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Gary Oldman

Jackson Lamb

Jack Lowden

River Cartwright

Kristin Scott Thomas

Diana Taverner

Sophie Okonedo

Ingrid Tearney

Sope Dirisu

Sean Donovan
(as Sopé Dìrísù)

Samuel West

Peter Judd

Chris Reilly

Nick Duffy

Nick Blood

Sturges

Charlie Rowe

Ben Dunn

Eliot Salt

Sarah Dunn

Saskia Reeves

Catherine Standish

Aimee-Ffion Edwards

Shirley Dander

Kadiff Kirwan

Marcus Longridge

Chris Coghill

Hobbs
(as Christopher Coghill)

Gavin Spokes

Sly Monteith

Rosalind Eleazar

Louisa Guy

Freddie Fox

James 'Spider' Webb

Christopher Chung

Roddy Ho

Director
- Saul Metzstein
Writers
- Mick Herron
- Will Smith
All cast & crew
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Trivia
The motto on the wall at Chieftain ('Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari') is from Roman historian Tacitus. It translates as "Even war is preferable to a shameful peace".

Goofs
Even very slow horses would know better than to shout at full volume across an intersection that they are about to illegally break into a house while people are listening, such as the builders on break in the background.

Quotes
Peter Judd: I'm not sure we've ever properly met.
Jackson Lamb: Yeah, well, it feels like we have. I've met plenty of your sort before.
Peter Judd: If you've come to tell me what you think of me, I should warn you, I have an incredibly thick skin. So your barbs might not wound as much as you hope.
Jackson Lamb: I'm sorry to disappoint. I don't think of you at all.
[Pours himself a glass of wine and drinks it]
Jackson Lamb: Christ, that's good. How much does that cost?
Peter Judd: More than your monthly salary. What do you want? Other than Standish.
Jackson Lamb: I just wanna be left alone. But then you came along and fucked with my chi. You see, Standish runs my diary. Now, without her, I don't really know what I'm supposed to be doing. So I've got all this spare time to come and fuck with you.

Connections
Featured in The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards (2024)

Soundtracks
Strange Game
Performed by Mick Jagger
Written by Mick Jagger and Daniel Pemberton

Move over Raylon, Lamb is in town. Gets better with each episode - the Slow Horses rule. What they lack in suave and grace they more than make up for with guts and grime. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. The twists keep coming in a real roller coaster ride. You need to pay attention or you may miss something. These guys won't quit.

The character development is remarkable. Gary Oldman's range is seemingly limitless. The sloth transforms in front of eyes to a towering colossus. He smoothly goes from a drunken stupor to that of a superhero in a nanosecond. Each week another Emmy worthy performance.