‘Slow Horses’ Season 7 Confirmed? Release Date, Plot, and Everything You Need to Know
Apple has renewed *Slow Horses* for seasons 7 and 8, with a teaser for season 7 released after the season 6 finale on 21 October. The renewal means the series will continue after a finale that left River Cartwright apparently poisoned, setting up a major question for viewers.
Season 7 will adapt Mick Herron’s *Bad Actors*, in which Diana Taverner returns to the field as Russian counterpart Vassily Rasnokov secretly arrives in London. Shirley Dander will also have a prominent role as Jackson Lamb sends her to rehab. Apple has not announced a release date; the article says River and Sid were poisoned but survived, and expects River to return in season 8, based on *Clown Town*.
In short
- Apple has renewed *Slow Horses* for seasons 7 and 8.
- Season 7 adapts *Bad Actors* and centres on Diana Taverner.
- River and Sid survived the poisoning, but no release date is set.
Explained simply
Slow Horses is a British spy drama based on Mick Herron’s novels. It follows a group of intelligence officers sent to Slough House, a department for agents whose careers have gone wrong, led by the blunt and unconventional Jackson Lamb.
The main players include River Cartwright, a younger agent with a prominent intelligence-service family, and Diana Taverner, a senior official who oversees the service’s operations. The series also features Russian intelligence figures, including Vassily Rasnokov, and Shirley Dander, one of the Slough House agents.
The story’s wider setting is the rivalry between British and Russian intelligence, where covert operations can affect national security and the agents involved. Its seasons draw on Herron’s books, so the novels provide context for the characters and plots as the television series continues.