It was a big night for Oxfordshire talent at this year's Emmys.

Slow Horses, a critically acclaimed spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Oxford writer Mick Herron, received nine nominations ahead of the ceremony in Los Angeles on Sunday (September 15).

Oscar winner Gary Oldman was up for Best Lead Actor for playing Jackson Lamb and Jack Lowden was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for playing River Cartwright. 

Creator and executive producer Will Smith was awarded Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the third season of the darkly humorous espionage thriller.

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The fourth season of Slow Horses is now streaming on Apple TV+, and the series has been renewed for a fifth season.

The spy series has been a big hit for Apple, and follows a group of agents who have been exiled to MI5 dumping ground Slough House.

Last January the show filmed at the Blavatnik School of Government in Jericho.

Parking restrictions were in place and film trucks parked in Great Clarendon Street and Walton Street.

The Blavatnik School of Government confirmed Apple TV were filming inside while a security guard told a local "there was filming, stars and more".

Wallingford actor Jonathan Bailey was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for his role in the thriller Fellow Travellers.

But he was pipped by Lamorne Morris who won for his role playing North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr in Fargo.

Robert Downey Jr was also nominated in the category for The Sympathiser.

Mr Bailey, who shot to fame playing heart-throb Viscount Anthony Bridgerton, in Regency romp Bridgerton was born in Wallingford and grew up in Benson.

His dad is Stuart Bailey, the former Rowse Honey managing director and chairman.