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- Apple has ordered an eighth season of ‘Slow Horses.’
- It’ll adapt Mick Herron’s novel ‘Clown Town.’
- Gary Oldman is back to lead the cast.
Though the fifth season of Apple TV’s dark espionage comedy drama series ‘Slow Horses’ only picked up one of its nine nominated Emmys (for director Saul Metzstein) at the recent ceremony, that isn’t stopping the company from staying in business with the spies of Slough House.
Apple has announced that an eighth season –– the seventh is already in the can –– has been ordered, and will adapt novelist Mick Herron’s book ‘Clown Town’.
Ben Vanstone is running the show for this new season, with Adam Randall set to return as director
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What’s the story of ‘Slow Horses’ Season 8?
The official logline for the season runs thus: “Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) face off in their most explosive confrontation yet. 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.”
Greenlighting a new season means ‘Slow Horses’ keeps its reputation as one of the most reliable shows in the streaming era, debuting a season at least every year. Talking of…
When is ‘Slow Horses’ back on our screens?
Funny you should ask! Season 6 has just hit Apple TV with its first episode, and five more will follow weekly on Wednesdays (though viewers can usually find the episodes dropping at midnight ET/9pm PT on Tuesdays).
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