Apple TV + has released the first official images of Slow Horses , the spy series starring Gary Oldman.
which will be released worldwide on April 1 with the first two episodes, followed by new weekly episodes every Friday.
Comprised of six episodes, the series is an adaptation of Mick Herron ‘s first novel Slow Horses , winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award.
The plot
Slow Horses follows a team of British intelligence officers serving in an MI5 landfill department – Slough House. Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb, the bright but short-tempered spy leader who ends up in Slough House due to career-ending mistakes.
The cast
Alongside him, an award-winning cast that includes Oscar nominee Kristin Scott Thomas ( Darkest Hour ), Oscar nominee Jonathan Pryce ( The Two Popes ), BAFTA Scotland Award winner Jack Lowden ( Dunkirk ) and Olivia Cooke ( Sound of Metal ).
The series is produced for Apple by See-Saw Films and adapted for television by Will Smith ( Veep – Incompetent Vice President) . Graham Yost is executive producer along with Will Smith himself , Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gail Mutrux, Douglas Urbanski and James Hawes who is also directing all six episodes.