Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series and acting nominations for Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, and Jonathan Pryce. The series also garnered nominations for casting, writing, directing, picture editing, and music composition.
Oldman portrays Jackson Lamb, the cynical and erosive leader of the Slough House spies, who find themselves entangled in the treacherous world of espionage despite their career-damaging mistakes. The returning ensemble cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan, and Jonathan Pryce. New additions to the cast for season four include Hugo Weaving, Joanna Scanlan, Ruth Bradley, Tom Brooke, and James Callis.
Slow Horses is produced for Apple TV+ by See-Saw Films and adapted for television by Will Smith, known for his work on Veep. The executive producers include Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Jane Robertson, Julian Stevens, Douglas Urbanski, Gail Mutrux, Graham Yost, and Will Smith. Season four is directed by Adam Randall.
