We haven’t seen much of Zafar Jaffrey, the mayor of London, played by Nick Mohammed, in the latest season of Slow Horses, which you can check out with an Apple TV+ subscription. However. it’s clear he’s going to play a pivotal role in the story. Mohammed is the newest cast member of the popular spy thriller that, unlike basically every other television show, has usually wrapped filming of its next season before the current season even ends.
For actor Mohammed, who joined the show for Season 5, which hit the 2025 TV schedule last month, this presented a new challenge. The Ted Lasso star was only up to date with Season 3 when he auditioned for the role of Zafar Jaffrey. Luckily, Mohammed was already a fan of the books, written by Mick Harren, when he joined the show, and it helped him get up to speed when shooting began.
