Jackson Lamb
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Sep 25, 2026
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
Uh, and, and the people who may...
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
You know, W- Will Smith when he was still like making the show, like something that he would talk about is just sort of like, "Jackson Lamb is a character I don't want to have change."
Chris RyanHOST
Yeah.
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
And that was sometimes challenging for me as someone who the way I like to talk about story in television, just sort of like-
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
... is he being a bit nicer to his Joes this season?
Chris RyanHOST
[laughs]
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
Like has he softened a bit? And it's just sort of like no, he's Jackson Lamb.
Joanna RobinsonGUEST
It's the, it's the reason people watch procedural television.
Vanessa CordnerGUEST
Obviously, it's a drama and they are going to put in lots of tense and white.
Vanessa CordnerGUEST
dramatic and thrillery aspects but a lot of what they do is just like paperwork it's just like going through things i mean there's a scene in slow horses where they're going through somebody's bin trying to find stuff you know it's all very mundane and i think that that's Maybe not always the most interesting thing to watch, but although I do love Slow Horses also, Jackson Lamb is one of my favourite characters in recent TV.
Vanessa CordnerGUEST
I think it's just probably more accurate.
Vanessa CordnerGUEST
But they managed to do the code-breaking stuff in such a way that it's not boring.
Scott EllisGUEST
So get onto App- uh, Apple TV now and watch that.
Scott EllisGUEST
Uh, Jackson Lamb is arguably-
Tony MoclairHOST
Oh
Scott EllisGUEST
... one of the greatest characters I've seen in literature.
Scott EllisGUEST
Look, do you know what? It's, it's not a bad call because you watch this-
Tony MoclairHOST
Yeah
Scott EllisGUEST
... and in the books, Jackson Lamb is just a horrendous reprobate who causes trouble and-
Tony MoclairHOST
[laughs]
Hannah DunleavyHOST
I think that there were a couple of lines that Gary Oldman delivered that were brilliant.
Hannah DunleavyHOST
That was one of them was like, who the fuck is that? I think it's relying on you being so sort of fond in whatever way of Jackson Lamb as a character that you're like, oh, he's so funny.
Hannah DunleavyHOST
I don't necessarily think the writing strikes me as funny more that Gary Oldman's performance struck me as funny.
Hannah DunleavyHOST
Yeah.
John PodhoretzHOST
And yet somehow each season they manage to foil, you know, a major terrorist plot that's gonna kill 500,000 people in, in London almost, almost every year.
John PodhoretzHOST
Um, of course, with the central dazzlingly great, beyond great, beyond unbelievably great performance by Gary Oldman as the, um, uh, amazing reprobate, dirty, farty Jackson Lamb, uh, the head of the Slough House, the Slow Horses, who is, of course, sort of like the ultimate Columbo.
John PodhoretzHOST
He is the ultimate-- He is the greatest intelligence agent who has ever lived and has ended up being cashiered in this way for reasons that we, I think, are gonna get to as the seasons progress, uh, because, uh, clearly he is the only person in British intelligence who knows what he's doing since he keeps helping foil, foil these plots.
John PodhoretzHOST
Anyway, that's Apple TV, you know, the, now the, the, the prestige streamer broadcaster of all time, uh, you know, uh, producing the best shows on, on television, uh, or on your, on your TV screen, uh, without question.
CatfishHOST
Funny, foul-mouthed, filthy, flatulent, philistine.
CatfishHOST
And, of course, I am talking about Jackson Lamb.
CatfishHOST
He is bringing it so hard.
CatfishHOST
But, Bubba, you know, I knew that you would be happier with the laughs in this episode, but there were so many things about this episode that I loved.
22 MINS LATER
CatfishHOST
who whoever's in charge of them, who are they trying to fool? I mean, you know, the more you kill these guys, it doesn't matter what kind of accidents happen.
CatfishHOST
It's clear what's happening.
CatfishHOST
You don't have to be Jackson lamb who figures it out within 30 seconds.
CatfishHOST
Eventually you'd figure it out.
CatfishHOST
Funny, foul-mouthed, filthy.
CatfishHOST
flatulent philistine and of course i am talking about jackson lamb he is bringing it so hard but yeah you know i i knew that you would be happier with the laughs in this episode but there were so many things about this episode that i loved okay i'm like you with frank i still want to have a little bit more fun uh with with our kit with our our baddies i want them to be having a little bit more fun But, Bubba, we had two just delightful team-ups in this episode.
CatfishHOST
Yes, yes.
CatfishHOST
The Roddy and River show is amazing.
23 MINS LATER
CatfishHOST
who whoever's in charge of them, who are they trying to fool? I mean, you know, the more you kill these guys, it doesn't matter what kind of accidents happen.
CatfishHOST
It's clear what's happening.
CatfishHOST
You don't have to be Jackson lamb who figures it out within 30 seconds.
CatfishHOST
Eventually you'd figure it out.
Mario BustoHOST
I may be biased, but I feel like we're getting more lamb, more lamb in the in the little lamblets or the little slow horses, so to speak.
Mario BustoHOST
And I felt like that was missing in some of the other seasons because Jackson Lamb is such a great character.
Mario BustoHOST
And I feel like people are just now discovering Slow Horses.
Mario BustoHOST
I don't know if it's because of the Jack Loden, James Bond whisperings going about, which that would be a crazy bit of marketing for Mr. Jack and for the show, right? But they're well into the production of season eight.
6 MINS LATER
Zachary NewtonHOST
She was the only
Mario BustoHOST
refresh my mind.
Mario BustoHOST
Quote unquote from Jackson lamb.
Mario BustoHOST
She was like the only non screw up in slow horses.
Rhea HughesGUEST
So it's the same cast.
Rhea HughesGUEST
You know, Gary Oldman is the head guy, Jackson Lamb.
Rhea HughesGUEST
And he runs a group of MI5 agents.
Rhea HughesGUEST
They're kind of like CIA agents who are in this office because they've gotten in trouble at some point.
Rhea HughesGUEST
But River has to pretend that he's been a transportation agent.
Rhea HughesGUEST
And he's talking about how invested he was in the potholes in the city.
Rhea HughesGUEST
And Gary Oldman, as Jackson Lambhead guy, is laughing.
Rhea HughesGUEST
And it's just such a funny scene because you know it.
Graham ParleyHOST
Apple TV's season six of Slow Horses has launched on screens this week with key cast members including Gary Oldman, Kristen Scott Thomas and Jack Loudon all returning.
Graham ParleyHOST
The show, which has won three Emmy Awards since first airing in 2022, follows a team of disgraced MI5 agents exiled to the dead-end department of Slough House, who, despite their mistakes and their foul-mouthed boss Jackson Lamb, that's Gary Oldman, repeatedly find themselves caught up in a dangerous spy plot that threaten Britain.
Graham ParleyHOST
Bayburgh and Mid Suffolk District Council have now confirmed that several scenes in this new series were actually filmed in the county.
Graham ParleyHOST
However, the locations used are being kept a closely guarded secret for now.
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