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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Annabel Nugent

Slow Horses star Tom Brooke reacts after character killed off in popular drama

Tom Brooke
  • Apple TV+ spy drama Slow Horses has shocked fans by killing off fan-favourite character JK Coe, played by Tom Brooke, in episode four of season six.
  • Coe was stabbed to death during a service station toilet knife fight, adhering to the character's original storyline in Mick Herron's Slough House books.
  • Actor Tom Brooke admitted to having mixed feelings about leaving the hit show after reading the first novel in the series that did not include his character.
  • Brooke revealed that the death scene was rewritten after he asked the creative team to preserve the mundane logic of the book's final conversation.
  • The ongoing season also features the surprising return of Olivia Cooke as MI5 agent Sid Baker alongside series stars Gary Oldman and Jack Lowden .

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