‘Slow Horses’ Season 6 debuts at TIFF ahead of streaming premiere

The cast of Apple TV+'s ↗ 1.75% acclaimed spy thriller Slow Horses walked the red carpet at the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, giving audiences an early look at the show's sixth season days before its streaming premiere on September 16.highonfilms+1

Red Carpet and Portraits at TIFF

Gary Oldman, who stars as the cantankerous MI5 handler Jackson Lamb, was among the cast members who appeared at the festival's Day 2 red carpet at TIFF Lightbox. The Slow Horses screening was part of a triple red carpet event on Friday that also included Canadian documentary The Ultra Runner and international drama The Smell of Apples.nowtoronto

Cast members including Oldman, Aimee Ffion Edwards, Christopher Chung, Rosalind Eleazar, Ruth Bradley, and Saskia Reeves also stopped by The Hollywood Reporter's portrait studio during the festival. The official TIFF listing described the sixth season as finding "the motley crew of disgraced MI5 agents in Slough House, working under the cantankerous Jackson Lamb, thrown once again into the fray".hollywoodreporter+1

What to Expect From Season 6

The new season, which consists of six episodes, will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Wednesday, September 16, with new episodes arriving weekly through the finale on October 21. In the sixth season, Diana Taverner embroils the Slough House team in what has been described as "a fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge".themoviedb+2

One of the season's most anticipated developments is the return of Olivia Cooke as Sidonie "Sid" Baker, a character presumed dead since Season 2. The Emmy and BAFTA Award-winning series, which has already been confirmed for a seventh season, continues to adapt Mick Herron's Slough House novels.apple+3

TIFF's Packed Second Day

The Slow Horses screening was one of many events on a busy second day at TIFF 2026. Other red carpets on Friday included the world premiere of Rebel Wilson's musical comedy Girl Group, the K-pop documentary Always Lalisa starring Lisa Manobal, and the North American premiere of Clarissa, an adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. Festival-goers enjoyed sunny skies with a high of 24°C across the day's screenings.nowtoronto