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The official synopsis for Slow Horses reads: This darkly funny espionage drama follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Factories throughout the 19th and 20th centuries used the creek as a sewer and dumping ground.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
The darkly comedic espionage drama, which received a very early Season 7 renewal, follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known affectionately as Slough House.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
The 83,000 square-foot building is set to welcome 950 middle- and high school students on the first day of classes, Aug. 25, transforming a dumping ground into a campus bursting with new life in the geographic heart of Boston.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Factories throughout the 19th and 20th centuries used the creek as a sewer and dumping ground.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
The darkly comedic espionage drama, which received a very early Season 7 renewal, follows a dysfunctional team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 known affectionately as Slough House.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
The 83,000 square-foot building is set to welcome 950 middle- and high school students on the first day of classes, Aug. 25, transforming a dumping ground into a campus bursting with new life in the geographic heart of Boston.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Dumping ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dumping%20ground. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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