Slow Horses — Season 5
6 episodesFirst aired 24 September 2025
In season five, everyone is suspicious when resident tech nerd Roddy Ho has a glamorous new girlfriend. When a series of increasingly bizarre events occur across the city, it falls to the Slow Horses to work out how everything is connected. After all, Lamb knows that in the world of espionage, the London Rules — cover your back — always apply.
E1Bad Dates
7.8Sept 202546m
A mass shooting rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.
E2Incommunicado
7.9Oct 202548m
Lamb intercepts an assassin. Taverner receives a key piece of intel about the Abbotsfield shooting.
E3Tall Tales
8.0Oct 202540m
An act of sabotage grinds London to a halt. Taverner interrogates Roddy. Coe is convinced a destabilization strategy is at play.
E4Missiles
8.5Oct 202540m
Flyte sets out to find Roddy's girlfriend. The gang is dispatched to two different campaign events to prevent another attack.
E5Circus
8.5Oct 202545m
Lamb debriefs River and Coe. Roddy is pulled in to help decipher a piece of code as the destabilization strategy nears its final stage.
E6Scars
8.5Oct 202552m
It's up to the Slow Horses to stop Farouk's team from completing its mission in a final act of mass carnage.
