{
  "id": 1806910,
  "title": "Someone's picking off Slow Horses in this season six trailer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/someones-picking-off-slow-horses-in-this-season-six-trailer",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T13:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The A.V. Club",
    "slug": "the-a-v-club",
    "url": "https://www.avclub.com/slow-horses-season-six-trailer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Slow Horses, a remarkable television series, returns to Apple TV on September 16. The show's formulaic structure, featuring Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), and their fellow inhabitants of Slough House, has proven to be a winning approach. Despite their valiant efforts to protect England, the team remains at the bottom of MI5, persistently undervalued and angst-ridden.\n\nIn the season six trailer, directed by Franz Ferdinand's \"This Fire,\" the status quo undergoes a shift as key members are systematically eliminated. Diana Taverner (Kristin Scott Thomas) hints at a possible conspiracy in her garden debrief with Lamb. More sinister forces emerge in the form of a lethal duo, Jane (MyAnna Buring) and Jim (Kyle Soller), who threaten both active and retired Slow Horses. This development aligns with Mick Herron's seventh novel, \"Slough House,\" and sixth novel, \"Joe Country.\"\n\nThe trailer also hints at the team's desperate predicament as they are forced to \"go dark,\" abandoning their phones to confront mounting dangers. River Lamb faces off against Frank Harkness (Hugo Weaving) and Olivia Cooke's character Sidonie \"Sid\" Baker. Amidst these challenges, returning cast member Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) reluctantly reenters the fray.",
  "summary": "Gary Oldman and his not-so-merry crew return to Apple TV on September 16.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}