Slow Horses

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Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series, based on Mick Herron's novels, that follows a group of disgraced MI5 agents exiled to a dysfunctional department called Slough House.

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Slough House 1
"Slow Horses" (2010 novel) 1
"Strange Game" 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series
fictional MI5 department
spy thriller television series
television series
basedOn Slow Horses novel series by Mick Herron
characterFocus Jackson Lamb
River Cartwright
composer Daniel Pemberton
Toydrum
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Mick Herron
developer Morwenna Banks
Will Smith (television writer)
distributor Apple Inc.
Sony Pictures Entertainment
surface form: Sony Pictures Television
filmingLocation London, England
surface form: London
firstSeasonBasedOn Slow Horses self-linksurface differs
surface form: "Slow Horses" (2010 novel)
follows disgraced MI5 agents
genre drama
spy thriller
hasFormat live-action television
hasMainCharacter Diana Taverner
Jackson Lamb
River Cartwright
narrativeTheme bureaucratic dysfunction
espionage
redemption
numberOfEpisodes 18
numberOfSeasons 3
openingTheme "Strange Game"
originalLanguage English
originallyAiredOn streaming television
originalNetwork Apple TV+
originalReleaseStart 2022-04-01
performer Mick Jagger
productionCompany See-Saw Films
Sony Pictures Television Studios
surface form: Sony Pictures Television
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 40–50 minutes
secondSeasonBasedOn "Dead Lions" (2013 novel)
setting Slow Horses self-linksurface differs
surface form: Slough House
stars Christopher Chung
Freddie Fox
Gary Oldman
Jack Lowden
Jonathan Pryce
Kristin Scott Thomas
Rosalind Eleazar
Saskia Reeves
thirdSeasonBasedOn "Real Tigers" (2016 novel)

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Slow Horses firstSeasonBasedOn Slow Horses self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: "Slow Horses" (2010 novel)
Freddie Fox notableWork Slow Horses
See-Saw Films notableWork Slow Horses
Slow Horses setting Slow Horses self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Slough House