‘Slow Horses’ Star Gary Oldman Recruited by Real Spy Agency MI5 — to Narrate Christmas Poem

variety.com:

K.J. Yossman Gary Oldman, who stars as grumpy yet gifted spy boss Jackson Lamb in Apple TV+ hit “Slow Horses,” has been recruited by the real MI5 – to narrate a Christmas poem.

In collaboration with the streaming platform, the British counter-intelligence agency have published a festive video on their Instagram page featuring Oscar-winner Oldman narrating a contemporary twist on the poem “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.” Titled “A Christmas Story from MI5,” the video shows various agents at their computers at the spy agency’s London headquarters Thames House (not Regent’s Park, as depicted in the TV series) while Oldman narrates in the voice of his “Slow Horses” character Jackson Lamb. “’Twas the night before Christmas when all through Thames House not a creature was stirring, just the click of a mouse,” he intones. “Then footsteps on stairwells, then flickering screens, the clackety keyboards of a hundred machines.

The hustle, the bustle, the hive of activity, not the typical scene of your Christmas nativity.” “So while people at home wrap last-minute gifts, the staff inside Thames will be changing their shifts.

From us all at 5, we wish you festive delight. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.” Accompanying the video is a post from MI5 stating: “At MI5 this Christmas we’ve decided to forgo the traditional turkey in favour of some lamb – Jackson Lamb.