APPLE'S SLOW HORSES
SEASON TWO SERIES TRAILER!
I will be presenting you with some of the shows arriving next month this weekend, starting with the second season of Apple's SLOW HORSES which returns December
2nd with two episodes and the other four airing weekly after that. The second season is adapted from Mick Herron’s sequel novel “Dead Lion”: when exposure of previously concealed Cold War secrets creates tension between Russia and Britain, the spies are again tasked with protecting society from inevitable catastrophe. The series is set at a headquarters known as the dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've screwed up! All the stars from the first season return, including Garry Oldman as Jackson Lamb, Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Kristin Scott Thomas as Diana Taverner, Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Freddie Fox, Jonathan Pryce and others.
 |
| Slow Horses return December 2nd |
This one actually looks pretty good. Some day I may have to break down and resub to Apple TV.
ReplyDeleteI have not seen the first season, it is not my genre, but I did hear that some people really liked it. If I ever watch it it will be for Jacky Lowden.
DeleteShame Gary Oldman is mulling retirement even though there are ever more Slow Horses they remain a must see and a must read. Although Mick Herron’s Bad Actors meanders a bit, it is still almost as compelling a read as Slow Horses. Mind you, that’s not surprising: on Amazon, Mick Herron is described as “The John Le Carré of our generation” and it’s all to do with bad actors and slow horses. Who would have thought le Carré might be associated with "any generation"! In terms of acclaimed spy novels, Herron’s Slough House series has definitely made him Top Of The Pops in terms of anti-Bond writers. For Len Deighton devotees that ends a long and victorious reign at number one.
ReplyDeleteRaw noir espionage of the Slough House quality is rare, whether or not with occasional splashes of sardonic hilarity. Gary Oldman’s performance in Slow Horses has given the Slough House series the leg up the charts it deserved. Will Jackson Lamb become the next Bond? It would be a rich paradox if he became an established anti-Bond brand ambassador. Maybe Lamb should change his name to Happy Jack or Pinball Wizard or even Harry Jack. After all, Harry worked for Palmer as might Edward Burlington for Bill Fairclough (real life MI6 codename JJ) in another noir but factual spy series, The Burlington Files.
Of course, espionage aficionados should know that both The Slough House and Burlington Files series were rejected by risk averse publishers who didn't think espionage existed unless it was fictional and created by Ian Fleming or David Cornwell. However, they probably didn’t know that Fairclough once drummed with Keith Moon in their generation in the seventies. Both books are a must read for espionage illuminati.