BBC surveillance thriller The Capture is returning for a third season.
The Heyday Television-produced series will take up the story 12 months after Rachel Carey (Holliday Grainger) broadcast a live deepfake of a government minister to the nation, exposing the UK intelligence service’s clandestine video manipulation programme known as Correction. Amidst an inquiry into the unlawful use of Correction, Carey has become acting head of SO15, determined to regain the public’s trust in surveillance technology through a new Operation Veritas camera system.
Ben Chanan’s thriller is boarded in Season 3 by Killian Scott (Strike, Kaos, Dublin Murders), who joins the likes of Indira Varma as BBC Newsnight presenter Khadija Khan, Ben Miles as Danny Hart, Lia Williams as Gemma Garland, Ginny Holder as DI Nadia Latif, Ron Perlman as CIA agent Frank Napier, Nigel Lindsay as DSI Tom Kendricks, Tessa Wong as DC Chloe Tan and Daisy Waterstone as Abigail Carey.
The series has been one of the BBC’s biggest drama shows over the past few years and Season 2 aired in the coveted BBC Bank Holiday August slot when Paapa Essiedu joined the cast. Peacock has bought the first two seasons but no word yet on its involvement with the third. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution sells worldwide.
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama, said: “The Capture‘s irresistible blend of timely, state-of-the-nation commentary with edge-of-your-seat thrills has made it a big hit with millions of viewers, and we’re so pleased to announce its return to the BBC. Ben’s scripts for series three will dazzle and terrify you in equal measure.”
The Capture Season 3 is directed by Anthony Philipson and Johnny Allan, and produced by Derek Ritchie, who also serves as EP. For Heyday Television, EPs are David Heyman, Rosie Alison and Sue Gibbs, Tom Coan for Universal International Studios, Rebecca Ferguson for the BBC and Chanan.
