From its very first episode , Slow Horses has been a show that excelled at withering put-downs – most often delivered by the series’ chief misanthrope, disgraced (and disgraceful) MI5 agent Jackson Lamb. In the Season 5 trailer he mercilessly skewers his team of fuck-ups: “Look what I’ve got to work with! A crack-up, a drunk, a psychopath, whatever that is. All of them more functional than you!” And yet, perhaps the most devastating assessment of all goes to IT expert Roddy Ho: the mere fact that he has a girlfriend now is instant grounds for suspicion that nefarious forces are descending upon the Slough House team to wreak havoc on the UK. Check out the trailer here:

This season is based on Mick Herron’s novel London Rules , tangling Lamb’s team in another web of intrigue where

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