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Season 3 – The Capture

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When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But as damning CCTV footage from a night out in London comes to light, Shaun's life takes a shocking turn and he must soon fight for his freedom once more. Detective Inspector Rachel Carey is drafted to investigate Shaun's case, but she quickly learns that disentangling misinformation from truth can sometimes be a matter of perspective. In a post-truth era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, seeing is deceiving; told through the lens of the intelligence community's extraordinary oversight capability, this conspiracy thriller troubles the timely question of whether we can really believe our eyes.

Critics Reviews

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Carol Midgley The Times (UK) Mar 12
4/5
I thought The Capture might be over-stretching itself with a third series, but here is its big strength: you cannot predict what is going to happen next. Go to Full Review Jack Seale Guardian Mar 9
4/5
The Capture’s dystopia is still one you can believe in. Go to Full Review Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 9
3/5
Seven years on, series three could not arrive at a better time...but its storylines have become quite ridiculous. Still, if you’re willing to suspend your disbelief and be carried along for the ride, it has its moments. Go to Full Review Adam Sweeting The Arts Desk Apr 13
4/5
It’s tense, rapid-fire viewing, absorbing enough to let you gloss over some riotous implausibilities which sometimes threaten to tip the entire production over a cliff. Go to Full Review Adam Miller metro.co.uk Apr 13
5/5
The Capture has never been stronger than it is in its third series, and it remains an underrated jewel in the BBC’s crown of police thrillers. Go to Full Review Christopher Stevens Daily Mail (UK) Mar 9
4/5
This convoluted conspiracy fantasy, set in a Britain where AI can instantly replace live TV and surveillance footage with deep fake videos, is compulsively watchable, not for its devious plotlines but because of its stars. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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David H @RT17081078 2d Some really bad melodramatic acting with scarcely believable plotting. The baddies were like cartoon characters they were so badly drawn. Rachel Carey showed an unbelievable naïveté in her role. The underlying premise is interesting but this season ruined the set up in previous seasons. No season four please! See more A S @Waaromzomoeilijk May 16 I thought season 3 was better than previous seasons. I enjoyed the pace of this season and I think they did a excellent job in making the deep fake phenomena accessible and understandable for a large audience. Well done. See more John S @JohnSmithReviews May 11 Previous seasons were alright whilst stretching believability. This season is just plain silly. It’s a struggle to watch because it’s just so ludicrous. See more Dave N @DNeale May 7 Season 1 and 2 were great - surprising but plausible. Season 3 has some great ideas and I really like the overall concept and some of the twists at the end, but the execution was terrible. It just did not feel as plausible and for the majority of the episodes it felt more like an action movie than an intelligent thriller - so much fighting, shooting, with ridiculous superhuman abilities which actually seem entirely unnecessary for the plot - why did they add that whole part to the story? Just to stretch it out more? Why does one of the episodes show us multiple scenes from the episode before, adding even more padding? It is badly paced and badly written, and if you can't figure out who Simon is within 1 minute of hearing about him I don't know what rock you've been living under recently. See more LINDA C @RT86187565 May 6 Truly awful waste of time. Good cast only deserves the 1 star. Fantastical plot, just bad. Disappointing. See more Andrei D @RT74856639 Apr 29 Going bigger and faster is both a problem and a success; it's less grounded, less focused on characters and politics, injects more action, and some twists that don't fully make sense See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Holliday Grainger

Rachel Carey

Killian Scott

Noah Pierson

Indira Varma

Khadija Khan

Ron Perlman

Frank Napier

Ben Miles

Danny Hart

Lia Williams

Gemma Garland

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 8, 2026 Don't Look at the Camera While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 15, 2026 Lone Wolves While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 22, 2026 The Scarecrow While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 29, 2026 Kill Switch While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details Episode 5 Aired Apr 5, 2026 Simon Says While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details Episode 6 Aired Apr 12, 2026 Someone to Watch Over Me While disentangling misinformation from truth in an era of deepfakes, alternative facts and ubiquitous surveillance, an investigation of damning video evidence calls into question whether seeing is deceiving. Details

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The Capture — Season 3

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Season Info

Director
Anthony Philipson, Johnny Allan
Executive Producer
Ben Chanan, David Heyman, Rosie Alison, Derek Ritchie, Sue Gibbs, Tom Coan
Screenwriter
Ben Chanan
Network
Peacock
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Mar 8, 2026