‘Slow Horses’ Gets Early Season 7 Renewal at Apple

Apple TV+ is keeping its Slow Horses on the track for a good while.

The tech giant’s streaming service has renewed Slow Horses for a seventh season — even though the Gary Oldman-led spy drama’s fifth installment won’t premiere for another couple of months. The pickup follows a season six renewal in October 2024, which came shortly after season four concluded.

“Slow Horses has won fans all over the world with its unique mix of self-deprecating British humor and high-octane action. I’m delighted viewers will have another season to enjoy Gary’s magnificent performance as Jackson Lamb alongside the Slow Horses’ slightly inept spycraft,” said Jay Hunt, creative director for Europe at Apple TV+.

With the renewal, Slow Horses will extend its run as Apple TV+’s longest-running scripted series in terms of seasons (though not in episode count).

Season seven will be based on Bad Actors, the eighth book in author Mick Herron’s Slough House series about a misfit outpost of the U.K.’s MI5 intelligence service. The six-episode season will follow Oldman’s Lamb and the rest of the Slough House crew as they try to track down a mole inside the British government.

See-Saw Films (which is part of Mediawan) produces Slow Horses. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Dan Hassid, Herron, Gail Mutrux, Douglas Urbanski and Oldman executive produce. Ben Vanstone (A Gentleman in Moscow) will adapt Bad Actors for season seven and also serve as EP. Robert McKillop (Ludwig) will direct.