Slow Horses: How many episodes are in season five of hit Apple TV+ spy thriller? Full episode schedule
Here’s when Slow Horses fans can tune into the newest episode of season five every week.
Jackson Lamb and his Slough House gang of MI5 outcast return for a fifth installment of Slow Horses, with Sir Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, and Kristin Scott Thomas among the stars returning to the screen.
The official synopsis for season five reads: “Everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend, but when a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected. After all, Jackson Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, ‘London Rules’ should always apply.”
How many episodes are in Slow Horses season 5?
Slow Horses season five will feature six new episode. The first of these episodes began on September 24, with each episode airing weekly from there onwards. The full episode schedule is:
- Episode 1 :‘Bad Dates’- September 24
- Episode 2: ‘Incommunicado’ - October 1
- Episode 3: ‘Tall Tales’ - October 8
- Episode 4: ‘Missiles’ - October 15
- Episode 5: ‘Circus’ - October 22
- Episode 6: ‘Scars’ - October 29 (Season Finale)
Episodes will be available for UK viewers from 8am every Wednesday on Apple TV+.
Who is in Slow Horses season 5?
As previously mentioned most of the main cast returns for season five, including Sir Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, the head of Slough House, and Kristin Scott Thomas as the Deputy Director (Second Desk) of MI5.
Lamb’s Slough House team is made up of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar), and Shirley Dander (Aimee-Ffion Edwards).
Also returning include Joanna Scanlan as Moira Tregorian, a database specialist who joined Slough House in season four to temporarily replace Catherine Standish, and Tom Brooke as JK Cole, the reclusive newest member of the Slough House team. James Callis returns as Claude Whelan, the bumbling ‘First Desk’ of MI5, as well as Ruth Bradley as Emma Flyte, the new head of the ‘dogs’.
Names joining the cast of season five of Slow Horses include:
- Nick Mohammad as Zafar Jaffrey, Mayor of London who is seeking reelection
- Hiba Bennani as Tara, Roddy’s new girlfriend
- Christopher Villiers as Dennis Gimball, Jaffrey’s mayoral opponent and a right-wing MP
- Victoria Hamilton as Dodie Gimball, a newspaper columnist who is also Dennis’s wife and campaign manager