The fifth series of Slow Horses is nearly upon us, and Apple TV+ has just dropped the trailer for the BAFTA Award-winning spy thriller.

Spanning six episodes, this latest instalment draws from London Rules, the subsequent book in Mick Herron's acclaimed series.

Sir Gary Oldman makes his return in the trailer as Jackson Lamb, the sharp-witted yet irascible head of the intelligence team.

This time around, eyebrows are raised when the group's resident technology expert Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung) brings along a stunning new partner.

As a sequence of peculiar incidents unfolds throughout the capital, it becomes the responsibility of the Slow Horses to determine the connections between them all, reports the Express . READ MORE: Slow Horses fans complain over ‘longest wait yet’ as seas

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