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He and his Slough House subordinates spent the majority of Season 1 haplessly trying to get to the bottom of a white supremacist group’s violent transgressions. Gary Oldman leads the series as Jackson Lamb, a past-his-prime agent who is toiling away, hoping to somehow find himself back in the fray. An adaptation of the first of Mick Herron’s Slough House collection of spy novels, the show follows exiled spies trying to extend their marred careers in a dingy, contemporary London.

The series was commissioned for Apple TV+ by London-based Jay Hunt, Apple’s creative director for Europe worldwide video, alongside heads of worldwide video, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht.On April 29, Apple TV+ is set to release the Season 1 finale of Slow Horses. James Hawes ( Black Mirror, Snowpiercer) is directing the first six episodes, while Deadline hears that interviews are underway for a director of Season 2. Slow Horses is adapted by Will Smith, who executive produces with Graham Yost, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gail Mutrux, and Douglas Urbanski. It caps a good few days for Cooke, who was confirmed last week as a lead in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel House Of Dragon.ĭeadline understands that casting is not confirmed for the second season, though it’s safe to assume Oldman will return as he is the central character in Herron’s series, which spans seven books, including the upcoming Slough House. Finally, Cooke is Sid Baker, a sharp agent and River’s officemate. Pryce, the Oscar nominee who recently was cast as Prince Philip in The Crown, will play David Cartwright, River’s grandfather and a retired MI5 agent. Apple confirmed Scott Thomas and Lowden’s casting after the Daily Mail first reported that they had signed for the series. Scott Thomas features as Diana Taverner, a formidable high-ranker at MI5, while Lowden is on board as River Cartwright, a talented agent who is desperate to claw his way up and out of Slough House. Oscar-winner Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, a brilliant but irascible leader of a group of spies who end up in MI5’s Slough House, having been exiled from the mainstream for their mistakes. ‘House Of the Dragon’: Olivia Cooke, Matt Smith & Emma D'Arcy To Star In HBO's 'Game of Thrones' Prequel