First Images from ‘Slow Horses’ Season 3

The Apple TV+ spy series will be back on our screens in December, featuring more missions for the exiled espionage experts.

Academy Award winner Gary Oldman returns for the third season of 'Slow Horses,' coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, December 1, 2023.

Apple TV+ has certainly reaped rewards with spy series ‘Slow Horses’, which won Best English-Language Drama Series at the 2022 C21 International Drama Awards and has been drawing a big following.

In fact, so successful was the show out of the gate that Apple kept to its policy of crafting two seasons at a time, which meant that a teaser for the second run was attached to the end of the first, and new episodes appeared mere months after that.

We’ve had to wait a little longer for the third season, but now we know the show will be back in November and the first images are online, showing star Gary Oldman and the rest of the gang.

What’s the story of ‘Slow Horses’?

Jack Lowden returns for the third season of 'Slow Horses,' coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, December 1, 2023.

‘Slow Horses’ is adapted from Mick Herron’s eponymous novel series, which is also known as ‘Slough House’, named for the low-rent MI5 office our heroes work from.

Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but misanthropic leader of the spies, who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes as they frequently find themselves blundering around the smoke and mirrors of the espionage world.

In season three, a romantic liaison in Istanbul threatens to expose a buried MI5 secret in London. When Lamb and his team of misfits are dragged into the fight, they find themselves caught in a conspiracy that threatens the future not just of Slough House… But of MI5 itself.

Who stars in ‘Slow Horses’?

(L to R) Saskia Reeves and Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù star in the third season of 'Slow Horses,' coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, December 1, 2023.

The ensemble for the show also includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Jack Lowden, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, Christopher Chung, Freddie Fox, Chris Reilly, Samuel West, Sophie Okonedo, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Kadiff Kirwan and Jonathan Pryce.

Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù joins the season three cast as Sean Donovan, the former head of security at the British embassy in Istanbul, along with Katherine Waterston who plays Alison Dunn, an MI5 agent who uncovers a dark secret at the heart of the agency.

Will there be a fourth season of ‘Slow Horses’?

(L to R) Jack Lowden and Rosalind Eleazar star in the third season of 'Slow Horses,' coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, December 1, 2023.

In keeping with the filming plan, a fourth season, adapting Herron’s book ‘Spook Street’, was shooting in London this past April, which hopefully means it’ll be arriving next year.

Gary Oldman talks ‘Slow Horses’?

Gary Oldman in 'Slow Horses' season 2, premiering December 2, 2022 on Apple TV+.

Here’s what Oldman told The Wrap about his role as Lamb:

“It is oddly very liberating to play a character who is openly hostile and publicly humiliates people. But at the core, he has a very strong moral sense. I think that’s why, ultimately, you can like Lamb even though he’s not P.C.”

When will ‘Slow Horses’ return for Season 3?

Christopher Chung stars in the third season of 'Slow Horses,' coming to Apple TV+ on Friday, December 1, 2023.

With the first two seasons already streaming on Apple TV+, the third will launch globally on Wednesday, November 29th with two episodes, while one new episode will land weekly on Wednesdays through December 27th.