SLOW HORSES - APPLE TV

Reviewed by Victoria Battyanyi

It is always great when you find a series that you can binge when you are on holiday and my holiday series was Slow Horses. It is a spy thriller series about disgraced M15 agents who have stuffed up their spying careers but avoided getting fired. The disgraced agents are now working in a rundown building in London doing mundane pointless office tasks while working under a miserable boss who expects them to quit out of boredom or frustration. The team still manages to stumble into national security crisis and try to save the country while bickering amongst themselves. It is a combination of spy conspiracy and office comedy, a mixture that just works that only the British could pull off. The series is based on spy novels by Mick Herron.

The cast includes Gary Oldman who plays Jackson Lamb, the boss of the disgusted agents and he's brilliant at playing the ill-tempered, acid-tongued Lamb character with some great lines and flatulence issues. It hooks you in and before you know it you have watched a couple of episodes. If you want excitement and laughs, add this series to your list.