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September 27, 2025 45 mins

Welcome back to SLOW HORSES: SLOUGH HOUSE podcast. In the first episode of Season 5, Roddy's Beats gets smashed, Jackson's peaceful breakfast gets dashed, and Shirley's coke snorting gets crashed by River! Good morning Slow Horses s5 episode 1 'Bad Dates' breakdown on Apple TV Plus!

00:00 Intro
01:27 Bubba's rating
02:46 Catfish's rating
04:50 Call to Action
05:39 Catching up on Slow Horses
07:22 Louisa's goodbye card ranking
09:32 Double O: What smells?
11:59 Triple R: Rowdy Roddy's Raunch
14:22 The Horrific Attack
24:53 The Slow Horses
36:09 Crazy River/Lazy River
38:48 Crown Court Debate

An attack rocks London, intensifying a testy mayoral race. Shirley believes one of the Slow Horses was the target of an attempted hit.

Director Saul Metzstein

Writers

Mick Herron (based on the book 'London Rules' by)
Will Smith (written by)

Cast
Gary Oldman ... Jackson Lamb
Jack Lowden ... River Cartwright
Kristin Scott Thomas ... Diana Taverner
Saskia Reeves ... Catherine Standish
Rosalind Eleazar ... Louisa Guy
Christopher Chung ... Roddy Ho
Aimee-Ffion Edwards ... Shirley Dander
Nick Mohammed ... Mayor Zafar Jaffrey
Christopher Villiers ... Dennis Gimball
Ruth Bradley ... Emma Flyte
Tom Brooke ... JK Coe
Cherrelle Skeete ... Devon Welles
James Callis ... Claude Whelan
Abraham Popoola ... Tyson Bowman
Victoria Hamilton ... Dodie Gimball
Hiba Bennani ... Tara
Neil D'Souza ... Vikram
Edward Davis ... Rob Trew
Sophie Duval ... Sheila
Yusuf Chaudhri ... Assassin
Dallas Campbell ... Newsreader
Sunny Dhillon ... Welsh Dog
Colin Hoult ... Phil
Christian Bradley ... Agent Jim
Krishnan Guru-Murthy ... Debate Moderator
Jono Grant ... DJ

Producers
Iain Canning ... executive producer
Nicky Earnshaw ... co-producer
Simon Gillis ... co-executive producer
Ben Harrison ... line producer
Mick Herron ... consultant producer
Hakan Kousetta ... executive producer
Jamie Laurenson ... executive producer
Gail Mutrux ... executive producer
Anna O'Malley ... series producer
Emile Sherman ... executive producer
Will Smith ... executive producer
Julian Stevens ... executive producer
Douglas Urbanski ... executive producer
Graham Yost ... executive producer

Composers
Daniel Pemberton
Toydrum

Cinematographer
Danny Cohen

Editor
Zsófia Tálas

Casting
Melissa Gethin Clarke
Nina Gold

Production Designer 
Choi Ho Man

Art Directors

Oskars Vilnitis-Pantelejevs supervising art director
Louise Vogel

Costume Designer 
Guy Speranza

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